Speaker Bio

Christos Balaskas

Vice President, Commercial, Growth and External Relations (Greece), Eldorado Gold

President, Hellas Gold

President & CEO, Thrace Minerals & Thracean Mining

 

Christos Balaskas joined Eldorado on October 9, 2017. Currently, he holds the position of Vice President, Commercial, Growth and External relations of Eldorado Gold, as well as the position of President of the Board of Directors of Hellas Gold, Eldorado’s 100% subsidiary in Greece. Also, he has been appointed President and CEO of Thrace Minerals & Thracean Mining. Prior to joining Eldorado, Christos was the General Manager of the Athens Natural Gas Supply & Distribution Company, a position he held since 2009. Christos has over 25 years of experience in the Downstream Oil & Gas sector mostly with the Royal Dutch Shell Group of companies and BG Group where he held various managerial positions in Greece and in the UK. Christos is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer by training from the National Technical University of Athens. He also holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham and an MBA in Engineering Management from Bayes Business School - City, University of London (formerly Cass Business School). He is also a Board member of the Canada-Greece Chamber of Commerce.