06 March 2018
The Athens Stock Exchange welcomes the President of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils

Today, March 6th, it was Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith, President and CEO of the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) and of the United States Council on Competitiveness who rang the traditional bell during the ceremony for the opening of the trading session of the Athens Stock Exchange, in the framework of her visit to Greece for the Federation's participation in the Delphi Economic Forum.

During her visit to the Stock Exchange, Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith met with the Mr. Sokratis Lazaridis, CEO of the Athens Exchange Group and Mr. Simos Anastasopoulos, President of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, to discuss about how the GFCC network and the GFCC Academy can best be utilised to support start-up enterprises in Greece.    

The GFCC has a membership that spans over 35 countries, and together with its members is promoting competitiveness-enhancing strategies that will pave the way for innovation, productivity and, ultimately, an increase of prosperity.

In her statements, Ms. Deborah Wince-Smith noted that the objective of the cooperation between the GFCC and the Athens Stock Exchange and AMCHAM is to reinforce the extroversion of Greek companies through the recognition and promotion of innovation in Greece.

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Opening Bell Ceremony

About Athens Exchange Group

The Athens Stock Exchange since its establishment in 1876, consistently participate in the financial and business developments in the country.

Athens Exchange Group (ATHEX Group), provides support to the Greek Capital Market. ATHEX Group operates the organized Equities and Derivatves markets, the alternative market and performs clearing and settlement of trades.

The Athens Stock Exchange, through its markets, offers solutions and financing tools to businesses, expands investor choice by providing a safe, stable and easy environment in full alignment with international practices and the European regulatory framework. It has held the ISO 22301:2012 international standard for Business Continuity, for all its companies, including all its operations as well as the products & services it provides.

In a period that the role of stock markets in exploring alternative ways of financing business, at a European level, is significantly enhanced, the Athens Exchange Group has taken a series of initiatives to highlight the attractiveness of the Greek Capital Market and the Greek companies to the international investment community and expand the variety of investment opportunities.

Its shares are traded on the Main Market of the Athens Stock Exchange (Symbol: EXAE).

The profiles of the ATHEX Group and its markets can be downloaded from the link. More information can be found in the website www.athexgroup.gr.

110 Athinon Ave. 10442 Athens, Greece, tel +30-210 3366 800, fax +30 210-3366 101