AEGEAN announces that Dimitris Gerogiannis, a founding executive who has been with the company since its first year of operations, 1999, and its chief executive officer (CEO) for the past 20 years, is concluding his tenure at the helm. This confirms the news reported earlier by Euro2day.gr.
Dimitris Gerogiannis will continue to support the company as it transitions to the next generation of executives, serving as a Management Adviser with oversight of the Technical Base and Training Centre, the Group’s new growth focus.
Michalis Kouveliotis takes over as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) today.
Michalis Kouveliotis has supported the company as CFO since before its listing on the Athens Exchange. From early 2025, as part of preparations for the transition, he served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Deputy CEO), responsible for co-ordinating the other divisions.
AEGEAN Chairman Eftychios Vassilakis said: “Together with Theodoros Vassilakis, Dimitris Gerogiannis shaped a culture of quality and passenger service, as well as internal meritocracy and co-operation among the people at the company.
Dimitris has the rare gift of combining technical expertise with a human touch. To all of us, he is a co-founder and co-creator of the company, roles that do not change when he hands over the CEO position. He will continue to support the company as it moves from its founding executives to the next generation.
Michalis Kouveliotis, who is taking over as CEO, has already proved his ability to support the company through years of growth, as well as in critical and difficult circumstances. Over the past two years, as Deputy CEO, he has led the transition process, and his positive energy and dynamism have already been evident. I am certain he will excel in his new role.
Our main objective should be to develop and promote the company’s second generation of executives and enable them to work together even more effectively as they take over from its founding members, who are gradually stepping aside.
We must preserve our core values of quality, service and flexibility, while supporting them with new ideas and dynamism in our product and destination network, and by advancing new talent who, with an even stronger spirit of teamwork, will develop the company and its people.”