Grigorios Dimitriou

Background

About Grigorios Dimitriou

Currently serving as M&A Director at Antenna Group, overseeing M&A projects globally2. 2001 - 2014:>12 years of TMT/Sports & M&A Investment Banking experience at J.P. Morgan in London & New York ('03-'14) and before that at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong & Frankfurt ('01)Achievements- Originating & executing corporate finance transactions in the TMT and Sports sector, including sell and buy-sideM & A transactions, LBOs, high-yield debt financings and equity placements- Transaction volume >EUR100bnAdditional responsibilities included- 2009: Staffer, managing more than 50 TMT Analysts and Associates for one year- 2005: Tutor in the JPMorgan Investment Banking Analyst Training Program in New York3. 2015 - currently- Founder and CEO (now Board Member "only") of Vane, a FinTech scale-up in the Lending & Invoice Financing space, dedicated to SME & digital companiesAchievements- Successfully set up operations and teams across Berlin, London & New York- Led business to significant profitability and cash generation at scale- Raised more than 100mm EUR in debt and equity capital in multiple rounds of financing- Originated and underwrote more than 50 investments (up to 25mm EUR/USD per ticket),establishing a diversified, highly profitable investment portfolio of SME companies- Directly involved in M&A projects (both within our investment portfolio and with Vane as buyer/target)