Meet the People of BMS Hellas...

Graham McKean - Board Chairman

Graham McKean entered the Lloyd's market in 1959 as a trainee and went on to specialise in North American casualty reinsurance,
which he headed for the broker CT Bowring until 1980. In that year with others, he formed Ballantyne McKean and Sullivan.

He has addressed numerous organisations in the US and the UK on Lloyd's and other insurance industry matters. He was a member of the Lloyd's Market Board and an elected member of the Council of Lloyd's for six years, also serving on the London Market Brokers Committee.

Has recently qualified as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.


Dimitris Tsesmetzoglou, Partner, BMS HELLAS S.A. Board Vice Chairman



Mobile Greece +30 694 8175 345
Mobile UK +44 7802 185583
Email: dimitrios@bmshellas.com

Dimitris Tsesmetzoglou completed his Bachelor of Science, in Insurance and Investment in the City University Business School (now Cass) in 1997. He started his Career in the London Insurance Market in 1998 in Windsor Professional Indemnity where his role was to grow a business from Greece and Cyprus. 
He specialized in all the Liability and Crime lines and successfully expanded in the treaty area of Motor Liability.In 2002 he moved to BMS International where he was responsible for putting the business plan together and opening up an office for BMS in Athens. The BMS Hellas office was successfully launched in 2003 where Dimitris was a partner. 
During that period he also successfully completed his MBA in Maritime Management from Leicester University. He has done various publications and taken part in various panels in Greece on specialized Liability and other issues. In September 2006 he was part of the successful Management Buy Out of the BMS Hellas office from the BMS Group. 
Dimitris is also on the advisory Board of the undergraduate programs for CASS Business School in London, for Banking & International Finance, Investment Analysis & Insurance, Real Estate Finance & Investment, and Investment & Financial Risk Management. He currently lives in London and travels to Greece twice a month.

 


Emmanouel E. Siatounis, Partner, BMS HELLAS S.A. Board Member, Managing Director



Mobile +30 6948 175 346
Email:
manolis.siatounis@bmshellas.com

Manolis Siatounis graduated from the Statistics and Insurance Science School, University of Piraeus, obtained a certificate of Insurance Practice CIP, London Chartered Insurance Institute
(C II) and he is finalizing his associate ship of CII (A/CII), London Chartered Insurance Institute.
He began his insurance career in 1993 as a group life insurance underwriter in AMYNA AEGA and continued as an account executive in EUROPA AEGA and MARSH LLC.
In 2001 he became Director of Special Risks & Reinsurance in EUROPA AEGA.
Since January 2005 he has been the Managing Director of BMS Hellas SA and in October 2006 he was one of the Partners instrumental in the successful management buy out (MBO) from BMS Group in London.
He has participated in a number of international seminars and events (Monte Carlo Randez vous, Baden Baden Conference, Hydra Insurance & Reinsurance Conference).
Currently he is a member of the:

  • Commercial Chamber of Greece

  • Greek Lloyd’s Brokers Association

  • Executives and representatives Association of Greek Insurance Companies

  • Association of E I A S Graduates (EIAS is the Greek Institute of Insurance Studies)


Gerry Tighe, Partner, BMS HELLAS S.A. Board Member



Mobile Greece +30 694 8175 342
Email: gerry.tighe@bmshellas.com

Gerry entered the Lloyd's market in 1978 as a trainee broker and went on to specialise in international reinsurance.
Since then he as worked as a Leading Underwriter at Lloyd’s of London, being responsible for writing a Worldwide Property Treaty portfolio and as reinsurance buyer for the Syndicates outwards reinsurance. Subsequently, as a Vice President at Guy Carpenter and as a Board Member at BMS International Intermediaries responsible for the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
With more than 30 years of reinsurance experience of all of the major world markets, he is able to offer clients strategic advice and placement services for the reinsurance of all types of non-life insurance portfolios.
In September 2006 Gerry relocated to Athens to become a founding Partner of BMS Hellas.

 


Stelios Assariotis, Partner, BMS HELLAS S.A. Board Member



Mobile +30 6949 733 637
Email: stelios.assariotis@bmshellas.com

Stelios Assariotis went to Friedrich Wilhelm Universitaet Bonn and obtained BA in Sociology, Ethnology, Political Science.
He is a skilled reinsurance executive broker with extensive background in and thorough knowledge of Casualty (GTP, PI, PA), Engineering, Special Lines and Property. He is specialized in underwriting Casualty and Engineering risks.
His insurance career started in 1990 as a Manager Casualty and Health departments Nasco Athens and in 1998 became the Manager of Facultative Department in AON-TRS Athens.
He joined BMS Hellas as a partner in 2006 and he is currently responsible for all Facultative Business. He is a member of the Board of Directors of BMS Hellas and he has attended a number of Life, PA, Risk Management and Claims Handling international seminars and workshops.

 



Harry Setian | General Manager



Nicholas Goulis
Member of the Senior Management


Alexandra Dimitriadi
Member of the Senior Management


Zoe Voulgari
Member of the Senior Management

Treaty Department
 
Dimitra Keleki | Senior Broker

John Melakopidis | Account Executive - Treaty


Valandis Elpidorou | Head of Analytics


Facultative Department

 
Katerina Tripolitaki | Account Executive

 
Irene Georgiadou | Account executive


Elizabeth Bacola | Head of the Specialty Lines


Eleni Kountousa | Assistant Facultative Broker


Katerina Papastamatiou | Assistant

Technical Accounts


Effie Michalopoulou | Team Leader


Katerina Vichou | Technical Accounts


Claims Department


Eleftheria Nosi | Claims technician


Maria Davora | Legal Counsel


Dimitris Makrypodis | Claims Assistant (Lawyer)

Corporate

Michalis Pantelidis | Accountant

Spyros Lathouris | IT

Michael Kamarinos | Assistant Accountant
 
Fotini Voina | Secretary

Maria Karofillaki | Secretary


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