Ioannis Bitzis

BIOGRAPHY

 

Ioannis Bitzis is a Partner at EY-Parthenon, leading the non-FS team in Greece, focusing on transport & logistics, infrastructure & real estate, smart cities, public sector, life sciences, telco, utilities, green transition, and sustainability. With over 9,000 multidisciplinary professionals in teams across 120 countries, EY-Parthenon has created a unique, world-class strategy practice that helps clients, CEOs, Ministers, and leaders create long-term value and growth, from actionable strategy to transaction and execution. EY-Parthenon’s strategic guidance is based on deep industry knowledge, broad experience, and analytical tools that enable success.

Ioannis is a seasoned strategist and consulting practitioner with more than 26 years of solid experience, leading complex international engagements and greenfield mega-projects in Europe, Saudi Arabia, and the broader MENA region. He also leads Sustainability and ESG at EY-Parthenon, helping private equities and C-suite executives create long-term sustainability and ESG value through efficient strategy development, M&A, efficient capital allocation, and portfolio optimization. Additionally, he has succeeded in assuming leading roles and developing new practices and teams within global strategy consulting and advisory firms, working on top projects with a multi-billion-dollar value.

Ioannis has delivered the entire lifecycle of a large number of top regional engagements in challenging environments, in both the private and public sectors. He has supported the decision-making process in strategy and business planning, strategic acquisitions, value creation and synergies realization, business transformation, post-merger integrations, carve-outs, long-term value building, joint ventures, and the completion of complex transactions. He has closed over 30 transactions, with a value of more than ca. €25 billion.

He holds an MBA with a major in Finance and Strategy from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (ULB) in Belgium. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Solvay Business School at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He also holds an MSc in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (Licensed Chartered Engineer).