George Kalafatis

George Kalafatis is an experienced professional with a diverse background in financial services IT solutions, global operations and strategy, and technology solutions. George has worked in various roles since 2010.

Kalafatis began their career in 2010 as a Business Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, where they assisted in defining business requirements and creating functional specifications for the Country Risk system. George also designed and managed the implementation of the manual adjustments process for the new Country Risk system.

In 2014, Kalafatis founded the tech start-up JustWash, where they raised £100,000 seed investment from angel investors, recruited core team resources and led a team of 10 through the full project lifecycle. George also created and piloted a working MVP and Use Cases leading to successful app build that won a Best Mobile Apps award.

In 2011, Kalafatis joined HSBC as a Project Manager & Product Owner - Stress Testing. George led a large headcount of consultants, developers, analysts and regulatory reporting experts to implement the group-wide Quantitative Impact Study tool onto Google Cloud for Credit, Operational and Market Risk. As product owner, they led a highly skilled agile team to develop the Finance Top Down Modelling Platform tasked with the Internal Stress Test, Recovery Plan and Country Stress Testing exercises.

In 2021, Kalafatis joined KPMG Greece as a Senior Manager - Financial Services IT Solutions. In this role, they are leading large transformation projects across the Greek Corporate world and financial services industry. George is helping companies set themselves apart and ahead of the competition through innovation and technology solutions, as well as guiding organisations to achieve efficiency and cost reduction via effective management and technology.

Currently, Kalafatis is the Global Operations & Strategy Director at Ogram since 2022.

George Kalafatis has a diverse educational background. George holds an MSc in Financial Mathematics from Cass Business School, a Ptychion in Mathematics from Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon, and a Diplom in Mathematik - Algebraische Topologie und Zahlen Theorie from Universität Wien / University of Vienna. Additionally, they have obtained certifications as a Coupa Administrator from Coupa Suppliers in November 2021 and is currently in the process of obtaining a Google Cloud Platform Business Professional Accreditation from Google.