Evangelos Mytilineos

Evangelos Mytilineos is the Chairman and CEO of Metlen Energy & Metals, one of Greece’s leading industrial and energy companies with more than 6,500 direct and indirect employees and strong presence in all five continents.

Born in Athens, Evangelos Mytilineos holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Athens and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, while in 2019, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Department of Business Administration and Management at the University of Piraeus.

In 1978, Evangelos Mytilineos took over the family business, which was founded in 1908 and represented metal and steel product manufacturers. In 1990 he established MYTILINEOS Holdings Group. With strategic acumen, Evangelos Mytilineos expanded the company’s operations by acquiring the majority shareholding of metal construction company METKA S.A. as well as that of Aluminium of Greece. Nowadays, Aluminium of Greece stands as the largest fully vertically integrated producer of alumina and aluminum in the EU. Following MYTILINEOS's recent acquisition of IMERYS BAUXITES GREECE, it has become the largest producer of bauxite in Europe. In 1995, Evangelos Mytilineos introduced the group to the Athens Stock Exchange, and in the early 2000s, MYTILINEOS entered the energy sector through Protergia, which today serves as the flagship brand of the company.

Evangelos has led the MYTILINEOS transformation to a green company that creates long-term shareholder value, operating in Green Metallurgy and Sustainable Energy. He broke monopolies, as the company paved the way for the liberalization of the Natural Gas market in Greece, since the company was the first private to enter the supply and marketing of natural gas in the country, ensuring for its customers a safe and competitive supply of natural gas. Evangelos created the second largest energy producer and supplier after the state owned PPC in Greece. Based on the vertical structure of its operation in the energy sector, it has created the most integrated energy company, on the way to energy transition. In fact, the portfolio of Renewable Energy Sources now reaches 14 GW and it is spread into five continents, while the company implements significant investments in this direction, which exceed 1 billion euros.