Our People

Synapsis was founded by Yiannis Empeoglou and Alexandra Nikolitsa.

Yiannis Empeoglou became in 2006 the first Greek Certified Business Intermediary (CBI). The CBI designation is the highest designation in the business brokerage industry, awarded by the International Business Brokers Association. The IBBA awards the CBI designation to members who demonstrate professional excellence through their broker experience and education, and pass a comprehensive examination. Yiannis is an IBBA member since 2005. Yiannis Empeoglou has worked for 15 years in the financial services sector, engaged in the field of asset management and has the expertise required in the analysis of business strategies and in performing business valuations. In the meantime, he has gained significant experience in the sale of small and medium-sized businesses acting as the investor-strategic buyer on behalf of the Collective Investment Organizations he was working for. He has worked for the largest houses of financial services of the private sector in Greece (Ergobank, The Greek Progress Fund, Alpha Investments, N.D. Devletoglou) and prior to establishing Synapsis he resigned from the position of Deputy General Manager of EFG MFMC. He was born in Athens in 1965. He is an economist and obtained both his graduate degree (B.A. in Economics) and his postgraduate degree (M.A. in Financial and Business Economics) from the University of Essex (U.K.).