George Zafiriou was born in Athens, Greece in 1972.  He graduated Doukas School in 1990 and moved on to an undergraduate degree in Electronic & Electrical Engineering at The University of Birmingham, UK [BEng(Elec & Elec), 1990 – 1993], followed by a postgraduate degree in Operational Research at the same University [MSc(Eng)OR, 1993 – 1994]. He started his career in the Private Insurance Industry in 1996 by joining Comergon.  After obtaining his Insurance Broker Licence and passing through almost all departments of the firm, he is serving as CEO since 2006.  As of 2013 he has also been appointed to the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since their establishment in 2009, he is also CEO of Comergon Cyprus & Comergon Egypt, Comergon’s wholly owned subsidiaries. He serves as Comergon’s corporate representative in all international networks Comergon represents in the three countries of domicile:  WBN (partner), Wells Fargo Insurance Services (IPP Network partner), Gallagher International Benefits Services (IPP Network partner), Equity Risk Partners (Founding Member and partner),  TRC (partner), UNISON (partner), IBN (partner), EURIBRON (partner), WING (partner).  Finally he is the corporate representative at the Hellenic Insurance Brokers Association (HIBA). He has participated in a significant number of conferences, many times as speaker, on issues of Risk Management, Corporate Accounts, International Accounts, Property / Casualty, Employee Benefits, Supply Chain Insurances, Films & Events Insurances, Private Equity Transactional Insurance Products & Services, Claims Management, Client Services, Reinsurance, Networking and Insurance Mediation.  He has represented Comergon in more than 60 international insurance broker conferences in various locations around the globe. George Zafiriou has been very active since 2005 in various Greek and Foreign insurance, economic and professional magazines, both as an interviewee and as an article-writer.  Many of his articles have been published in the Financial and Insurance Press. He is married with 3 children and speaks Greek, English, German, Dutch and Spanish.