Roula Bachtalia

Roula Bachtalia is the Head of the Venture Banking Unit at Eurobank & a Steering Committee member at the egg – enter grow go, the most prominent business accelerator in Greece. Roula Bachtalia has served as a member of the National Council for Research, Technology and Innovation, the supreme government advisory body responsible for shaping and implementing a national strategy for Research, Technological Development, and Innovation in Greece. She is actively involved in the startup/scaleup ecosystem in Greece & SEE, driving strategic initiatives to enforce and broaden innovation and entrepreneurship, also in CEE. Upon her involvement assessing thousands of business plans, coaching and mentoring entrepreneurs in early stage, she serves the ecosystem as a public speaker, judge, and volunteer. Roula has been with Eurobank for the last 16 years and has served in several functions within Eurobank Group. She is working in senior positions in the field of Business Development, Sales & Marketing for more than 25 years in Banking, ICT Sector & Startup Innovation. Roula holds a postgraduate degree (MBA) in Business Administration from Bath University, UK. She is a Certified Marketer by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), as well as Certified Project Manager by the International Project Management Association (IPMA).