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Alex Patelis, Chief Economic Adviser to Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2019–2024), discusses insights from his book “Η Μεγάλη Έπιστροφή” (The Great Return), offering an inside account of the policy choices, economic reforms, and credibility signals that opened the road for Greece to return to investment grade, attract foreign capital, and rebuild trust with markets, institutions, and partners after a decade of crisis.
Alex Patelis served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece, from 2019 to 2024. He has over three decades of experience as an economist, analyst, and strategist in New York, London, and Athens, including senior roles at Goldman Sachs, Citigroup Asset Management, Merrill Lynch, and leadership of his own research firm, Patelis Macro. Alex holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University where he studied under Ben Bernanke and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Sussex University.
