Sustainability Magazine February 2023 | Page 88

MOTOR OIL promise I give to all my colleagues that I will equip them and enable them to do their jobs with technology and accomplish missioncritical priorities . This commitment then cascades down to my direct reports and on to the entire technology community in this large-scale organisation .”
A graduate of the International Institute for Management Development ( IMD ) in Lausanne , Switzerland , Giannakakis has a Bachelor ' s degree in physics , a postgraduate degree in industrial systems administration and over 15 years of experience in executive roles in the field of information technology . He has worked for several well-known multinational organisations , and , in 2021 , he was recognised as one of the top 100 Chief Information Officers .
Giannakakis says he and his team take pride in the way they have helped support Motor Oil in its new organisational strategy . “ We ’ re very proud of how we innovate and what we can digitise at one of Europe ’ s
largest industrial operations with solutions like predictive maintenance .
“ There is also a lot to be proud of in the work we ’ ve done in the retail sector and how we have launched one of the largest EV charging solutions in this part of the world ,” says Giannakakis .
“ And last , but certainly not least , we are proud and pleased with the work regarding sustainability . To give you an idea , when I joined the organisation three years ago , our renewable footprint was quite low ,” he says . “ Today , we are maybe the second largest renewable producer in this part of the world , and this is also part of our contribution .”
Industrial complex in Greece leads the way in Europe Motor Oil is a publicly traded company , listed on the Athens Exchange since 2001 . It is included in several indices , including the Athex Composite Share Price Index , the FTSE / Athex Large Cap index , the MSCI
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