Alexander Papageorgiou is the Co-founder and the CEO of Assos Capital - an independent real estate private equity firm specializing in South-East Europe.
Prior to forming Assos Capital in 2006, Alexander was the Chief Financial Officer of Golden Energy Marine Corp., an international shipping company specialising in the transportation of crude oil and petroleum products.
From 2004 to 2005, Alexander was a Director in the equities group in the London office of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., where he was responsible for the management and development of Citigroup’s Portfolio Products business in the Nordic region, having executed trades in excess of US$9 billion. 
From 2001 to 2004, as a Vice President in the equities group in the London office of Morgan Stanley & Co., Alexander executed over US$12 billion per annum in trades and  was responsible for Portfolio Products sales and sales-trading coverage for the Nordic region and the Dutch institutional client base. He has also worked as an associate at J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. in the Fixed Income and Investment Banking divisions.
Alexander holds an MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance from City University Business School in London, Great Britain and a BA(Hons) in Business Economics from Vrije Universiteit in Brussels, Belgium.