Stefanos C. Capsaskis was born in London, UK, in 1958. He is fluent in English and Greek. He holds MA, MEng and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He was awarded Cambridge’s Danckwerts-Pergamon Prize in 1985. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of ProBank SA from 2003 to 2011 and is a Member of the Board of Directors of IOBE.
From 1999 to 2003, Mr Capsaskis was Director – Investments and a member of the Management Team at the Commercial Capital Group (CCG), significantly contributing to its becoming one of the largest private equity/venture capital firms based in Emerging Europe. From 1990 to 1999, Mr Capsaskis worked at the London branch of Ergobank. He was responsible for the establishment of the branch in 1990, and advanced to Deputy Senior Manager in 1993. In 1997 he was promoted to Senior Manager.
From 2003 to 2006, he advised a number of regional corporates on fund-raising and M&A activities. From 2006 to 2020, Mr Capsaskis together with other Principals of 7L Capital Partners had been advising 7L Capital Partners Emerging Europe LP, a fund that they raised and invested in Southeastern Europe.