Board Director for Long-Term Investment and Transition Risk
Greece·Public-Interest & Regulated Services·Public-interest investment· Athens·Posted 10 July 2026
Applications close 27 November 2026
Public-interest investment organisation in Greece
The problem this seat exists to solve
The director will strengthen board judgement on long-term investments exposed to changes in technology, resource use, customer demand or policy. The remit is to make these dependencies explicit in capital allocation and oversight. It is a director seat with collective responsibilities, not a specialist forecasting consultancy or external committee appointment.
Scenarios that illuminate decisions
Ask management to identify the assumptions most consequential to an investment's viability. Review plausible alternatives and the actions available under each, rather than relying on a single distant forecast. Examine whether flexibility, phased commitment or partnership could preserve options at an acceptable cost.
Challenge the treatment of transition costs and the capacity needed to adapt operating assets or business models. A strategic ambition should be connected to funded action, management capability and measurable progress. Equally, uncertain future conditions should not become a reason to defer every necessary decision.
Qualifications for this judgement
Candidates should have senior investment, infrastructure, industrial or governance experience involving long-horizon capital decisions. They must demonstrate how changing external assumptions altered a recommendation or oversight approach. Financial literacy and the ability to work critically with technical and policy experts are essential.
Oversight through changing evidence
Review indicators that would prompt reconsideration of the original case. Ask how management distinguishes temporary variance from a structural change. Ensure that major disclosures and claims are supported by evidence and appropriately qualified where uncertainty remains. Applicable legal and reporting requirements should be confirmed by specialists for the actual enterprise.
The director will contribute to strategy, risk and reserved capital decisions, without managing projects or providing technical certification. Appointment, independence and any committee responsibilities will be assessed under the entity's governance arrangements.
The contribution to seek
The board should make commitments with a clearer understanding of what could change and what it can do about it. Success means proportionate resilience and adaptation choices, not a claim to predict the future. The director should help the enterprise avoid both inflexible optimism and indecision, supporting investments whose risks are understood and whose governance remains useful when the world no longer resembles the initial business case.
Terms
- Where the board sits
- Athens, Greece
- Applications close
- 27 November 2026
- Appointment
- Board appointment
- Compensation
- EUR 40,000–70,000 per year (indicative annual board fee)
- Time commitment in this market
- A regular board cycle through the year plus committees; the statute requires at least two independent directors to attend meetings that approve the financial statements.
Before you apply — Greece
No nationality or residency test applies to a director of a Greek société anonyme. The constraint is the statutory independence test, which disqualifies some candidates who would be independent elsewhere.
- Residency test
- None.
- Nationality test
- None.
- Work authorisation
- A non-executive director attending board meetings does not need Greek work authorisation. Executive roles for non-EU nationals require a residence permit for work.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- Nine financial years' cumulative service on the board of the company or its related companies — a statutory limit under Law 4706/2020 art. 9, not a code recommendation.
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