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<p>Three prominent ACG alumni were interviewed on the Greek financial crisis by major international media in the beginning of the summer. <strong>Miranda Xafa</strong> (DEREE ’73), who is CEO of EF Consulting and a former member of the board of the International Monetary Fund, spoke to <em><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-29/greece-to-see-chaos-if-banks-don-t-open-next-week-xafa" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a></em> on June 29.</p>
<p>Ms. Xafa was also interviewed on <em>Bloomberg </em>again as well as on the <em>BBC</em> on July 6<sup>th</sup>, and by <em>Sky News</em> on July 4<sup>th</sup> as the Greek debt crisis captured world attention.</p>
<p>DEREE alumnus<strong> Evangelos Charatsis </strong>(DEREE ’84), Managing Director of Beta Securities, was also interviewed on <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-07-01/life-is-much-easier-with-the-euro-charatsis" target="_blank"><em>Bloomberg</em> News: Life is Much Easier With the Euro</a>. on July 1<sup>st</sup> and again on July 20<sup>th</sup> on when the<strong> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-07-20/i-expect-stock-market-to-open-this-week-haratsis" target="_blank">Athens stock market would reopen</a>.</strong></p>
<p>PIERCE alumnus<strong> Nikos Tsafos </strong>(PIERCE ’99) was also interviewed on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXet-xNVQCA#t=64" target="_blank"><em>FRANCE 24</em> News Stream</a> at the end of June, commenting on the disastrous consequences of a Grexit.</p>
<p>Nikos Tsafos is co-founder of enalytica and author. Currently, he lives in Washington DC. Both of his siblings are also ACG alumni: <strong>Panagiotis Tsafos</strong> (PIERCE ’94, JUNIOR ’97) and <strong>Kalliopi Eleni Tsafos</strong> who graduated from PIERCE in 1996.</p>
<p>Mr. Nikos Tsafos also published two articles in mid July in the <em>German Marshall Fund of the United States</em>. The first, entitled <a href="http://www.gmfus.org/publications/egypt-market-natural-gas-cyprus-and-israel" target="_blank"><em>Egypt: A Market for Natural Gas from Cyprus and Israel?</em></a><em>,</em> explores the prospects for sending gas via pipeline from Cyprus and Israel to Egypt; and the second focuses on <a href="http://www.gmfus.org/publications/financing-gas-projects-eastern-mediterranean" target="_blank"><em>Financing Gas Projects in the Eastern Mediterranean</em></a>. The articles were co-authored with <strong>Anastasios Giamouridis</strong>, and provide an analysis of the financing structures that could unlock the next wave of projects in the region.</p>
<p><em>Please send us your news and events at </em><a href="mailto:alumni@acg.edu">alumni@acg.edu</a> <em>so that we can share these here.</em></p>
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<p><img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4444 aligncenter" src="http://www.acg.edu/web/touchbase-issue29/files/2012/03/3alumni.jpg" alt="3alumni" width="251" height="151" /></p>
<p>Three prominent ACG alumni were interviewed on the Greek financial crisis by major international media in the beginning of the summer. <strong>Miranda Xafa</strong> (DEREE ’73), who is CEO of EF Consulting and a former member of the board of the International Monetary Fund, spoke to <em><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-06-29/greece-to-see-chaos-if-banks-don-t-open-next-week-xafa" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a></em> on June 29.</p>
<p>Ms. Xafa was also interviewed on <em>Bloomberg </em>again as well as on the <em>BBC</em> on July 6<sup>th</sup>, and by <em>Sky News</em> on July 4<sup>th</sup> as the Greek debt crisis captured world attention.</p>
<p>DEREE alumnus<strong> Evangelos Charatsis </strong>(DEREE ’84), Managing Director of Beta Securities, was also interviewed on <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-07-01/life-is-much-easier-with-the-euro-charatsis" target="_blank"><em>Bloomberg</em> News: Life is Much Easier With the Euro</a>. on July 1<sup>st</sup> and again on July 20<sup>th</sup> on when the<strong> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-07-20/i-expect-stock-market-to-open-this-week-haratsis" target="_blank">Athens stock market would reopen</a>.</strong></p>
<p>PIERCE alumnus<strong> Nikos Tsafos </strong>(PIERCE ’99) was also interviewed on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXet-xNVQCA#t=64" target="_blank"><em>FRANCE 24</em> News Stream</a> at the end of June, commenting on the disastrous consequences of a Grexit.</p>
<p>Nikos Tsafos is co-founder of enalytica and author. Currently, he lives in Washington DC. Both of his siblings are also ACG alumni: <strong>Panagiotis Tsafos</strong> (PIERCE ’94, JUNIOR ’97) and <strong>Kalliopi Eleni Tsafos</strong> who graduated from PIERCE in 1996.</p>
<p>Mr. Nikos Tsafos also published two articles in mid July in the <em>German Marshall Fund of the United States</em>. The first, entitled <a href="http://www.gmfus.org/publications/egypt-market-natural-gas-cyprus-and-israel" target="_blank"><em>Egypt: A Market for Natural Gas from Cyprus and Israel?</em></a><em>,</em> explores the prospects for sending gas via pipeline from Cyprus and Israel to Egypt; and the second focuses on <a href="http://www.gmfus.org/publications/financing-gas-projects-eastern-mediterranean" target="_blank"><em>Financing Gas Projects in the Eastern Mediterranean</em></a>. The articles were co-authored with <strong>Anastasios Giamouridis</strong>, and provide an analysis of the financing structures that could unlock the next wave of projects in the region.</p>
<p><em>Please send us your news and events at </em><a href="mailto:alumni@acg.edu">alumni@acg.edu</a> <em>so that we can share these here.</em></p>
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