Elena Dourou, CIA, ACCA, CISA, is an experienced Internal Audit Executive in the financial sector. She joined BOV in October 2020 as Group Chief Internal Auditor.

Elena has substantial background in operational effectiveness, risk management and corporate governance. Among other major institutions, she has worked at Deloitte as well as with major Banks such as ABN Amro Bank, National Bank of Greece, Piraeus Bank in positions relevant to leading audit, consulting and control functions.

Before joining BOV, she was working at the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations, where she was responsible to monitor the internal audit departments of its subsidiaries, to ensure harmonisation of processes and application of Internal Audit Standards in 15 major Greek Public Sector organisations.

She is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, of the Association of Certified Accountants and ISACA. She holds an MBA from Oxford Brookes University.