From September 2025 discussions to long-term LNG contracts, Albania and Ukraine: the agreements, official statements and strategic partnerships behind Alexandros Exarchou’s expanding energy role.
2026 is emerging as a landmark year for AKTOR Group: pro forma EBITDA reached €120 million, backlog remains at €4.5 billion, liquidity is strong and a €3 billion investment programme is reshaping the Group. Concessions and PPPs, HELECTOR–THALIS, renewables, energy storage and LNG are creating new sources of recurring earnings, with Chairman and CEO Alexandros Exarchou describing 2026 as a year of “transformational significance.”
The acquisition of Aliakmonas 1 and Aliakmonas 2 gives AKTOR Renewables a strategic position in large-scale energy storage and reinforces the Group’s transformation into an integrated infrastructure and energy player
The handover of the Thessaloniki Metro extension to Kalamaria is more than another infrastructure milestone. For Alexandros Exarchou and AKTOR, it is a political and corporate marker: a difficult project is now operational, the group is positioning itself as a delivery partner for Greece’s next generation of infrastructure, and Exarchou is linking execution credibility directly to AKTOR’s €3 billion investment plan.
“AKTOR Turns Thessaloniki Metro Delivery Into Proof of Execution for Its €3bn Growth Plan.”
Strong international investor demand propelled AKTOR's €650 million share capital increase to 2.16 times oversubscription within hours of launch, even before the Greek retail offering gained momentum and ahead of the opening of U.S. markets, underscoring broad confidence in the group's strategic growth plan.
AKTOR Group Chairman and CEO Alexandros Exarchou argues that Greece has entered a new phase of economic maturity, where sustainable growth will increasingly depend on private investment, energy security and long-term competitiveness rather than extraordinary European support. Speaking at the 30th Annual Government Roundtable of The Economist, he outlined a vision of an economy capable of standing on its own foundations while positioning Greece as a strategic investment and energy hub for Europe.
AKTOR launches the largest strategic financing program in its history, raising up to €1 billion through a share capital increase and bond issuance. The investment plan marks the Group's transformation into a diversified infrastructure and energy powerhouse, with a strategic focus on concessions, LNG, renewable energy and long-term infrastructure assets across Southeast Europe.
As Europe enters a new era of energy uncertainty, Alexandros Exarchou places the Vertical Corridor at the center of the continent’s next geoeconomic equation, arguing that energy security will define the European Union’s competitiveness, fiscal stability and political cohesion over the coming decade.
Alexandros Exarchou’s intervention at the “Greece 2030” conference represents a high-impact strategic warning regarding the resilience of the Greek economy within an environment of rising geopolitical tension, energy volatility, and fiscal tightening across Europe.
Failed market tests and subsidy pressure bring an LNG model without state crutches to the forefront
The Vertical Corridor, long-term LNG agreements, and Greece’s rise as a new European energy hub
The Vertical Corridor, outward expansion, and the strategy turning Greece into an energy hub
