ITHAX ACQUISITION CORP - Key Persons


Carlos N. Guimarães

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
  • Independent Director
  • ITHAX Independent Director
  • Chairman of LAIG Investments
  • Independent Director / Remuneration Committee Chair
Since 2009, Mr. Guimarães has served as the Chairman of LAIG Investments, an investment company focused on the energy sector across Latin America From July 2007 to February 2009, he was the Chairman and Co-Founder of Invest Tur Brasil, a pioneer in resort developments in Brazil, which raised $503 million in the public markets and listed on the São Paulo stock exchange that is now known as the B3. Mr. Guimarães led Invest Tur Brasil's merger with LA Hotels in 2009, which created Brazil Hospitality Group (BHG). Within one year of the merger, BHG became the third-largest hotel operator in Brazil with over 5,800 rooms under management From January 2005 to December 2006, Mr. Guimarães was the Private Sector Coordinator for the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction for all private sector activities of the IADB Group Prior to that, from May 2000 to November 2004 he was a Managing Director, Head of Latin America Investment Banking and Senior Client Officer for Citigroup Mr. Guimarães received a B.S. in economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Dimitrios Athanasopoulos - CFO, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Director
  • Treasurer
  • Founding Partner of AXIA
  • SPAC 's Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Director
Dimitrios Athanasopoulos serves as the SPAC's Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Director He is a Founding Partner, Group Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee of AXIA Ventures Group, or AXIA. AXIA is a leading, independent, privately-owned investment bank founded in 2008 that provides services in more than 20 countries through its offices in Nicosia, Greece, Athens, New York, London and Milan Since joining AXIA in December 2008, Mr. Athanasopoulos has been involved in real estate transactions with an aggregate transaction value of more than $3 billion and non-real estate transactions with overall value of over $28 billion From November 2000 to November 2008, he served as an executive in family offices and prior to that, he worked in the Private Wealth Management divisions of Salomon Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley in New York Mr. Athanasopoulos holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Investments from the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College Dimitrios Athanasopoulos, founding partner of AXIA, has an extensive investment background and experience...

George Syllantavos

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Independent Director
  • ITHAX Independent Director
  • Independent Director / Audit Committee Chair
Mr. Syllantavos currently serves as the Co-CEO, CFO, Secretary and Director of Growth Capital Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company He served as co-CEO, CFO, Secretary and Director of Stellar Acquisition III, Inc. from December 2015 until its business combination in December 2018 with Phunware, Inc. (which provides fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile), and has served as a director of Phunware, Inc. since such date From May 2011 until February 2013, Mr. Syllantavos co-founded and served as Co-CEO and CFO of Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company that completed an IPO on July 16, 2011 and was listed on the Nasdaq. He served as the CFO of Nautilus Marine's successor, Nautilus Offshore Services Inc., an offshore service vessel owner, from February 2013 until April 2014 From May 2005 to November 2007, he served as the CFO, Secretary, and Director of Star Maritime Acquisition Corp., and from November 2007 to August 2011, he served as CFO, Secretary and Director of the successor company, Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a dry-bulk ship-owning company Previously, Mr. Syllantavos held multiple executive, director and leadership roles in the maritime and shipping, aviation, energy, and telecommunications industries, including serving as a financial advisor to Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A., where he assisted with the company's listing on the NYSE that raised $1.1 billion. Mr. Syllantavos has a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Roosevelt University in Chicago and an M.B.A. in Operations Management, International Finance and Transportation Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University

Orestes Fintiklis - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Board of Directors
SPAC management team is led by Orestes Fintiklis, who serves as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Board of Directors Orestes has an extensive experience in hospitality and real estate investing of over 15 years He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Ithaca Capital and has been extensively involved in all aspects of acquisitions, financing, asset-management and exits of Ithaca's assets

Rahul Vir

Job Titles:
  • Hospitality Executive
  • Independent Director
  • ITHAX Independent Director
Mr. Vir is a hospitality executive with a distinguished career overseeing multiple operational facets of more than 260 hotels He has held various leadership roles during his 25 years at Marriott International, Inc. Since January 2020, he has served as Vice President for Owner & Franchise Relations and Marriott Select Brands for the Caribbean and Latin America. From February 2013 to December 2019, he was Area Vice President for the Caribbean and Latin America overseeing hotel portfolios in Central and South America Prior to that and at the beginning of his career, Mr. Vir had even more hands-on experience in the travel, hospitality and leisure sectors, as General Manager of multiple hotels in the United States and Brazil from February 2004 to February 2013