Lila Tsitsogiannopoulou

The head of Greece’s privatisations agency (HRADF) said on July 6 that it will make up for a revenue shortfall last year by raising a total €6bn by 2018. privatisations.

In 2016, for instance, Greece raised €500m from asset sales. Its target was €2bn.

Greece aims to raise 6 billion euros in privatization revenues through 2018, the head of its privatizations agency said on Thursday.

Chairwoman Lila Tsitsogiannopoulou told reporters Greece was targeting 2 billion euros from privatizations this year and about 3.5 billion next year from the sale of stakes in telecoms group OTE and the Athens International Airport, among other assets.

Greece's privatisation agency TAIPED has appointed executive director Lila Tsitsogiannopoulou as its new chair, it said on Friday.

Tsitsogiannopoulou will take over from Chief Executive Antonios Leousis, who has been heading the fund's three-member board for an interim six-month period.