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About HABA

HABA, the Hellenic-American Association for Professionals in Finance, is one of the premier Hellenic-American organizations in the New York metropolitan area. HABA is a not-for-profit organization established in 1982 to promote the professional and educational interests of Greek & Cypriot-Americans and Pan-Hellenes in the banking and finance industries. Its current active membership consists of over 200 professionals representing more than 50 institutions across the financial spectrum.

ABOUT HABA

Since its inception, HABA has strived to serve the professional and educational interests of the Hellenic community by sponsoring lectures, seminars, receptions with guest speakers and other events such as book-signings, holiday celebrations and job-fairs. Over the past 30 years, HABA has had many distinguished speakers and lecturers. Our impact in the community has been recognized by the press, by governments and by our growing membership.

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RECENT NOTABLE SPEAKERS


Dr. Athanasios Orphanides, Governor, Central Bank of Cyprus
Sarah Carlson, VP-Senior Analyst, Sovereign Risk Group, Moody's Investors Service
Christopher Rupkey, Chief Economist, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Harry Markopolos, Chartered Financial Analyst & Certified Fraud Examiner
Dr. George Handjinicolaou, Vice Chairman, The Hellenic Capital Market Commission
Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com
Chris Varvares, President, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC
Tim Scala, Macro-Strategist, Sophis Investments LLC
Elena Ambrosiadou, Co-Founder & CEO, IKOS
Charles Anastasiou, Managing Director, Investments, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Dr. Constantine Soras, Managing Director, CGS Economic & Financial Consulting
Demetri Papacostas, FX Derivative Product Specialist, Bloomberg L.P.
Dr. Charles Calomiris, Professor of Financial Institutions, Columbia University
Dr. James Maroosis, Fordham Graduate School of Business
Peter Stavropoulos, Esq.
John P. Calamos, Sr., Founder, Chairman & CEO, Calamos Investments
Dr. P. Roy Vagelos, Chairman & CEO, Merck & CO. (ret.)
Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Blackstone Group & Former U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Emmanuel Kampouris, President & CEO, American Standard Inc.
Nassos Michas, Chairman, Private Banking, Merrill Lynch
John A. Georges, Chairman & CEO, International Paper (ret.)
William S. Stavropoulos, Chairman & CEO, Dow Chemical Company
Ted Athanassiades, Vice Chairman, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. (ret.)
Dr. John Brademas, Former U.S. Rep. to Congress from Indiana
Michael Dukakis, Former Governor of Massachusetts & 1988 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Paul Tsongas, late Senator from the State of Massachusetts

Our Events

HABA makes every effort to offer free events to our membership throughout the year.

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Membership entitles you to various benefits including:
- Informative lectures, seminars and other events
- Reduced admission fees to most HABA events
- Opportunity to meet other professionals in the financial services field

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Our Mission:

HABA is a professional networking organization that has strived to serve the professional and educational interests of the Hellenic community by sponsoring lectures, seminars, receptions with guest speakers and other events such as book-signings, holiday celebrations and job fairs.

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