Rania has over 26 years of professional experience, including positions of high responsibility, across different sectors. She began her career at Texaco, in the oil and gas sector in the Caspian region. She has also worked for more than 10 years in Corporate and Investment Banking in London and in Athens, for Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Eurobank.
Important positions in her career include: CEO of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP), Greece’s sovereign fund, with majority shareholdings in large state-owned enterprises and sole shareholder of the Privatization Fund (HRADF) and of the Public Properties Company (ETAD). Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) in Transaction Advisory Services and Energy Sector Leader for SE Europe. Deputy CEO and member of the Board of Public Power Corporation (PPC), the leading listed Greek electric utility.

Over the last years, Rania has taken the role of senior strategy and financial advisor to large corporates, while she serves as a board director in several boards, including ElvalHalcor S.A., Motor Oil S.A. and HEDNO S.A. (two of which are listed and part of the Athens Large Cap 25 Index). She is also Chair or member in various board committees, including Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Sustainability Committee. In the board of HEDNO, Rania was nominated by Macquarie Asset Management (#1 infra fund globally) which has acquired an equity stake of 49%.

She is member of the Advisory Board of Dianeosis, the leading non-profit think tank institute in Greece on social, economic and policy reforms matters. She is also member of the Leadership Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). In the past, she served as member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HCGC) and of the Council of Competitiveness in Greece. 

Rania participates in various international non-profit organizations for gender parity: she is the Athens Chair for 50/50 Women on Boards, co-chair of the Greek Chapter of WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) and member of the European Network of Women in Leadership (WIL). She has graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She holds an MBA from City University in London (Bayes Business School).