BC Partners Chair Relocates to Greece
The European chair of the British private equity firm is moving from the UK to Greece as Athens courts wealthy investors with a new tax regime.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Business Strategy
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Nikos Stathopoulos, European chair of BC Partners, a British private equity firm with more than $40 billion in assets, is relocating from the UK to Greece, according to people familiar with the matter and a company filing. Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Rokos is also moving from the UK to Greece.
Why it matters
Greece has introduced a new tax regime designed to encourage investors to establish substantial operations in Athens. The move reflects Athens' effort to reinvent itself as a European financial centre.
BC Partners manages more than $40 billion in assets. The firm plans to open an office in Greece and raise money for additional deals there, though the extraction does not specify the target amount or timeline.
The players
BC Partners
BC Partners is a British private equity firm with more than $40 billion in assets, and its European chair is relocating to Greece.
Nikos Stathopoulos
Nikos Stathopoulos is the European chair of BC Partners, a British private equity firm known for its large-scale buyout investments across Europe.
Chris Rokos
Chris Rokos is a billionaire hedge fund manager who is moving from the UK to Greece, joining the wave of wealthy investors drawn by Athens' new tax regime.
The details
Stathopoulos is relocating to Greece, according to people familiar with the matter and a company filing. Greece is using a new tax regime to attract wealthy investors, and Chris Rokos is making the same move from the UK.
Timeline
November 5, 2026: Article published on the relocation of the BC Partners dealmaker to Greece.
Market Landscape
Greece's new tax regime is meant to pull wealthy investors into Athens as the country positions itself as a European financial centre. The relocations of BC Partners' European chair and Chris Rokos are early examples of that pull at work.
For investors and firms, the Greek tax regime changes where senior dealmakers base themselves and where new operations get built. Athens is positioning itself to host more financial activity, which could shift where capital is raised and deployed in Europe.
The takeaway
Location decisions by senior financiers can signal where a country's policy incentives are working. Watching where executives and capital move next will show whether Greece's tax strategy gains traction.
Further reading
For broader context on how firms are restructuring their operations, see Business Strategy.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Financial Times News.
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