Mr. Tsesmetzoglou is a Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Howden Matrix Group, part of the Howden Broking Group, the largest independent insurance and reinsurance broker. He began his career in the London Insurance Market in 1998 at Windsor Professional Indemnity, where his responsibilities included the development of business in Greece and Cyprus. During 2002 Dimitris moved to BMS International and launched the BMS office in Athens (2003). In September 2006 Dimitris led the successful Management Buy Out of the BMS Hellas office from the BMS Group. During 2019, he completed the buyout of Piraeus Brokers SA, the insurance intermediation branch of Piraeus Bank, through a strategic alliance with the Howden Broking Group, which in 2020 become the majority shareholder of Howden Matrix. Since, he has initiated and concluded three major acquisitions of insurance intermediaries, placing Howden Matrix to the top, as the largest corporate broker in Greece. Dimitris holds an MBA in Maritime Management from the University of Leicester and a Bachelors’ of Science in Insurance and Investment from the City Business School, now called CASS. Furthermore, he is a member of the advisory Board for the undergraduate programs for CASS Business School in London on the Finance, Investment & Insurance courses.