Alexios “Alex” Papagiannakopoulos is a student at the Georgetown College of Arts & Sciences, currently majoring in Economics. He started trading CFDs at the age of 13 and has developed a long-standing passion for finance ever since. Born and bred in Athens, Greece, he is particularly interested in European politics and EMEA markets. On campus, he is involved in Georgetown Collegiate Investors, the Georgetown Aerospace & Defense Investment Fund, and Georgetown Impact Investing. Furthermore, he is the Chief Policy Officer of a European Federalist think-tank where he explores the intersection of finance and policymaking in Europe. In the past, he has interned in Corporate Banking; lastly, he is intrigued by the world of fintech, public policy, and defense investing.