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Evangelos Mytilineos

Founded Mytilineos Group in 1990; Executive Chairman of Metlen since 2026

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design—no proxy read yet
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
In the role
8 mo
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
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Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 5

  • The controlling shareholder stayed executive after handing over the CEO title: the FY2025, Q1 2026 and H1 2026 releases quote the Executive Chairman, not the Group CEOsrc
  • Last year as Chairman & CEO ended with a guidance miss: in February 2026 Metlen cut 2025 EBITDA by about 25% on M Power Projects cost overruns and delayed asset-rotation closings, and results slipped from 31 March to 9 Aprilsrc
  • Pay not located: the Directors' Remuneration Report sits in the 2025 Integrated Annual Report on metlen.com / the FCA NSM / ATHEX, all egress-blocked. Shareholders approved it with 96.67% at the 2026 AGMsrc
  • Under the 2024 policy of the former Metlen S.A., his annual award was 100% of fixed pay at target and 290% at maximum (search summary only; document not read)src
  • Legal history: 2018 bribery charges over a 2003 PPC contract; a news-agency headline reports final acquittalsrc

In their favour 1

  • Bought about EUR 15.3m of shares on market in the twelve months to 2026-09-24 (25 purchases, 390,318 shares) and sold nonesrc

Career

  1. 2026 – now
    Metlen Energy & Metals PLCsrc
    Executive Chairman
    Effective 2026-01-01; Christos Gavalas took the Group CEO title
  2. 1990 – 2025
    MYTILINEOS Holdings / Mytilineos S.A. / Metlen Energy & Metals (S.A., then PLC)src
    Founder, Chairman & CEO
    Founded MYTILINEOS Holdings in 1990 (WS-wiki, WS-sev); the group was renamed Metlen and re-domiciled under a UK PLC with a London primary listing in August 2025 (RNS-FY25). Title 'Chairman & CEO' through 2025 per the PDMR notices (PDMR-SET)
  3. 1978 – 1990
    Mytilineos family business (metal and steel products trading, founded 1908)src
    Took over and ran the family business

Achievements

  • Founded MYTILINEOS Holdings in 1990 out of the family metals business and listed it on the Athens exchange in 1995src
  • Built the group through METKA and Aluminium of Greece into the EU's largest vertically integrated alumina and aluminium producer, then entered power through Protergia in the early 2000ssrc
  • Moved the primary listing to London in August 2025; Metlen joined the FTSE 100 and MSCI UK indexessrc
  • 2025 revenue rose 25% to EUR 7,107m, but EBITDA fell 30% to EUR 753m and profit after minorities to EUR 314m (2024: EUR 615m) on M Power Projects lossessrc
  • H1 2026, his first half as Executive Chairman: EBITDA EUR 550m (H1 2025: EUR 445m), profit after minorities EUR 313m, net leverage down to 1.7x from 3.1xsrc

Education

  • Athens University of Economics and Business, BSc Economicssrc
  • London School of Economics, MSc Economicssrc
  • University of Piraeus, Honorary doctorate Business Administration and Management (2019)src

Background

  • Family Took over the business of his father, Georgios Mytilineos, and co-founded the group in 1990 with his brother Ioannissrc
  • Family The Metlen PLC annual report's board section (any statement on family relationships among directors) was not reachable; none located in the RNS readsrc
  • Founder Founder and controlling shareholder: 22.03% of the voting rights, almost all held through Cypriot holding companies (Emergia Holdings, Kilteo, Melvet Investments)src
  • Boards President of Eurometaux, the European non-ferrous metals association: elected October 2022, re-elected October 2024 for a second two-year termsrc
  • Legal Charged in 2018 with active bribery over a EUR 250,000 transfer to the then PPC CEO tied to the METKA-built Lavrio power plant (2003 tender); the money-laundering charge was dropped and a trial orderedsrc
  • Legal A later AMNA headline reports his final acquittal in the Lavrio case; the article body and date were not reachedsrc

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

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  1. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'Launch of The Third Era - Progress in Motion': changes to board / leadership team, effective 2026-01-01 (read on Investegate) · 2025-11-06
  2. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'Result of AGM' (2026-05-21 meeting) · 2026-05-21
  3. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'Financial Results for year ended 31 December 2025' (key figures, statement of changes in equity, Executive Chairman's statement) · 2026-04-09
  4. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'Metlen updates its 2025 guidance and reaffirms its medium-term outlook' · 2026-02-06
  5. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'Financial Results H1 2026' · 2026-08-06
  6. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'TR-1: Standard notification of major holdings' (Evangelos Mytilineos; Kilteo Ltd, Melvet Investments Ltd, Emergia Holdings Ltd) · 2026-08-14
  7. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'PDMR/PCA transaction notification' (Frezia Ltd merged into Kilteo Ltd, 15,601,219 shares) · 2026-08-14
  8. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC RNS 'PDMR transaction notification for shares delivered under long-term incentive plan awards' · 2026-06-29
  9. Filing Metlen Energy & Metals PLC EU/UK MAR Art. 19 notices on Investegate, every one listed 2025-08-04 to 2026-09-22 read: purchases by Mytilineos or his PCAs in notices 9139793, 9201819, 9203805, 9206126, 9206130, 9208561, 9211110, 9226047, 9228589, 9244335, 9244336, 9247153, 9287548, 9290301, 9293071, 9302772, 9333446, 9519323, 9528974, 9533422, 9535655, 9542495, 9554738, 9559315, 9620977 · 2026-06-16
  10. Web search result WebSearch + WebFetch: Evangelos Mytilineos (Wikipedia): education (Moraitis School; BSc Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business; MSc Economics, LSE; honorary doctorate University of Piraeus 2019); took over the 1908 family business in 1978; founded MYTILINEOS Holdings 1990; listed on ATHEX 1995 · 2026-09-24
  11. Web search result WebSearch: SEV speaker bio / 2014 CV of Evangelos Mytilineos; summary: took over the family business (founded 1908) in 1978, established MYTILINEOS Holdings in 1990, acquired METKA and Aluminium of Greece, entered energy via Protergia in the early 2000s (summary of results; page not fetched) · 2026-09-24
  12. Web search result WebSearch: Mytilineos Holdings (Wikipedia); summary: the brothers Evangelos and Ioannis Mytilineos took over Georgios Mytilineos's business and in 1990 founded Mytilineos Group S.A. (summary of results; page not fetched) · 2026-09-24
  13. Web search result WebSearch: 'METLEN's Chairman & CEO Evangelos Mytilineos re-elected as President of Eurometaux'; summary: first elected October 2022, re-elected October 2024 for a second two-year term (summary of results; page not fetched) · 2026-09-24
  14. Web search result WebSearch: Metlen S.A. Remuneration Report 2024; summary: the Chairman & CEO's award is 100% of fixed pay at target and 290% at maximum (summary of results; the PDF on metlen.com is egress-blocked and was not read) · 2026-09-24