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Anastasios Leventis

CBE OFR
Honorary Fellow

Anastasios Paul Leventis was born in Ghana on 19 May 1941. He was educated in England and in France. After completing his education, he joined the Leventis Group in Nigeria, where he became involved in all aspects of its business operations and served as a Director of Leventis Group International and Nigerian Company Boards.

Since its inception, Anastasios P. Leventis has been a Trustee of the Board of the A. G. Leventis Foundation and has served as its Chairman since 2003.

Anastasios P. Leventis holds honorary Doctorates at universities in the UK, Greece and Nigeria and was accredited Honorary Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus to Nigeria by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on 04 April 1990.

He was honoured with the award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2004 and was awarded Order of “Madarski Konnik” by the President of Bulgaria in 2004, the Order of the Golden Age by the Government of Bulgaria and the Ukrainian Order “For Merit”.  He was appointed Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic, Nigeria in 2002.

Anastasios P. Leventis married Myriam Blok in 1975, and they have three children and six grandchildren.