Dr George Veliotes serves as General Manager Life & Health at Interamerican Greece part of Achmea. He is also Chairman of Insurance Europe Health Committee and the Eurapco Health Business Group, He is a member of the Life, Health & Pensions Committee of the Hellenic Association of Insurance Companies.
Dr Veliotes qualified as a Medical Doctor in South Africa and performed his internship and postgraduate training at Baragwanath hospital, Johannesburg. He then completed a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Witwatersrand University. Dr. Veliotes has designed and developed several managed care systems internationally and has headed and chaired various positions in health care.
He joined Interamerican Greece for the successful implementation of Medisystem, the first managed care program in Greece and subsequently played an active role in development of new hospitals, group practices and managed care projects.
His extensive publications include a book on managed health care and he has presented in various local and international forums.