Andreas Taprantzis, the executive director of Greece's privatisation scheme, talks to Financial News about the long slog of bringing assets to market, the decision to halt sales until the June election and why he took on the task

Andreas Taprantzis, the former deputy chief executive of T Bank and executive director of Greece's privatisation scheme, has spent the last few months flying around the world marketing the struggling country's assets. He joined the Hellenic Republic Assets Development Fund last summer, as talks for the country's second bailout began, and has since help raise €1.9bn through sales of state-owned companies, infrastructure and real estate. Here, he tells Sarah Krouse about the long haul of bringing assets to market, the decision to halt privatisation sales until next month's election and why he took on the Herculean task.