Born in Athens in 1966, Pavlos Canellopoulos started his career in AIG, New York, in the Marine & Cargo Department. Until 2019, he served at AIG Greece as Deputy General Manager and Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors; currently, he acts as an Independent Advisor to AIG.

He holds a membership at the Hellenic Association of Insurance Representatives, and is also a BoD member of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration & Political Science from Connecticut College, U.S.A. and of Insurance Science from the Greek Institute for Insurance Studies.