Alpha Bank’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy is aimed at embedding inclusion into leadership, behaviour, talent processes and everyday employee experience, organised around five pillars: gender diversity, generational diversity, health equity, financial inclusion and LGBTQ+ inclusion.
The most distinctive feature of Alpha Bank’s approach is its Communities of Change, which are internal networks comparable to employee resource groups. These communities are cross-functional engines for piloting ideas, building skills and embedding inclusion into daily work. They include Alpha Ithacans, Agile Bankers, Datah0l1cs, the Young Enthusiasts’ Society, the Wellbeing Community, and the emerging Change Agents community.
The model has gained strong traction: the communities engaged around 20% of the workforce by the end of 2025 and grew by 60% during the year. Their practical impact is visible in initiatives such as job shadowing, buddy programmes and data literacy training, several of which are being moved from pilots into broader HR and operating processes.
Gender equality is a central pillar of the strategy, supported by the A.W.A.R.E. framework – Alpha women, authentic, resilient, empowered – that underpins mentoring and leadership programmes. TAB Mentoring paired 13 senior mentors with 26 female mentees in 2025, delivering eight structured sessions plus project work, with more than 740 leadership hours invested in 2025.
Alpha Bank has also made generational renewal a measurable talent priority. It set a target for 20% of new hires to be aged 18 to 30, but by 2025 reached 53%. Its accelerator programmes grew from 200 participants in 2024 to 218 in 2025, creating structured entry points for young professionals. Internships also expanded, with 144 young professionals benefiting by the end of 2025, including participants from both Greek and international universities.
The Alpha Ithacans community supports the wider Rebrain Greece agenda, which seeks to reverse the brain drain suffered by the market since the financial crisis. Ithacans brings together more than 100 repatriated professionals, including 26 who returned in 2025, and supports knowledge exchange, best practice transfer and employer branding among Greeks abroad. It also introduced practical support mechanisms such as the Ithacan Buddy programme for new repatriated hires.
