Western Australian property investor and philanthropist, Con Berbatis added another cornerstone to his relationship with The Hellenic Initiative Australia with a $500,000 donation which makes him one of the organisation’s largest benefactors.
Mr Berbatis, 73, is one of Western Australia’s major commercial property investors and developers who has always taken an interest in health, following his early career as a pharmacist, academic and researcher at Curtin University in WA where he received his doctorate in 2012, as well as for the University of Sydney and Monash University in Victoria.
His latest donation will also be directed towards health-related initiatives in Greece that have been severely affected by the financial crisis.
“Con has been a supporter of The Hellenic Initiative Australia from the beginning and we are humbled by the generosity and vision of this gift,” the president of The Hellenic Initiative Australia, Mr Nicholas Pappas AM said, welcoming the donation.
Mr Berbatis who is also the Trustee of the Hellenic Community of Western Australia, has been a lifelong member of the Greek community leadership since his presidency of the WA Hellenic Youth Association in the 1960s.
The Berbatis family legacy doesn’t end there, as together with his wife Rita, they have been long-term benefactors of St Andrew’s Independent School in Dianella, while they developed and underwrote The George and Despina Berbatis Memorial Gymnasium in 2016 in honour of his parents.