Our Speakers

Grigoris Lialios

Senior Associate in Technology Advisory - PwC Greece

Grigoris holds almost 10 years of experience in Sales, Customer Consulting, Product Marketing and Project Management in a diverse portfolio of industries like gaming sector, consumer goods and EU Institutions.

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Grigoris Lialios

Senior Associate in Technology Advisory - PwC Greece

Lina Kastriti

Google Trainer & Chief Commercial Officer - Nelios

Lina holds the CCO position at Nelios while at the same time she is a trainer in Google’s “Grow Greek Tourism Online” program and DMH Academy.

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Lina Kastriti

Google Trainer & Chief Commercial Officer - Nelios

Konstantinos Baros

Manager, Strategy, Advisory - PwC Greece

Konstantinos has experience within a broad spectrum of services including financial analysis, financial planning, financial institutions support, project and corporate finance, operational research etc.

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Konstantinos Baros

Manager, Strategy, Advisory - PwC Greece

Marisa Antonopoulou

Business Development Manager & COO - Action Finance Initiative

As the Business Development Manager & COO of the Action Finance Initiative, Marisa has been helping unemployed people and excluded entrepreneurs gain access to microfinance, free business training and support.

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Marisa Antonopoulou

Business Development Manager & COO - Action Finance Initiative

Katerina Santikou

Founder & Managing Director - Workathlon

Katerina is an experienced hospitality entrepreneur, recognized in the Fortune 40 under 40 and Forbes 30 under 30 lists. She's the Founder of Workathlon, a leading hospitality recruiting software.

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Katerina Santikou

Founder & Managing Director - Workathlon

Ilias Bogordos

CEO - Keeano

After years of research in Applied Physics and a significant experience as a software engineer, Ilias combined his passion in designing apps with his love for the sea and founded his first startup.

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Ilias Bogordos

CEO - Keeano

Nektarios Sylligardakis

Co-Founder & CPO - Zoottle

Nektarios' background in teaching electronics serves him well in developing but also in information architecture. He always thinks as a teacher who wants the information to be well digested.

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Nektarios Sylligardakis

Co-Founder & CPO - Zoottle

Stergios Ntetsikas

Director, Advisory - Grant Thornton Greece

Stergios has more than 13 years of experience providing high-level services in the advisory and assurance sector of Grant Thornton. Due to his careers, He has developed expertise in various sectors.

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Stergios Ntetsikas

Director, Advisory - Grant Thornton Greece

Orestis Andrianis

Industry Manager, Travel & Technology - Google Greece

Orestis is the Industry Manager of the Ads sales team for the Travel vertical of Google Greece. He provides strategic services for online advertising to leading companies and has been with Google for the past 5 years.

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Orestis Andrianis

Industry Manager, Travel & Technology - Google Greece

Ilias Soussis

Head of Domestic Market & YouTube - Google

Ilias is currently the Head of Domestic Market (Agencies and YouTube) at Google for Greece, Cyprus and Malta. Prior to his latest role, he was the Senior Business Development Manager at Google Ireland.

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Ilias Soussis

Head of Domestic Market & YouTube - Google

Apostolos Paradellis

Analytical Consultant - Google Ads sales team

Apostolos is the Analytical Consultant of the Google Ads sales team supporting export-oriented clients in either the Travel or Technology sector in Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, & Malta.

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Apostolos Paradellis

Analytical Consultant - Google Ads sales team

Christos Erois

GR Hub Team Lead & Principal Account Manager - Google

Christos is the Senior Account Manager of the Google Ads sales team for the Travel vertical of Google in Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Malta. He has been with Google for the past 5 years.

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Christos Erois

GR Hub Team Lead & Principal Account Manager - Google

Andreas Andreadis

CEO - Sani/Ikos Group

Dr Andreas Andreadis graduated as a Civil Engineer from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a PhD from the University of London. He's the CEO of Sani/Ikos Group, which owns and operates Sani Resort, Greece and Ikos Resorts.

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Andreas Andreadis

CEO - Sani/Ikos Group

Vassiliki Mavrokefalou

Director Market Management - Expedia Group

Vassiliki is responsible at Expedia Group for leading the market management team for Greece, Cyprus and East Adriatic. She's an expert in driving and improving businesses’ performance of hoteliers.

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Vassiliki Mavrokefalou

Director Market Management - Expedia Group

George Deligiannis

Senior Partner|Head of Advisory - Grant Thornton

George Deligiannis is Senior Partner & Head of Advisory at Grant Thornton Greece and brings more than 26 years of experience. He holds the CPA and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece verifications.

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George Deligiannis

Senior Partner|Head of Advisory - Grant Thornton

Manos Mavrogenis

Senior Manager|Transactional Advisory Services - Grant Thornton

Manos joined Grant Thornton in 2016 and is Senior Manager in the Transactional Advisory Services division. He holds an MBA from the University of Hull, UK, specializing in Financial Management & Investment Risk Assessment.

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Manos Mavrogenis

Senior Manager|Transactional Advisory Services - Grant Thornton

Marina Chrysanthopoulou

Senior Partner of Assurance - Grant Thornton

Marina Chrysanthopoulou is a Certified Public Accounting - Auditor, a Partner and a member of the Board of Directors of Grant Thornton Greece, where she has been occupied since 1994.

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Marina Chrysanthopoulou

Senior Partner of Assurance - Grant Thornton

Michael Mavropoulos

CEO - LIKNOSS

Michael is an accomplished executive with proven track record in different leadership roles in Greece and abroad. Prior to his latest role, he was the Regional Director of TUI Destination Experiences for East Mediterranean.

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Michael Mavropoulos

CEO - LIKNOSS

Andriana Theodorakopoulou

Principal Consultant - Stanton Chase

Andriana is a Principal Consultant, specialized in the Consumer Products and Services sector with specialization in FMCG, Retail and in the emerging e-commerce.

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Andriana Theodorakopoulou

Principal Consultant - Stanton Chase

Chara Palaiologou

Consultant - Stanton Chase

Possessing a wealth of more than 9 years of working experience as an IT Consultant for Deloitte, Chara is primarily responsible for following and serving clients within the Technology Sector at Stanton Chase, Greece.

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Chara Palaiologou

Consultant - Stanton Chase

Georgina Pefani

Associate Consultant - Stanton Chase

Georgina is a Consultant Associate specialized in the FMCG, Retail & Services Sector with main focus the last years on Tourism and Hospitality Practice. She joined Stanton Chase in April 2013.

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Georgina Pefani

Associate Consultant - Stanton Chase

Myrto Papandreou

Junior Consultant - Stanton Chase

Myrto joined Stanton Chase as a Junior Consultant in the Consumer Product & Services sector, having practiced HR in Greek and multinational companies on a local as well as international level.

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Myrto Papandreou

Junior Consultant - Stanton Chase

Kostas Gkiokas

Business Development – Mergers & Acquisitions Director - TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas

Mr. Gkiokas is a seasoned executive with over 25-year record of international business experience, mainly in international tourism, which included business and leisure travel, ground & air transportation, etc.

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Kostas Gkiokas

Business Development – Mergers & Acquisitions Director - TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas

Charalampos Angeloudis

Deputy General Manager / Technical (QM) Director BU Certification Business Assurance - TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas

Mr. Angeloudis is the Deputy General Manager of TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas and Chairman at the Tourism Committee of HELLASCERT. He has gained an experience of over 25 years in quality assurance.

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Charalampos Angeloudis

Deputy General Manager / Technical (QM) Director BU Certification Business Assurance - TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas

Theano Baka

Head of Tourism Inspections and Certification Department / Head of Legal Compliance Service Division - TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas

Mrs. Baka is the Head of Tourism Inspections and Certification Department of TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS since 2014 and is a representative of TÜV AUSTRIA HELLAS at the Tourism Committee of HELLASCERT.

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Theano Baka

Head of Tourism Inspections and Certification Department / Head of Legal Compliance Service Division - TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas

Linda Plano

Founder - Plano & Simple

Linda Plano, PhD, has been coaching entrepreneurs on their pitches and value propositions since 2005. She founded Plano & Simple in 2010 in order to focus exclusively on coaching, training and mentoring.

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Linda Plano

Founder - Plano & Simple

Christos Stergiou

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman - TripAround

Christos is the Founder & CEO of TrueTrips, a luxury travel company dedicated to providing an authentic travel experience, and the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Triparound.

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Christos Stergiou

Co-Founder & Executive Chairman - TripAround

Antonis Chalkiopoulos

Co-founder & CEO - Triparound

Antonis is the Co-Founder & CEO of Triparound, a travel tech company with a mission of bringing travel planning into the future through a holistic ecosystem of products and services.

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Antonis Chalkiopoulos

Co-founder & CEO - Triparound

Christos Spatharakis

Co-founder & CEO - Ferryhopper

Christos is the Co-founder & CEO of Ferryhopper, an online ferry booking platform that revolutionizes they way people travel by ferry. He holds a Master's Degree in Integrated Circuit Design from Imperial College London.

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Christos Spatharakis

Co-founder & CEO - Ferryhopper

Daphne Tsevreni

Co-founder & CRO - Clio Muse Tours

Daphne is the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Clio Muse Tours, an integrated platform for creating and sharing engaging audio tours for top attractions & city walks around the world.

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Daphne Tsevreni

Co-founder & CRO - Clio Muse Tours

Dimitris Serifis

CEO - Nelios

Dimitris is considered by many as the expert in digital transformation for the travel industry. In 2008 he took the decision to create Nelios.com, providing specialized digital services for the industry.

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Dimitris Serifis

CEO - Nelios

Christos Bitzis

PPC Expert - Nelios

Christos has been working in the field of tourism and the internet since 1999. He has worked as a development consultant, project manager, digital strategist with major brands in hospitality in Greece.

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Christos Bitzis

PPC Expert - Nelios

Dimitris Bistolas

CEO - Key Tours

Dimitris Bistolas is the CEO of Key Tours S.A. He graduated as an Economist from the University of Athens and holds a MBA from ALBA Graduate School. In 2003, he joined Key Tours as the General manager.

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Dimitris Bistolas

CEO - Key Tours

Dimitris Kossyfas

Co-Founder - Travel Food People

Dimitris is the Co-Founder of Travel Food People, a company focusing on personalised travel guides globally. Prior to that, he led the Ads sales team for Travel and Tech at Google in South Europe for 10 years.

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Dimitris Kossyfas

Co-Founder - Travel Food People

Makis Tsecheridis

Managing Director NTS

I'm Makis Tsecheridis, and I've proudly dedicated two decades to the dynamic world of digital marketing and communication.

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Makis Tsecheridis

Managing Director NTS

Vassia Axarli

Head of Marketing - Ferryhopper

Vassia is a graduate of Chemical Engineering (NTUA) and holds a Degree in International Relations from the American College of Greece. She met and loved the Ferryhopper team in 2017. Today, she is the Head of Marketing.

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Vassia Axarli

Head of Marketing - Ferryhopper

George Karathanassis

Co-Founder - Hotellisense

George Karathanassis is the Co-founder and Sales Director of Hotellisense. He actively participates in conferences and sales/communication workshops. George holds a Degree in Business Administration.

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George Karathanassis

Co-Founder - Hotellisense

Aliki Iovita

CEO - Narratologies

Aliki Iovita, nominated in “Forbes 30 under 30 Greece 2021”, is an architect engineer, digital experience designer and travel tech entrepreneur with professional and research experience in the fields of culture and digital media.

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Aliki Iovita

CEO - Narratologies

Michael Arvanitis

CEO - Reveffect

Michael is the Founder & CEO of Reveffect, a specialized Hospitality Revenue Strategy Company located in Athens. He has worked in various hotels and resorts in Athens, Santorini and Mykonos as a Hotel Manager.

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Michael Arvanitis

CEO - Reveffect

Maria Kofou

Travel Blogger - Tfortravel.gr

Maria is a full-time travel blogger and a solo traveler. In 2018 she launched her travel startup Tfortravel.gr, a digital travel agency with a purpose to educate Greek women on solo traveling.

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Maria Kofou

Travel Blogger - Tfortravel.gr

Alexandros Ponomarov

YouTuber

Alexandros started uploading videos on YouTube in 2018, sharing his experiences of traveling around the world, with a concept of spending no more than 100€ in each destination.

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Alexandros Ponomarov

YouTuber

Vasilis Korakis

Manager, Deals team - PwC

Vasilis Korakis is a Manager in the Deals team of PwC (Athens). He joined PwC in 2016 and has over 7 years of experience in M&A / corporate finance, valuation, research, fairness opinion assignments.

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Vasilis Korakis

Manager, Deals team - PwC

Vassilis Elaiotrivaris

Manager, Customers & Operations, Advisory - PwC Greece

Vassilis is an altruist, a volunteer and someone who spends most of his personal time creating, supporting, helping and organizing people around him for a better future.

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Vassilis Elaiotrivaris

Manager, Customers & Operations, Advisory - PwC Greece

Kyriakos Tsigkros

Co-founder & CEO - Campsaround

Kyriakos has studied Project Management and Marketing & Communications. His work experience is mainly in marketing automation, B2B business development, account management, customer experience, and he has worked for more than 4 years for a startup.

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Kyriakos Tsigkros

Co-founder & CEO - Campsaround

Kristian Ndokaj

Senior Associate, Corporate Finance team - PwC Greece

Kristian joined PwC Greece in 2016 and is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Finance team based in Athens, focusing on financial analysis/modelling, M&A, valuations, business plan preparations/reviews and fairness opinion assignments.

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Kristian Ndokaj

Senior Associate, Corporate Finance team - PwC Greece

Angelos Benos

Partner, Tax & Legal department - PwC Greece

Angelos Benos is a Partner in PwC's Tax & Legal department. Angelos started his career with PwC Greece in 2003 before departing for a long (15 years) and successful international career, in London and Moscow.

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Angelos Benos

Partner, Tax & Legal department - PwC Greece

Matina Mykoniati

Manager, TLS - PwC Greece

Matina Mykoniati has over 20 years of professional experience in shepherding complex & politically sensitive initiatives through the complete life cycle in a cross-selling environment from inception to launch and completion.

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Matina Mykoniati

Manager, TLS - PwC Greece

Filimon Kostadimas

Senior Manager, Tax & Legal Team - PwC Greece

Filimon is a Senior Manager in PwC's Tax & Legal department based in Athens, Greece.

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Filimon Kostadimas

Senior Manager, Tax & Legal Team - PwC Greece

Stelios Christakis

Founder & CEO - Tourmie

Stelios is the Co-Founder of The Central Boutique Apartments based in Heraklion, Crete. He holds a degree in Finance & Insurance from the Department of Finance & Accounting of the TEI of Crete.

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Stelios Christakis

Founder & CEO - Tourmie

Christos Stefanatos

Project Lead - EV Loader

Christos holds a MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and Minor Degrees in Finance and Operations Management from the American College of Greece.

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Christos Stefanatos

Project Lead - EV Loader

Joanna Psomopoulou

Business Development Manager - Workathlon

Joanna Psomopoulou is a Strategy Designer, specialized in the hospitality sector. She studied Business Administration at Athens University of Economics and Business and at Université Paris Dauphine in Paris.

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Joanna Psomopoulou

Business Development Manager - Workathlon

Katerina Kamtsi

Co-Founder & COO - Campsaround

Katerina has professional experience in customer success in a SaaS company, in digital marketing with expertise in e-commerce businesses and project management.

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Katerina Kamtsi

Co-Founder & COO - Campsaround

Kontantinos Ntentes

Senior Associate, Assurance - PwC Greece

Konstantinos has 4 years of audit and consulting experience within a broad spectrum of services including auditing the group and stand-alone financial statements.

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Kontantinos Ntentes

Senior Associate, Assurance - PwC Greece

Thalia Tzanetti

Director Strategy and Transformation - PwC Greece

Thalia's experience has focused on strategy, transformation, people topics, leadership, organizational and operating model optimization, governance, and change management.

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Thalia Tzanetti

Director Strategy and Transformation - PwC Greece

Elena Dede

Co-Founder & CEO - Woof Together

Elena is the Co-Founder and CEO of Woof Together, a startup company setting the standards in pet-friendly hospitality. She has consulted more than 300 hotels in Greece on their pet-friendly profile, suggesting high quality products.

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Elena Dede

Co-Founder & CEO - Woof Together

Christos Varsamis

PR & Sales Partner - Vivestia

Christos's role on the Vivestia team is in public relations and communications with property owners and potential customers.

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Christos Varsamis

PR & Sales Partner - Vivestia

George Pilpilidis

CEO - Kleesto

George is responsible for business development, sales, PR and marketing for kleesto.

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George Pilpilidis

CEO - Kleesto

Konstantinos Tzortzis

Founder & CEO - Unlimited Adrenaline

Konstantinos studied and worked as an aircraft engineer. He has previously worked in the sales department, where he was recognized as a top salesman and later became a sales manager, trainer, and team leader.

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Konstantinos Tzortzis

Founder & CEO - Unlimited Adrenaline

Spyros Valvis

Lawyer (Supreme Court) & Manager - PwC Greece

Spyros is the Manager in the legal team of PwC Greece. He joined the Tax & Legal Dept. of PwC in 2005. In the course of his professional route within PwC and major Athens law firms providing services almost exclusively to international clients.

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Spyros Valvis

Lawyer (Supreme Court) & Manager - PwC Greece

Maria Founta

Head of Marketing for South East Europe - Google

She focuses on establishing strategic partnerships and launching Google services and initiatives that support consumers and help businesses grow online.

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Maria Founta

Head of Marketing for South East Europe - Google

Tassos Kinalis

Area Manager - Expedia Group

Tassos has followed a 14-year journey in the hospitality industry and having worked in the sales departments of several Greek and multinational hotel units inside and outside the country.

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Tassos Kinalis

Area Manager - Expedia Group

Evi Panitsa

Operations Manager for Lodging Hotels in Europe, Middle East & Africa countries - Expedia Group

Evi carries 19 years of operational experience in various sectors (Real Estate, Technology & FMCG companies), but in Expedia she was able to combine two of her biggest passions – Operational Excellence & Travel.

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Evi Panitsa

Operations Manager for Lodging Hotels in Europe, Middle East & Africa countries - Expedia Group

Richard Mullane

Impact Lead - Investing for Purpose

Richard is a sustainability specialist with a background blending Social Enterprise, Communications and Impact.

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Richard Mullane

Impact Lead - Investing for Purpose

Eleonore Cottarel

Partner - Investing For Purpose

Eleonore is a Partner at Investing For Purpose, and a Private Equity, and VC executive, having worked in the impact field since 2014.

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Eleonore Cottarel

Partner - Investing For Purpose

Anastasis Stamatis

Founder - Dataphoria

Anastasis, a green tech entrepreneur, merges his expertise in technology, engineering and advocacy to create impactful solutions for climate change.

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Anastasis Stamatis

Founder - Dataphoria

Eleni Andreadis

Executive ESG Director - Sani/Ikos Group

Eleni Andreadis was born in London. She earned her Masters at Harvard University, focusing there on environmental policy and media, and has consulted on sustainability issues for various companies and media organisations in the UK, US and Greece.

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Eleni Andreadis

Executive ESG Director - Sani/Ikos Group

Sophia Kavgalakis

Head of Strategy & Business Developement - Common Seas

Sophia is an experienced acquisitions and business development executive, with extensive expertise in luxury private equity backed hospitality and real estate projects, including working for the Sani/Ikos Group, the first carbon neutral resort in Greece.

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Sophia Kavgalakis

Head of Strategy & Business Developement - Common Seas

Michalis Kakotaritis

Senior Digital Marketer | Marketing team - Ferryhopper

Michalis currently serves as the Senior Digital Marketer at Ferryhopper, where his expertise shines.

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Michalis Kakotaritis

Senior Digital Marketer | Marketing team - Ferryhopper

Konstantina Svinou

President RIT

Konstantina Svinou was born and raised in Kos. She studied at the Polytechnic University of Patras, specializing in Computer and Information Systems Engineering.

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Konstantina Svinou

President RIT

Christina Tetradis

Hotelier, President and Managing Director of Zante Hospitality Group (ZHG)

Christina Tetradis is the President and Managing Director of Zante Hospitality Group (ZHG). In recognition of her outstanding contributions, she has been honored with the titles of World Woman Leader of Hospitality & Tourism 2022 and Woman Leader of the Ionian Islands 2018.

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Christina Tetradis

Hotelier, President and Managing Director of Zante Hospitality Group (ZHG)

Petros Fragkiskos

Co-Founder - FNG Law Firm

Petros Fragkiskos is a founding partner of the firm. He graduated with distinction from the University of Athens School of Law and holds a M.St. from the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law and a LL.M. from Harvard Law.

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Petros Fragkiskos

Co-Founder - FNG Law Firm

Antigoni Trachaliou

Attorney - Legal & Compliance Lead and Group DPO

Antigoni Trachaliou is an attorney at law, licensed to appear before the Athens Supreme Court. She is a Certified Data Protection Manager and a Certified Fraud Examiner, while she has vast experience in advising on data protection, intellectual property, digital law, ethics/compliance and ESG topics.

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Antigoni Trachaliou

Attorney - Legal & Compliance Lead and Group DPO

Smaragda Sarhosi

C. M. O. - HotelBrain Group

Smaragda Sarhosi is the Chief Marketing Officer of HotelBrain Group. She studied at the University of Ioannina and the University of Leeds, in England, where she received an MA degree in Marketing & Advertising.

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Smaragda Sarhosi

C. M. O. - HotelBrain Group

Mathilda Nathan

Co-founder & CEO of BORRN

Mathilda Nathan is the Co-founder & CEO of BORRN, a company committed to helping founders either launch new ventures or expand existing ones.

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Mathilda Nathan

Co-founder & CEO of BORRN

Anastasia Terzidou

Content Strategist & Operator at BORRN

Anastasia is a Content Strategist and Storyteller. She is part of BORRN, where she stands by founders in refining their value propositions, brand stories, and content strategies to enhance their ventures’ impact.

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