George Giannakeas

George Giannakeas is CMO Greece at Delivery Hero.

23d30ccWith a strong background in SEO, SEM, Analytics and Mobile, he is currently looking into Loyalty, CRO and CRM while trying to make teams work more efficiently.

Startupper at heart with a hands on approach influenced by agile and lean thinking.
Over the past 10 years he has designed and executed digital marketing plans in mobile, travel, e-commerce, food, fashion and health care, consulting companies on how they can build an effective digital strategy using the integration of content, search, social, video, and mobile platforms.

During his career he has been investigating how mobile is disrupting most established business models, focusing on mobile advertising, loyalty schemes, payments and m-commerce.

He has been involved in product development of several websites & apps and he has studied how people interact with technology.

He has been organizing Startup Weekend University in Athens as well as London Startup Weekend where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out in an intense weekend if their startup ideas are viable.

As an adjunct professor at Panteion University of Social Sciences, he designed and taught a course that focuses on inbound and mobile marketing while at the same time aims at introducing students to entrepreneurship and startup culture.

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Alexandros Angelopoulos

Alexandros Angelopoulos

Alexandros Ν. Angelopoulos was born in Athens in 1972. He studied Business Management (Boston University 1995) and successfully completed his post-graduate studies in International management at Boston College (1998). He is Graduate of the PDP program of New York Cornell University, (2008)
Professional Career.
Currently holding the position of the CEO of the Aldemar Group, Alexandros Angelopoulos has been active in the family business, as Executive Director since 1995, working hard towards ideas and policies that open up new horizons in the Greek hotel business and place Tourism at the core of Greek economic activity.

He is joining CruiseInn Tourism & Gastronomy as a distinct business executive.

Active Positions
2015 – Vice President of the Greek Eurasian Business Council.
2013- Μember of the Business Advisory Board of the BCA College.
2012 – Secretary of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association
2011 – Member of the Board of Directors of SETE (Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises)
2010 – Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Environmental Policy Committee of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels.
2010 – Honorary Consulate of Ukraine for Peloponnese
2010 – 14 Member of the Board of Directors of Greek-Russian Chamber of Commerce
2004 – 07  Chairperson of the Task Force on Ideas and Action (SID of SETE)

Elissavet Adamidou

Elissavet Adamidou, UX/UI Designer, Another Circus

Hello! My name is Elissavet Adamidou and I’m an Athens based visual designerI received a Bachelor in Graphic Design at AKTO art & design college (Athens, Greece) and a Master in Visual Communication at Birmingham City University (Birmingham, UK). After my one year stay in Stockholm, Sweden I gained a great interest in User Experience and User Interface design for websites and mobile applications. However, I’m still learning all the time by keeping up to date with current trends and attending workshops and talks. 

Eva Bouzi

Eva Bouzi – Digital Marketing Director, Branding Department, Generation Y

With over 7 years of experience in developing marketing and communication strategies designed to achieve business and communication goals for a brand.

Eva’s work, across all facets of integrated marketing, has enabled her to provide a rich perspective on how to drive sales and win market share. She has the energy and creativity required for breakthrough promotional and digital marketing work, which can be seen through her work with more than 80 global & national brands.

Alexandros Passalis

Alexandros Passalis, General Manager – Alex Beach Hotel, Founder – Passalis Family

Alexandros Passalis studied Business Administration in the University of Piraeus and has been awarded  a M.Sc degree in Tourism Marketing from Bournemouth University. He has also received a Postgraduate Certificate in Hospitality Operations from Glion Institute of Higher Education. He is currently the General Manager of Alex Beach Hotel & Bungalows in Rhodes and founder of the ‘’Passalis Family’’ brand, which is involved in the production of the award winning ‘‘Alexandros Olive Grove’’ extra virgin olive oil as well as other local products in the island of Rhodes.

Katerina Stylianidou

Katerina Stylianidou, Human Resources Manager, Generation Y

Results focused Business Developer Manager & Human Resources Manager with a demonstrated record of exceeding profitability goals and successful strategic planning. Experience in the optimization of business processes, known for cost cutting initiatives, expert in restructuring. Developing innovative solutions to improve revenue and ensure compliance. Background in auditing that offers reach understanding of finance concepts, advanced business analysis skills and capabilities in tracking and controlling operational expenditures. Trusted top management partner and valuable advisor. 

Vangelis Asvestas

Vangelis is working for Cisco since 2005 as a Sales representative in several positions. Today he is responsible for the distribution of Cisco products in Greece, Cyprus and Malta and at the same time for the development of Cloud and IoT solutions. Since 2010, Vangelis has started building an ecosystem of partners using the Cisco Solutions Partner program, who develop and sell complete vertical market solutions based on Cisco. In the past, Vangelis has worked as a Sales & Presales Engineer at Hewlett Packard, Informatics & M. Papasavas AEVE. Vangelis holds a Computer Engineering Bachelor of Science degree from the TEI of Piraeus and an MBA from Hellenic American University.

Dora Trachana

Dora Trachana, Business Development & International Collaborations Manager, ACEin AUEB

Dora Trachana (MSc, PhD Candidate) works as Business Development and International Collaborations Manager at the Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEin), the incubator of the Athens University of Economics and Business. She holds a BSc in Management Science and Technology from AUEB and she has received an honorary scholarship for her performance from the State Scholarships Foundation. She has also attended a Graduate Program in Information Systems, where she graduated first and received both a scholarship from State Scholarships Foundation and a titular scholarship from the Department of Informatics of AUEB. She is very interested in the entrepreneurship and innovation domain and she travels around Europe in order to meet new people and new ideas. Currently, she is a PhD Candidate in ELTRUN – the E-Business Center working on Open Innovation and she has presented her research in International Conferences.

Daphne Tsevreni

Daphne Tsevreni, co-founder and Chief Commercial Office, Clio Muse

Daphne Tsevreni is co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Clio Muse, a SaaS platform to administer and resell digital themed tours.She specializes on business development and business planning, and has 4-year experience in the Culture and Tourism sector. Through Clio Muse, she has collaborated with multiple cultural and touristic entities (Museums, cultural events, tour operators, hotels etc.) in Greece, Italy and Brazil and has worked on how to add value through technology in culture and tourism. She holds a BSc. on Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

 

haridimos spinthakis

Haridimos Spinthakis

Haridimos Spinthakis: Business Development, Yoleni’s

haridimos spinthakis

Haridimos was born and raised in the island of Crete, graduated from Harokopio University Athens and majored in traditional food products marketing, while at HAW Hamburg. His research focuses on the fields of cuisine – culture, as well as in food and destination marketing.

Coming from a diverse background of consulting work experience and sales, Haridimos has been active in projects related to regional development and business growth, while being involved in the startup community as well as in youth entrepreneurship both on Greek and European Union level (Jade – European Confederation of Junior Enterprises). Other activities include directing local network-building and communities, and events highlighting new ideas and entrepreneurship.

Haridimos joined Yoleni’s in 2014 and since then he is leading the B2B department and performs on multiple add-value projects (business planning, concept and branding, US market initiatives, among others). Yoleni’s is the leading Greek online delicatessen shop in the European and the US markets. Yoleni’s team selects the best, authentic products from all over Greece, and ships them worldwide: via www.yolenis.com, as special gift baskets (corporate gifts) as well as physical stores (first of which is launched in downtown Athens by October 2016).