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C O M M I T T E E SAGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEArgiriou NotisBezergiannis StellaChriss DimitriosConstantinidis ConstantinosEfthymiadis ThymisGerovasileiou EvagelosKaragiorgos NikolaosKatsaros GeorgiosKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukakis AthanasiosMichailides EkateriniMitsiolidou OlgaNakas IoannisTsaftaris AthanasiosVergos EvangelosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
AUDITORS COMMITTEEFelonis AthanassiosKerameus GeorgeSabatakakis KyriacosCoordinator: Hadjianagnostou Andriana
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEEChair: Papacostopoulos ConstantineApsouris JohnCharalambous YiangosKozoboli CristyLessi EleniMonogios VassilisPothitou EiriniShiamishis AndreasStaikouras PanagiotisTheodoulidou MariaVenieris GeorgiosVlachos GeorgeCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEEChair: Papademetriou PakisAngelopoulos NickolasAssariotaki RaniaDiakatou ChrysoulaIatrelis ManosIoannidi NicoleKapari VasilikiKesisoglou MarthaKonti KiaraKouidou MarilenaKyriacou SianaMacheras AlexiaManou OlgaMelios NikolaosMenidiati ManinaPapadopoulou AngelikiSfakianaki SeviSoulaki RaniaThomaidou MelinaVrachatis IoannisCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
CULTURE COMMITTEEChair: Lidoriki ZozoArsenis EugeniaDaskalaki-Mytilineou SophieKaldara XeniaKaraitidi EvaLiantis-Lianos EfstathiosMarangopoulou VickyMavrotas TakisNestoridi EfiPataki AnnaStavropoulos StavrosTsougrianis PanagiotisVerveridis NikosZenetou ArtemisZirinis YannisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Panayotopoulos LitsaArsenis SpyrosBakolias BabisCarydis ClaudiaChristakis NikosCostopoulos AlexandrosIoannou GeorgeKassimiotis MichaelKatsou NellyKetikidis PanagiotisKokkini AlexandraKoutouvelis FanisMakios VassilisMergou BarbaraMoros ConstantinosPapadakis GeorgePapapanagiotou ArchontoulaParaskevopoulou ElinaPilitsis LoukasPorfyris NikolaosPrassaki ElenaPrintzos MichaelRizopoulos YannisSyrrakos Nondas Triviza KaterinaTsoukalis AlexTzakou NelyZanetopoulos KonstantinosCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Dr. Koussia VenetiaGeorgiadou MaryKarayannis VassilisKintzios KonstantinosKollia VassoKritsotakis JiorgisPanorios ManosPatakiouti MariaProestos TheodorosStergiopoulou GeorgiaTsalikis ConstantinosCoordinator: Chaidogiannou Sofia
ENERGY COMMITTEEChair: Prof. Dr. Andriosopoulos KostasChantavas Aristotelis Ioannou GeorgeKalavrouziotis GeorgiosKalligas FernandoKouvaris GeorgeManos AnastasiosManousakis ManousosMytilineos EvangelosParpairis DimitriosPapadopoulos YannisPapamichalopoulos GusShiamishis AndreasSifnaios KostisStassis GeorgeZaimis LeonidasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMMITTEEChair: Papapolitis NicholasAthanassiou OdisseasKaragiannis CostasKokkalis KonstantinosLazaridis SocratesLinatsas GeorgeMegalou ChristosVarvitsiotis ThomasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
GES-GREEK ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZING COMMITTEEChair: Bakatselos NikolaosAntoniades VassilisCostopoulos AlexandrosKafatos Vassilis
Papazoglou PanosCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChair: Poulidas SpyrosChristakis NikosKassimiotis MichalisMichalopoulos TheodosisMonokrousos AntonisPeppas NikosSabatakakis KyriacosTsiboukis AntonisCoordinator: Mamali Georgia
INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY & PUBLIC GOVERNANCEActing President: Bakatselos NikolaosExecutive Officer: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEEChair: Kremalis KonstantinosCanellopoulos PaulChatzis GeorgeChatzitheodosiou IoannisChristidou AgniDamaskos GeorgeDaskalaki KaterinaHalaris ChristosIoannou ChristosKordopati ChristinaKoussia (Dr.) VenetiaKyriopoulos IoannisLyssimachou TriantafyllosMichalopoulos AntonisMicharikopoulos DimitrisMichos StathisNounis ChristosOikonomopoulou AntouanetaOikonomopoulou Theodora-IoannaPalioura GiannaPapalimperis PantelisPlomaritis GeorgePoulias AlkiviadisProestos TheodorosSarantopoulos DimitrisSiatounis ManolisTzotzos ApostolosVirvilis GeorgeVlassopoulos GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) COMMITTEEChair: Mastrocostas YannisKosmopoulos MichalisKremmida YotaMichos GeorgeOikonomou AntoniosPaparrigopoulos XenophonPrentoulis NikosSpanou MariaZachou DoraCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Miropoulos ArtemisAlexopoulos KonstantinosBroumidis Harris Ekaterinari RaniaFiliotis SpyrosGerogiannis DimitrisGriveas Polychronis Kalligeros JohnKerastaris AntonisMamidakis EleftheriaMavrommati Marina Negas NikosPanos PantelisPanteliadis AristotelisPapadogianni Efi Plakopitas NikolasPolitopoulou Marianna
Rabbat VassilisSamaras LefterisSaracakis Alexander D.Sirtis StivenSpiliopoulos GeorgeXirocostas AndreasZorgno Giuseppe Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEEChair: Kyriakides JohnAlexandris PanosScorinis GeorgeTsibanoulis DimitrisCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEEChair: Liakopoulos TheodoreAlexandris PanagiotisAnastasiou GiannisAngelonidi HaraChristopoulou MarthaCholevas Christos Flogera AlikiGkikas-Panousis SpyridonHavarani BeatriceKatsolis TheodorosKrinos Gregory Mariakis Kostas Mparas PanagiotisNikas DimitriosPapadopoulos GeorgeRoumbessi KonstantinaTripodianos Manolis Vrettos JohnCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEEChair: Kafatos VassilisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukountzos KonstantinosMalamas CostasMargaropoulos NikolaosMilonas GeorgePapadopoulos-Hatzakos KonstantinosSaranti LoukiaVlachos PanosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES COMMITTEEChair: Papataxiarchis EfthimiosApostolides Pascal Charalampidis Savas Chouliara Elena Dante Gisella Evripides Konstantinos Filiotis Spyros Greco Roberto Issopoulos Leonidas Jaconcic AgataKing-Barnardo Susan Kohout Susanne Konstantinidi Marianna Koulouris Sokratis Michalitsis Iakovos Panagakis George Prodromou Elizabeth Ragousis Zachary Scheiffert Michaela Tousimis GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEECanellopoulos PaulKyriacou Marios T.Papadopoulos ThanosSaracakis John D.Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEChair: Sikalidis LeftBersis George
Delikaterinis Vassilios Kaliabetsos Panagiotis Kazinos Tasos Kyriacou SianaCoordinator: Paneta Frosso
TAXATION COMMITTEEChair: Kostas StavrosAbeliotis Evaggelos Allamani Marina Altiparmakis Christos Athanasiadis Ioannis Daveros Panagiotis Doucas Spiros Dryllerakis John Giannoulis Christos Gigantes Stavros Govaris Vasilios Kapobasi Ioulia Karopoulos Alexandros Kerameus George Kokkos Orestis Kotis Antonis Lepida Nikolaia-Anna Mitsios Stephanos Nikolaou George Nikolopoulou Maria Panou Jenny Pantazopoulos Petros Papadatos Eugene Pelekanou Liza Pothos Panagiotis Psylla Mary Samothrakis George Sfakakis KostasSpyriouni Litsa Stamatelou Georgia Stamatiou Georgios Stavropoulos Ioannis Tapinos Gregory Trakadi Maria Tsakonas Ioannis Yiannacou Sofoklis Zaverdinos ZoisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
TOURISM COMMITTEEChair: Theodorides StephanosAnaniadis Tim Argiri Michael Fokas Makis Kelaitidis Nikolas Koukouli CeliaMarriott Carol Panayotopoulos PanosStylianopoulos Andreas Tsakalos Yannis Van de Winkel BartCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEEChair: Anastasia SideriAlexaki-Catsambi HarikliaBachas Liona Cheimonidou Zeta Dalekou CharaDritsa Anastasia Katsou Nelly Kazakopoulou Betty Konida Alexandra Labrou Marica Mariakaki AgnesMiliopoulou Zozeta Mylona Martha Siropoulou Niki Stoumbou Myladie Tarou Iphigenia Tsekoura Teti Tsemperlidou Katerina Tzimea Deppie Velliotou PeggyCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident Bakatselos Nikolaos | PYRAMIS METALLOURGIA A.E.
Vice President Kafatos Vassilis | DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.
Vice President Saracakis John D. | SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A.
Secretary General Costopoulos Alexandros | FORESIGHT STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
TreasurerPanayotopoulos Litsa | EVIA.IP LTD
Counselor Canellopoulos Paul | AIG GREECE
Counselor Kyriakides John | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM
Counselor Kyriacou Marios T. | KPMG CERTIFIED AUDITORS
Counselor Papadopoulos Athanasios | NAUTICAL CARRIERS INC.
Executive Director Spirtounias Elias | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORSGeorge Alexopoulos | HELLENIC PETROLEUMVasileios Antoniades | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP (BCG HELLAS)Pascal Apostolides | ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALSClaudia Carydis-Benopoulou | THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECEChristos Charpantidis | PAPASTRATOS CIGARETTES MANUFACTURINGSophie Daskalaki-Mytilienou | MYTILINEOS HOLDINGSJohn Enepekides | ROLLERDECK ASSOCIATESStavros Kostas | ECONOMISTAthanasios Kouimtzis | KOUIMTZIS S.A.Venetia Koussia | VENETIAKOUSSIA.NETEmilios Kyriacou | CITIBANK EUROPE GREEK BRANCHSocrates Lazaridis | ATHENS EXCHANGETheodore Liakopoulos | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIALChristos Megalou | PIRAEUS BANKCostas Michailides | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECETheodosis Michalopoulos | MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A.Lilian Nektariou | COCA-COLA HELLASDimitris Nicolaidis | DOW HELLASLeon-Nikolaos Papapolitis | PAPAPOLITIS & PAPAPOLITISPanos Papazoglou | EYDespina Passaris | PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLASEfthimios Papataxiarchis | PHRMA INNOVATION FORUMDennys Plessas | LOCKHEED MARTIN (INTERNATIONAL)Spyros Poulidas | IBM HELLASZachary Ragousis | PFIZER HELLASKyriacos Sabatakakis | ACCENTUREIoannis Stavropoulos | STAVROPOULOS AND PARTNERS LAW OFFICEAndreas Stylianopoulos | NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD.Michalis Tsamaz | HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION (OTE)Antonis Tsiboukis | CISCO SYSTEMS HELLASGeorgios Zanias | EUROBANK
S P O N S O R SThe Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2019, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality, high-value events to all members.
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AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—AMCHAM.GR
AnnualReview2019
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous
improvement of American-Hellenic commercial and financial relations, through
increased membership and through the organization of top-quality events,
exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic.
C O M M I T T E E SAGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEArgiriou NotisBezergiannis StellaChriss DimitriosConstantinidis ConstantinosEfthymiadis ThymisGerovasileiou EvagelosKaragiorgos NikolaosKatsaros GeorgiosKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukakis AthanasiosMichailides EkateriniMitsiolidou OlgaNakas IoannisTsaftaris AthanasiosVergos EvangelosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
AUDITORS COMMITTEEFelonis AthanassiosKerameus GeorgeSabatakakis KyriacosCoordinator: Hadjianagnostou Andriana
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEEChair: Papacostopoulos ConstantineApsouris JohnCharalambous YiangosKozoboli CristyLessi EleniMonogios VassilisPothitou EiriniShiamishis AndreasStaikouras PanagiotisTheodoulidou MariaVenieris GeorgiosVlachos GeorgeCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEEChair: Papademetriou PakisAngelopoulos NickolasAssariotaki RaniaDiakatou ChrysoulaIatrelis ManosIoannidi NicoleKapari VasilikiKesisoglou MarthaKonti KiaraKouidou MarilenaKyriacou SianaMacheras AlexiaManou OlgaMelios NikolaosMenidiati ManinaPapadopoulou AngelikiSfakianaki SeviSoulaki RaniaThomaidou MelinaVrachatis IoannisCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
CULTURE COMMITTEEChair: Lidoriki ZozoArsenis EugeniaDaskalaki-Mytilineou SophieKaldara XeniaKaraitidi EvaLiantis-Lianos EfstathiosMarangopoulou VickyMavrotas TakisNestoridi EfiPataki AnnaStavropoulos StavrosTsougrianis PanagiotisVerveridis NikosZenetou ArtemisZirinis YannisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Panayotopoulos LitsaArsenis SpyrosBakolias BabisCarydis ClaudiaChristakis NikosCostopoulos AlexandrosIoannou GeorgeKassimiotis MichaelKatsou NellyKetikidis PanagiotisKokkini AlexandraKoutouvelis FanisMakios VassilisMergou BarbaraMoros ConstantinosPapadakis GeorgePapapanagiotou ArchontoulaParaskevopoulou ElinaPilitsis LoukasPorfyris NikolaosPrassaki ElenaPrintzos MichaelRizopoulos YannisSyrrakos Nondas Triviza KaterinaTsoukalis AlexTzakou NelyZanetopoulos KonstantinosCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Dr. Koussia VenetiaGeorgiadou MaryKarayannis VassilisKintzios KonstantinosKollia VassoKritsotakis JiorgisPanorios ManosPatakiouti MariaProestos TheodorosStergiopoulou GeorgiaTsalikis ConstantinosCoordinator: Chaidogiannou Sofia
ENERGY COMMITTEEChair: Prof. Dr. Andriosopoulos KostasChantavas Aristotelis Ioannou GeorgeKalavrouziotis GeorgiosKalligas FernandoKouvaris GeorgeManos AnastasiosManousakis ManousosMytilineos EvangelosParpairis DimitriosPapadopoulos YannisPapamichalopoulos GusShiamishis AndreasSifnaios KostisStassis GeorgeZaimis LeonidasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMMITTEEChair: Papapolitis NicholasAthanassiou OdisseasKaragiannis CostasKokkalis KonstantinosLazaridis SocratesLinatsas GeorgeMegalou ChristosVarvitsiotis ThomasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
GES-GREEK ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZING COMMITTEEChair: Bakatselos NikolaosAntoniades VassilisCostopoulos AlexandrosKafatos Vassilis
Papazoglou PanosCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChair: Poulidas SpyrosChristakis NikosKassimiotis MichalisMichalopoulos TheodosisMonokrousos AntonisPeppas NikosSabatakakis KyriacosTsiboukis AntonisCoordinator: Mamali Georgia
INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY & PUBLIC GOVERNANCEActing President: Bakatselos NikolaosExecutive Officer: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEEChair: Kremalis KonstantinosCanellopoulos PaulChatzis GeorgeChatzitheodosiou IoannisChristidou AgniDamaskos GeorgeDaskalaki KaterinaHalaris ChristosIoannou ChristosKordopati ChristinaKoussia (Dr.) VenetiaKyriopoulos IoannisLyssimachou TriantafyllosMichalopoulos AntonisMicharikopoulos DimitrisMichos StathisNounis ChristosOikonomopoulou AntouanetaOikonomopoulou Theodora-IoannaPalioura GiannaPapalimperis PantelisPlomaritis GeorgePoulias AlkiviadisProestos TheodorosSarantopoulos DimitrisSiatounis ManolisTzotzos ApostolosVirvilis GeorgeVlassopoulos GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) COMMITTEEChair: Mastrocostas YannisKosmopoulos MichalisKremmida YotaMichos GeorgeOikonomou AntoniosPaparrigopoulos XenophonPrentoulis NikosSpanou MariaZachou DoraCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Miropoulos ArtemisAlexopoulos KonstantinosBroumidis Harris Ekaterinari RaniaFiliotis SpyrosGerogiannis DimitrisGriveas Polychronis Kalligeros JohnKerastaris AntonisMamidakis EleftheriaMavrommati Marina Negas NikosPanos PantelisPanteliadis AristotelisPapadogianni Efi Plakopitas NikolasPolitopoulou Marianna
Rabbat VassilisSamaras LefterisSaracakis Alexander D.Sirtis StivenSpiliopoulos GeorgeXirocostas AndreasZorgno Giuseppe Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEEChair: Kyriakides JohnAlexandris PanosScorinis GeorgeTsibanoulis DimitrisCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEEChair: Liakopoulos TheodoreAlexandris PanagiotisAnastasiou GiannisAngelonidi HaraChristopoulou MarthaCholevas Christos Flogera AlikiGkikas-Panousis SpyridonHavarani BeatriceKatsolis TheodorosKrinos Gregory Mariakis Kostas Mparas PanagiotisNikas DimitriosPapadopoulos GeorgeRoumbessi KonstantinaTripodianos Manolis Vrettos JohnCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEEChair: Kafatos VassilisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukountzos KonstantinosMalamas CostasMargaropoulos NikolaosMilonas GeorgePapadopoulos-Hatzakos KonstantinosSaranti LoukiaVlachos PanosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES COMMITTEEChair: Papataxiarchis EfthimiosApostolides Pascal Charalampidis Savas Chouliara Elena Dante Gisella Evripides Konstantinos Filiotis Spyros Greco Roberto Issopoulos Leonidas Jaconcic AgataKing-Barnardo Susan Kohout Susanne Konstantinidi Marianna Koulouris Sokratis Michalitsis Iakovos Panagakis George Prodromou Elizabeth Ragousis Zachary Scheiffert Michaela Tousimis GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEECanellopoulos PaulKyriacou Marios T.Papadopoulos ThanosSaracakis John D.Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEChair: Sikalidis LeftBersis George
Delikaterinis Vassilios Kaliabetsos Panagiotis Kazinos Tasos Kyriacou SianaCoordinator: Paneta Frosso
TAXATION COMMITTEEChair: Kostas StavrosAbeliotis Evaggelos Allamani Marina Altiparmakis Christos Athanasiadis Ioannis Daveros Panagiotis Doucas Spiros Dryllerakis John Giannoulis Christos Gigantes Stavros Govaris Vasilios Kapobasi Ioulia Karopoulos Alexandros Kerameus George Kokkos Orestis Kotis Antonis Lepida Nikolaia-Anna Mitsios Stephanos Nikolaou George Nikolopoulou Maria Panou Jenny Pantazopoulos Petros Papadatos Eugene Pelekanou Liza Pothos Panagiotis Psylla Mary Samothrakis George Sfakakis KostasSpyriouni Litsa Stamatelou Georgia Stamatiou Georgios Stavropoulos Ioannis Tapinos Gregory Trakadi Maria Tsakonas Ioannis Yiannacou Sofoklis Zaverdinos ZoisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
TOURISM COMMITTEEChair: Theodorides StephanosAnaniadis Tim Argiri Michael Fokas Makis Kelaitidis Nikolas Koukouli CeliaMarriott Carol Panayotopoulos PanosStylianopoulos Andreas Tsakalos Yannis Van de Winkel BartCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEEChair: Anastasia SideriAlexaki-Catsambi HarikliaBachas Liona Cheimonidou Zeta Dalekou CharaDritsa Anastasia Katsou Nelly Kazakopoulou Betty Konida Alexandra Labrou Marica Mariakaki AgnesMiliopoulou Zozeta Mylona Martha Siropoulou Niki Stoumbou Myladie Tarou Iphigenia Tsekoura Teti Tsemperlidou Katerina Tzimea Deppie Velliotou PeggyCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident Bakatselos Nikolaos | PYRAMIS METALLOURGIA A.E.
Vice President Kafatos Vassilis | DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.
Vice President Saracakis John D. | SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A.
Secretary General Costopoulos Alexandros | FORESIGHT STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
TreasurerPanayotopoulos Litsa | EVIA.IP LTD
Counselor Canellopoulos Paul | AIG GREECE
Counselor Kyriakides John | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM
Counselor Kyriacou Marios T. | KPMG CERTIFIED AUDITORS
Counselor Papadopoulos Athanasios | NAUTICAL CARRIERS INC.
Executive Director Spirtounias Elias | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORSGeorge Alexopoulos | HELLENIC PETROLEUMVasileios Antoniades | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP (BCG HELLAS)Pascal Apostolides | ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALSClaudia Carydis-Benopoulou | THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECEChristos Charpantidis | PAPASTRATOS CIGARETTES MANUFACTURINGSophie Daskalaki-Mytilienou | MYTILINEOS HOLDINGSJohn Enepekides | ROLLERDECK ASSOCIATESStavros Kostas | ECONOMISTAthanasios Kouimtzis | KOUIMTZIS S.A.Venetia Koussia | VENETIAKOUSSIA.NETEmilios Kyriacou | CITIBANK EUROPE GREEK BRANCHSocrates Lazaridis | ATHENS EXCHANGETheodore Liakopoulos | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIALChristos Megalou | PIRAEUS BANKCostas Michailides | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECETheodosis Michalopoulos | MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A.Lilian Nektariou | COCA-COLA HELLASDimitris Nicolaidis | DOW HELLASLeon-Nikolaos Papapolitis | PAPAPOLITIS & PAPAPOLITISPanos Papazoglou | EYDespina Passaris | PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLASEfthimios Papataxiarchis | PHRMA INNOVATION FORUMDennys Plessas | LOCKHEED MARTIN (INTERNATIONAL)Spyros Poulidas | IBM HELLASZachary Ragousis | PFIZER HELLASKyriacos Sabatakakis | ACCENTUREIoannis Stavropoulos | STAVROPOULOS AND PARTNERS LAW OFFICEAndreas Stylianopoulos | NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD.Michalis Tsamaz | HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION (OTE)Antonis Tsiboukis | CISCO SYSTEMS HELLASGeorgios Zanias | EUROBANK
S P O N S O R SThe Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2019, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality, high-value events to all members.
HEAD OFFICE:
109-111 Messoghion Ave., Politia Business Center, GR 115 26 Athens, GREECE
PHONE: +30 210 699 3559, FAX: +30 210 698 5686
E-mail: [email protected] | www.amcham.gr
BRANCH OFFICE:
123 Tsimiski Str., GR 546 21 Thessaloniki, GREECE
PHONE: +30 2310 286453, FAX: +30 210 225162
Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C., Member of the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce
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SPONSORS
A. TZORTZI
AB VASSILOPOULOS
ABBOTT
ABBVIE
ACCENTURE
AGRINO
AGROTECH
AIR FRANCE-KLM-DELTA
ALCON LABORATORIES
ALPHA BANK
ALPHA ESTATE
ALTUS
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL
AMERICAN HELLENIC HULL
AMGEN
ANATOLIA COLLEGE
ANDERSEN TAX
ANTAEUS TRAVEL GROUP
ASTRA ZENECA
ATHENIAN BREWERY
ATHENS EXCHANGE GROUP
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ATHENS WATER SUPPLY & SEWERAGE (EYDAP)
ATRADIUS
AVIS
AVITUS GROUP
AXA
BARBA STATHIS
BE SMART CAR RENTAL
BELAS FILOTAS & SON
BIOS AGROSYSTEMS
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
CHIVAS
CISCO SYSTEMS HELLAS
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA HELLENIC BOTTLING COMPANY
COOPERATIVE BANK OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA
COPELOUZOS GROUP
CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE
CPA LAW
CSL BEHRING
DELOITTE
DIAGEO
DIOS
DK MARKETING
DOW
DRYLLERAKIS & ASSOCIATES
DTL KASTRI IKE
EAS CONSULTING GROUP
EDATHESS GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
EFA GROUP
ELLAKTOR
ELLINAIR
ENTERPRISE GREECE
EUROBANK
EVENTORA
EVYP LLP
EY
EZA
FINANCIAL & LAW PARTNERS
FORTSAKIS, DIAKOPOULOS, MYLONOGIANNIS & ASSOCIATES (FDMA)
GASTRADE
GE HEALTHCARE
GENESIS PHARMA
GILEAD SCIENCES HELLAS
GLOSSIMA & WEHRHEIM
GRANT THORNTON
GREEN DAY
GS1 ASSOCIATION GREECE
GSK
HALKIDIKI TOURISM ORGANIZATION
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
HELLENIC ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATOR (HEDNO)
HELLENIC ENERGY EXCHANGE (HENEX)
HELLENIC GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR (DESFA)
HELLENIC PETROLEUM GROUP OF COMPANIES
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
IBM
IDEA MONKEYS
INTERAMERICAN
INTTRUST
ISOMAT
JANSSEN-CILAG
JOHNSON & JOHNSON
KAFKAS
KAZARIAN CENTER FOR PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
KERKINI FARM
KIR YIANNI
KOUIMTZIS GROUP
KOUKAKIS FARM
KPMG
KSI GREECE
KTIMA GEROVASSILIOU
KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM
LOCKHEED MARTIN
LUFTHANSA GROUP
MAZARS
MEDTRONIC
MERCK
METLIFE
MICROSOFT
MILTOS PATISSERIE
MSD
MYTILINEOS GROUP
MYTILINOS
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE
NEW YORK COLLEGE
NN HELLENIC LIFE INSURANCE
NOSTIRA
ORTHOLOGISMOS
OTE GROUP
PAP CORP
PAPASTRATOS
PERFECT TASTE
PFIZER
PHARMASERVE-LILLY
PHARMATHEN
PHILIPS HELLAS
PIRAEUS BANK
PIRAEUS INSURANCE AGENCY
PKF
PRAXIA BANK
PUBLIC GAS CORPORATION (DEPA)
PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION (PPC)
PwC
ROCHE
S. ROUSSOS & PARTNERS
SANOFI AVENTIS
SMARTBNB
SOL CROWE
SPETSES MINI MARATHON
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STANTON CHASE
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STEVIA HELLAS COOPERATIVE
SWISS APPROVAL
TEXAN ENVIPCO
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THESSALONIKI PORT AUTHORITY
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TIF HELEXPO
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AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—AMCHAM.GR
AnnualReview2019
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous
improvement of American-Hellenic commercial and financial relations, through
increased membership and through the organization of top-quality events,
exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic.
C O M M I T T E E SAGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEArgiriou NotisBezergiannis StellaChriss DimitriosConstantinidis ConstantinosEfthymiadis ThymisGerovasileiou EvagelosKaragiorgos NikolaosKatsaros GeorgiosKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukakis AthanasiosMichailides EkateriniMitsiolidou OlgaNakas IoannisTsaftaris AthanasiosVergos EvangelosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
AUDITORS COMMITTEEFelonis AthanassiosKerameus GeorgeSabatakakis KyriacosCoordinator: Hadjianagnostou Andriana
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEEChair: Papacostopoulos ConstantineApsouris JohnCharalambous YiangosKozoboli CristyLessi EleniMonogios VassilisPothitou EiriniShiamishis AndreasStaikouras PanagiotisTheodoulidou MariaVenieris GeorgiosVlachos GeorgeCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEEChair: Papademetriou PakisAngelopoulos NickolasAssariotaki RaniaDiakatou ChrysoulaIatrelis ManosIoannidi NicoleKapari VasilikiKesisoglou MarthaKonti KiaraKouidou MarilenaKyriacou SianaMacheras AlexiaManou OlgaMelios NikolaosMenidiati ManinaPapadopoulou AngelikiSfakianaki SeviSoulaki RaniaThomaidou MelinaVrachatis IoannisCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
CULTURE COMMITTEEChair: Lidoriki ZozoArsenis EugeniaDaskalaki-Mytilineou SophieKaldara XeniaKaraitidi EvaLiantis-Lianos EfstathiosMarangopoulou VickyMavrotas TakisNestoridi EfiPataki AnnaStavropoulos StavrosTsougrianis PanagiotisVerveridis NikosZenetou ArtemisZirinis YannisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Panayotopoulos LitsaArsenis SpyrosBakolias BabisCarydis ClaudiaChristakis NikosCostopoulos AlexandrosIoannou GeorgeKassimiotis MichaelKatsou NellyKetikidis PanagiotisKokkini AlexandraKoutouvelis FanisMakios VassilisMergou BarbaraMoros ConstantinosPapadakis GeorgePapapanagiotou ArchontoulaParaskevopoulou ElinaPilitsis LoukasPorfyris NikolaosPrassaki ElenaPrintzos MichaelRizopoulos YannisSyrrakos Nondas Triviza KaterinaTsoukalis AlexTzakou NelyZanetopoulos KonstantinosCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Dr. Koussia VenetiaGeorgiadou MaryKarayannis VassilisKintzios KonstantinosKollia VassoKritsotakis JiorgisPanorios ManosPatakiouti MariaProestos TheodorosStergiopoulou GeorgiaTsalikis ConstantinosCoordinator: Chaidogiannou Sofia
ENERGY COMMITTEEChair: Prof. Dr. Andriosopoulos KostasChantavas Aristotelis Ioannou GeorgeKalavrouziotis GeorgiosKalligas FernandoKouvaris GeorgeManos AnastasiosManousakis ManousosMytilineos EvangelosParpairis DimitriosPapadopoulos YannisPapamichalopoulos GusShiamishis AndreasSifnaios KostisStassis GeorgeZaimis LeonidasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMMITTEEChair: Papapolitis NicholasAthanassiou OdisseasKaragiannis CostasKokkalis KonstantinosLazaridis SocratesLinatsas GeorgeMegalou ChristosVarvitsiotis ThomasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
GES-GREEK ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZING COMMITTEEChair: Bakatselos NikolaosAntoniades VassilisCostopoulos AlexandrosKafatos Vassilis
Papazoglou PanosCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChair: Poulidas SpyrosChristakis NikosKassimiotis MichalisMichalopoulos TheodosisMonokrousos AntonisPeppas NikosSabatakakis KyriacosTsiboukis AntonisCoordinator: Mamali Georgia
INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY & PUBLIC GOVERNANCEActing President: Bakatselos NikolaosExecutive Officer: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEEChair: Kremalis KonstantinosCanellopoulos PaulChatzis GeorgeChatzitheodosiou IoannisChristidou AgniDamaskos GeorgeDaskalaki KaterinaHalaris ChristosIoannou ChristosKordopati ChristinaKoussia (Dr.) VenetiaKyriopoulos IoannisLyssimachou TriantafyllosMichalopoulos AntonisMicharikopoulos DimitrisMichos StathisNounis ChristosOikonomopoulou AntouanetaOikonomopoulou Theodora-IoannaPalioura GiannaPapalimperis PantelisPlomaritis GeorgePoulias AlkiviadisProestos TheodorosSarantopoulos DimitrisSiatounis ManolisTzotzos ApostolosVirvilis GeorgeVlassopoulos GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) COMMITTEEChair: Mastrocostas YannisKosmopoulos MichalisKremmida YotaMichos GeorgeOikonomou AntoniosPaparrigopoulos XenophonPrentoulis NikosSpanou MariaZachou DoraCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Miropoulos ArtemisAlexopoulos KonstantinosBroumidis Harris Ekaterinari RaniaFiliotis SpyrosGerogiannis DimitrisGriveas Polychronis Kalligeros JohnKerastaris AntonisMamidakis EleftheriaMavrommati Marina Negas NikosPanos PantelisPanteliadis AristotelisPapadogianni Efi Plakopitas NikolasPolitopoulou Marianna
Rabbat VassilisSamaras LefterisSaracakis Alexander D.Sirtis StivenSpiliopoulos GeorgeXirocostas AndreasZorgno Giuseppe Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEEChair: Kyriakides JohnAlexandris PanosScorinis GeorgeTsibanoulis DimitrisCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEEChair: Liakopoulos TheodoreAlexandris PanagiotisAnastasiou GiannisAngelonidi HaraChristopoulou MarthaCholevas Christos Flogera AlikiGkikas-Panousis SpyridonHavarani BeatriceKatsolis TheodorosKrinos Gregory Mariakis Kostas Mparas PanagiotisNikas DimitriosPapadopoulos GeorgeRoumbessi KonstantinaTripodianos Manolis Vrettos JohnCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEEChair: Kafatos VassilisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukountzos KonstantinosMalamas CostasMargaropoulos NikolaosMilonas GeorgePapadopoulos-Hatzakos KonstantinosSaranti LoukiaVlachos PanosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES COMMITTEEChair: Papataxiarchis EfthimiosApostolides Pascal Charalampidis Savas Chouliara Elena Dante Gisella Evripides Konstantinos Filiotis Spyros Greco Roberto Issopoulos Leonidas Jaconcic AgataKing-Barnardo Susan Kohout Susanne Konstantinidi Marianna Koulouris Sokratis Michalitsis Iakovos Panagakis George Prodromou Elizabeth Ragousis Zachary Scheiffert Michaela Tousimis GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEECanellopoulos PaulKyriacou Marios T.Papadopoulos ThanosSaracakis John D.Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEChair: Sikalidis LeftBersis George
Delikaterinis Vassilios Kaliabetsos Panagiotis Kazinos Tasos Kyriacou SianaCoordinator: Paneta Frosso
TAXATION COMMITTEEChair: Kostas StavrosAbeliotis Evaggelos Allamani Marina Altiparmakis Christos Athanasiadis Ioannis Daveros Panagiotis Doucas Spiros Dryllerakis John Giannoulis Christos Gigantes Stavros Govaris Vasilios Kapobasi Ioulia Karopoulos Alexandros Kerameus George Kokkos Orestis Kotis Antonis Lepida Nikolaia-Anna Mitsios Stephanos Nikolaou George Nikolopoulou Maria Panou Jenny Pantazopoulos Petros Papadatos Eugene Pelekanou Liza Pothos Panagiotis Psylla Mary Samothrakis George Sfakakis KostasSpyriouni Litsa Stamatelou Georgia Stamatiou Georgios Stavropoulos Ioannis Tapinos Gregory Trakadi Maria Tsakonas Ioannis Yiannacou Sofoklis Zaverdinos ZoisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
TOURISM COMMITTEEChair: Theodorides StephanosAnaniadis Tim Argiri Michael Fokas Makis Kelaitidis Nikolas Koukouli CeliaMarriott Carol Panayotopoulos PanosStylianopoulos Andreas Tsakalos Yannis Van de Winkel BartCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEEChair: Anastasia SideriAlexaki-Catsambi HarikliaBachas Liona Cheimonidou Zeta Dalekou CharaDritsa Anastasia Katsou Nelly Kazakopoulou Betty Konida Alexandra Labrou Marica Mariakaki AgnesMiliopoulou Zozeta Mylona Martha Siropoulou Niki Stoumbou Myladie Tarou Iphigenia Tsekoura Teti Tsemperlidou Katerina Tzimea Deppie Velliotou PeggyCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident Bakatselos Nikolaos | PYRAMIS METALLOURGIA A.E.
Vice President Kafatos Vassilis | DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.
Vice President Saracakis John D. | SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A.
Secretary General Costopoulos Alexandros | FORESIGHT STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
TreasurerPanayotopoulos Litsa | EVIA.IP LTD
Counselor Canellopoulos Paul | AIG GREECE
Counselor Kyriakides John | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM
Counselor Kyriacou Marios T. | KPMG CERTIFIED AUDITORS
Counselor Papadopoulos Athanasios | NAUTICAL CARRIERS INC.
Executive Director Spirtounias Elias | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORSGeorge Alexopoulos | HELLENIC PETROLEUMVasileios Antoniades | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP (BCG HELLAS)Pascal Apostolides | ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALSClaudia Carydis-Benopoulou | THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECEChristos Charpantidis | PAPASTRATOS CIGARETTES MANUFACTURINGSophie Daskalaki-Mytilienou | MYTILINEOS HOLDINGSJohn Enepekides | ROLLERDECK ASSOCIATESStavros Kostas | ECONOMISTAthanasios Kouimtzis | KOUIMTZIS S.A.Venetia Koussia | VENETIAKOUSSIA.NETEmilios Kyriacou | CITIBANK EUROPE GREEK BRANCHSocrates Lazaridis | ATHENS EXCHANGETheodore Liakopoulos | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIALChristos Megalou | PIRAEUS BANKCostas Michailides | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECETheodosis Michalopoulos | MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A.Lilian Nektariou | COCA-COLA HELLASDimitris Nicolaidis | DOW HELLASLeon-Nikolaos Papapolitis | PAPAPOLITIS & PAPAPOLITISPanos Papazoglou | EYDespina Passaris | PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLASEfthimios Papataxiarchis | PHRMA INNOVATION FORUMDennys Plessas | LOCKHEED MARTIN (INTERNATIONAL)Spyros Poulidas | IBM HELLASZachary Ragousis | PFIZER HELLASKyriacos Sabatakakis | ACCENTUREIoannis Stavropoulos | STAVROPOULOS AND PARTNERS LAW OFFICEAndreas Stylianopoulos | NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD.Michalis Tsamaz | HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION (OTE)Antonis Tsiboukis | CISCO SYSTEMS HELLASGeorgios Zanias | EUROBANK
S P O N S O R SThe Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2019, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality, high-value events to all members.
HEAD OFFICE:
109-111 Messoghion Ave., Politia Business Center, GR 115 26 Athens, GREECE
PHONE: +30 210 699 3559, FAX: +30 210 698 5686
E-mail: [email protected] | www.amcham.gr
BRANCH OFFICE:
123 Tsimiski Str., GR 546 21 Thessaloniki, GREECE
PHONE: +30 2310 286453, FAX: +30 210 225162
Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C., Member of the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce
AMERICAN-HELLENICCHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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SPONSORS
A. TZORTZI
AB VASSILOPOULOS
ABBOTT
ABBVIE
ACCENTURE
AGRINO
AGROTECH
AIR FRANCE-KLM-DELTA
ALCON LABORATORIES
ALPHA BANK
ALPHA ESTATE
ALTUS
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL
AMERICAN HELLENIC HULL
AMGEN
ANATOLIA COLLEGE
ANDERSEN TAX
ANTAEUS TRAVEL GROUP
ASTRA ZENECA
ATHENIAN BREWERY
ATHENS EXCHANGE GROUP
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ATHENS WATER SUPPLY & SEWERAGE (EYDAP)
ATRADIUS
AVIS
AVITUS GROUP
AXA
BARBA STATHIS
BE SMART CAR RENTAL
BELAS FILOTAS & SON
BIOS AGROSYSTEMS
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB
CHIVAS
CISCO SYSTEMS HELLAS
COCA-COLA
COCA-COLA HELLENIC BOTTLING COMPANY
COOPERATIVE BANK OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA
COPELOUZOS GROUP
CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE
CPA LAW
CSL BEHRING
DELOITTE
DIAGEO
DIOS
DK MARKETING
DOW
DRYLLERAKIS & ASSOCIATES
DTL KASTRI IKE
EAS CONSULTING GROUP
EDATHESS GAS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
EFA GROUP
ELLAKTOR
ELLINAIR
ENTERPRISE GREECE
EUROBANK
EVENTORA
EVYP LLP
EY
EZA
FINANCIAL & LAW PARTNERS
FORTSAKIS, DIAKOPOULOS, MYLONOGIANNIS & ASSOCIATES (FDMA)
GASTRADE
GE HEALTHCARE
GENESIS PHARMA
GILEAD SCIENCES HELLAS
GLOSSIMA & WEHRHEIM
GRANT THORNTON
GREEN DAY
GS1 ASSOCIATION GREECE
GSK
HALKIDIKI TOURISM ORGANIZATION
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
HELLENIC ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATOR (HEDNO)
HELLENIC ENERGY EXCHANGE (HENEX)
HELLENIC GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR (DESFA)
HELLENIC PETROLEUM GROUP OF COMPANIES
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
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AnnualReview2019
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous
improvement of American-Hellenic commercial and financial relations, through
increased membership and through the organization of top-quality events,
exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pubic Affair Meetings
February 1Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner, Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
February 28Public Affairs Luncheon with Guest Speaker Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister of National Defense
TradeUSA Workshops
February 27 KAVALA
April 1 KALAMATA
April 2 PATRA
October 2 CHIOS
Private Events
January 18Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Chris Megalou, Chief Executive Officer, Piraeus Bank
January 31 Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Minister Stavros Arachovitis and Deputy Minister Vasilis Kokkalis, Ministry of RuralDevelopment & Food
May 6Agrotechnology Committeeclosed luncheon with guest speaker Dimitrios Melas, MEP Candidate, Former Secretary General and Minister of Rural Development and Food
August 2Closed working meeting with guest speaker Vasileios Kikilias, Minister of Health, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and, Pharmaceutical and MD&D Committee members
August 2 Closed working meeting with guest speaker Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Information Technology and Communications Committee members
August 6Closed working luncheon with guest speaker Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) U.S. Department of State for Energy, with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Energy Committee members
August 27Closed Luncheon with guest speaker Makis Voridis, Minister of Rural Development and Food
September 7Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy
September 8Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Harry Theocharis, Minister of Tourism
September 9Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Georgios Georgantas, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance
November 18 Closed Working Dinner with Deputy Minister of Finance Apostolos Vesyropoulos, with the participation of Tax Committee members and Northern Greece Enterprises
A C T I V I T I E S 2 0 1 9
January 8-12 LAS VEGASGreek Pavilion at CES 2019, with the support of Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media and Enterprise Greece
January 24ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTELConference titled: Proposals for a Social Policy–Focusing on Competitiveness; organized by the Employment Committee and the Insurance, Social Security and Labor Affairs Committee
January 31ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALNew Year’s Reception
March 14THESSALONIKIVELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER4th Tourism Conference
February 4THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTELNew Year’s Reception
February 5NICOSIA, CYPRUSRegional Annual Meeting AmChams in Europe, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Israel
February 21ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS7th Corporate Governance Conference
September 5ATHENSATHENS HILTON HOTEL AmCham welcomes U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
September 6THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL South East Europe Energy Forum
October 5ATHENSSTAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTER (SNFCC)AmCham President Welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Hellenic Pavilion
October 6ATHENSKING GEORGE HOTEL Exclusive private cocktail reception on the occasion of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets Atlantic Council
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios
September 7-15THESSALONIKIOLYMPIAS, VELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER Thessaloniki International Fair – USA @ TIF 2019, Talks and Events
June 3ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 4th WIB Dialogue Series
June 11 ATHENSZAPPEION MEGARON Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: A Policy Discussion Conference
June 10-14WASHINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Greek Investment Roadshow in the U.S.
June 20-21ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 18th HealthWorld Conference
June 27 ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL Annual General Assembly Meeting for AmCham members and Elections
November 25ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 3rd WIB Forum – Diversity and Inclusion
December 3-4ATHENS ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 30th Greek Economic Summit
November 25ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Thanksgiving Dinner
December 9THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 8th Agrotechnology Conference
December 12ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Illicit Cigarettes Trade Conference
March 27ATHENSNN HELLAS PREMISESLeadership Forum
April 17ATHENSVODAFONE PREMISES 3rd Sustainable Talks
May 7ATHENSLAED7th EXPOSEC DefenseWorld Conference
April 3 ATHENSAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Startup Toolkit Workshop
April 16ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 15th Athens Tax Forum
May 16ATHENSATHEX GROUP PREMISESAmChamGr Youth Talks Event
May 17LAMIASTEVIA COOPERATIVE4th Sustainable Talks
May 30ATHENSDOMOTEL KASTRILeading on Values Event
April 9ATHENSMUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART #AmChamIdeas Event
May 10THESSALONIKIELECTRA PALACE HOTEL
May 9ATHENSRADISSON BLU HOTEL
America Made Easy: Workshop on How to Establish an Enterprise Business in the U.S.
November 18 THESSALONIKI THE MET HOTEL 11th Thessaloniki Tax Forum
October 23ATHENST.G.I. FRIDAY’S Leadership Forum
November 7ATHENSBENAKI MUSEUM 17th Annual CSR Conference
November 20ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALDigital Sustainability Forum: A Discussion on a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
November 4ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS 4th ExportUSA Forum
November 12ATHENSHELLENIC PETROLEUM PREMISES AMCHAMGR AmChamGr Youth Talks: Climate Change: Renewable Energy Resources or Actions à la Greta?
The Annual Directory of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Directory AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
amcham.gr
2020
The magazine of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Pubic Affair Meetings
February 1Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner, Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
February 28Public Affairs Luncheon with Guest Speaker Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister of National Defense
TradeUSA Workshops
February 27 KAVALA
April 1 KALAMATA
April 2 PATRA
October 2 CHIOS
Private Events
January 18Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Chris Megalou, Chief Executive Officer, Piraeus Bank
January 31 Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Minister Stavros Arachovitis and Deputy Minister Vasilis Kokkalis, Ministry of RuralDevelopment & Food
May 6Agrotechnology Committeeclosed luncheon with guest speaker Dimitrios Melas, MEP Candidate, Former Secretary General and Minister of Rural Development and Food
August 2Closed working meeting with guest speaker Vasileios Kikilias, Minister of Health, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and, Pharmaceutical and MD&D Committee members
August 2 Closed working meeting with guest speaker Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Information Technology and Communications Committee members
August 6Closed working luncheon with guest speaker Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) U.S. Department of State for Energy, with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Energy Committee members
August 27Closed Luncheon with guest speaker Makis Voridis, Minister of Rural Development and Food
September 7Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy
September 8Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Harry Theocharis, Minister of Tourism
September 9Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Georgios Georgantas, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance
November 18 Closed Working Dinner with Deputy Minister of Finance Apostolos Vesyropoulos, with the participation of Tax Committee members and Northern Greece Enterprises
A C T I V I T I E S 2 0 1 9
January 8-12 LAS VEGASGreek Pavilion at CES 2019, with the support of Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media and Enterprise Greece
January 24ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTELConference titled: Proposals for a Social Policy–Focusing on Competitiveness; organized by the Employment Committee and the Insurance, Social Security and Labor Affairs Committee
January 31ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALNew Year’s Reception
March 14THESSALONIKIVELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER4th Tourism Conference
February 4THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTELNew Year’s Reception
February 5NICOSIA, CYPRUSRegional Annual Meeting AmChams in Europe, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Israel
February 21ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS7th Corporate Governance Conference
September 5ATHENSATHENS HILTON HOTEL AmCham welcomes U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
September 6THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL South East Europe Energy Forum
October 5ATHENSSTAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTER (SNFCC)AmCham President Welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Hellenic Pavilion
October 6ATHENSKING GEORGE HOTEL Exclusive private cocktail reception on the occasion of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets Atlantic Council
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios
September 7-15THESSALONIKIOLYMPIAS, VELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER Thessaloniki International Fair – USA @ TIF 2019, Talks and Events
June 3ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 4th WIB Dialogue Series
June 11 ATHENSZAPPEION MEGARON Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: A Policy Discussion Conference
June 10-14WASHINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Greek Investment Roadshow in the U.S.
June 20-21ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 18th HealthWorld Conference
June 27 ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL Annual General Assembly Meeting for AmCham members and Elections
November 25ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 3rd WIB Forum – Diversity and Inclusion
December 3-4ATHENS ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 30th Greek Economic Summit
November 25ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Thanksgiving Dinner
December 9THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 8th Agrotechnology Conference
December 12ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Illicit Cigarettes Trade Conference
March 27ATHENSNN HELLAS PREMISESLeadership Forum
April 17ATHENSVODAFONE PREMISES 3rd Sustainable Talks
May 7ATHENSLAED7th EXPOSEC DefenseWorld Conference
April 3 ATHENSAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Startup Toolkit Workshop
April 16ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 15th Athens Tax Forum
May 16ATHENSATHEX GROUP PREMISESAmChamGr Youth Talks Event
May 17LAMIASTEVIA COOPERATIVE4th Sustainable Talks
May 30ATHENSDOMOTEL KASTRILeading on Values Event
April 9ATHENSMUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART #AmChamIdeas Event
May 10THESSALONIKIELECTRA PALACE HOTEL
May 9ATHENSRADISSON BLU HOTEL
America Made Easy: Workshop on How to Establish an Enterprise Business in the U.S.
November 18 THESSALONIKI THE MET HOTEL 11th Thessaloniki Tax Forum
October 23ATHENST.G.I. FRIDAY’S Leadership Forum
November 7ATHENSBENAKI MUSEUM 17th Annual CSR Conference
November 20ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALDigital Sustainability Forum: A Discussion on a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
November 4ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS 4th ExportUSA Forum
November 12ATHENSHELLENIC PETROLEUM PREMISES AMCHAMGR AmChamGr Youth Talks: Climate Change: Renewable Energy Resources or Actions à la Greta?
The Annual Directory of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Directory AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
amcham.gr
2020
The magazine of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Pubic Affair Meetings
February 1Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner, Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
February 28Public Affairs Luncheon with Guest Speaker Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister of National Defense
TradeUSA Workshops
February 27 KAVALA
April 1 KALAMATA
April 2 PATRA
October 2 CHIOS
Private Events
January 18Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Chris Megalou, Chief Executive Officer, Piraeus Bank
January 31 Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Minister Stavros Arachovitis and Deputy Minister Vasilis Kokkalis, Ministry of RuralDevelopment & Food
May 6Agrotechnology Committeeclosed luncheon with guest speaker Dimitrios Melas, MEP Candidate, Former Secretary General and Minister of Rural Development and Food
August 2Closed working meeting with guest speaker Vasileios Kikilias, Minister of Health, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and, Pharmaceutical and MD&D Committee members
August 2 Closed working meeting with guest speaker Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Information Technology and Communications Committee members
August 6Closed working luncheon with guest speaker Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) U.S. Department of State for Energy, with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Energy Committee members
August 27Closed Luncheon with guest speaker Makis Voridis, Minister of Rural Development and Food
September 7Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy
September 8Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Harry Theocharis, Minister of Tourism
September 9Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Georgios Georgantas, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance
November 18 Closed Working Dinner with Deputy Minister of Finance Apostolos Vesyropoulos, with the participation of Tax Committee members and Northern Greece Enterprises
A C T I V I T I E S 2 0 1 9
January 8-12 LAS VEGASGreek Pavilion at CES 2019, with the support of Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media and Enterprise Greece
January 24ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTELConference titled: Proposals for a Social Policy–Focusing on Competitiveness; organized by the Employment Committee and the Insurance, Social Security and Labor Affairs Committee
January 31ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALNew Year’s Reception
March 14THESSALONIKIVELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER4th Tourism Conference
February 4THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTELNew Year’s Reception
February 5NICOSIA, CYPRUSRegional Annual Meeting AmChams in Europe, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Israel
February 21ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS7th Corporate Governance Conference
September 5ATHENSATHENS HILTON HOTEL AmCham welcomes U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
September 6THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL South East Europe Energy Forum
October 5ATHENSSTAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTER (SNFCC)AmCham President Welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Hellenic Pavilion
October 6ATHENSKING GEORGE HOTEL Exclusive private cocktail reception on the occasion of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets Atlantic Council
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios
September 7-15THESSALONIKIOLYMPIAS, VELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER Thessaloniki International Fair – USA @ TIF 2019, Talks and Events
June 3ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 4th WIB Dialogue Series
June 11 ATHENSZAPPEION MEGARON Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: A Policy Discussion Conference
June 10-14WASHINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Greek Investment Roadshow in the U.S.
June 20-21ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 18th HealthWorld Conference
June 27 ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL Annual General Assembly Meeting for AmCham members and Elections
November 25ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 3rd WIB Forum – Diversity and Inclusion
December 3-4ATHENS ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 30th Greek Economic Summit
November 25ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Thanksgiving Dinner
December 9THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 8th Agrotechnology Conference
December 12ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Illicit Cigarettes Trade Conference
March 27ATHENSNN HELLAS PREMISESLeadership Forum
April 17ATHENSVODAFONE PREMISES 3rd Sustainable Talks
May 7ATHENSLAED7th EXPOSEC DefenseWorld Conference
April 3 ATHENSAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Startup Toolkit Workshop
April 16ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 15th Athens Tax Forum
May 16ATHENSATHEX GROUP PREMISESAmChamGr Youth Talks Event
May 17LAMIASTEVIA COOPERATIVE4th Sustainable Talks
May 30ATHENSDOMOTEL KASTRILeading on Values Event
April 9ATHENSMUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART #AmChamIdeas Event
May 10THESSALONIKIELECTRA PALACE HOTEL
May 9ATHENSRADISSON BLU HOTEL
America Made Easy: Workshop on How to Establish an Enterprise Business in the U.S.
November 18 THESSALONIKI THE MET HOTEL 11th Thessaloniki Tax Forum
October 23ATHENST.G.I. FRIDAY’S Leadership Forum
November 7ATHENSBENAKI MUSEUM 17th Annual CSR Conference
November 20ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALDigital Sustainability Forum: A Discussion on a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
November 4ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS 4th ExportUSA Forum
November 12ATHENSHELLENIC PETROLEUM PREMISES AMCHAMGR AmChamGr Youth Talks: Climate Change: Renewable Energy Resources or Actions à la Greta?
The Annual Directory of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Directory AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
amcham.gr
2020
The magazine of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Pubic Affair Meetings
February 1Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner, Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
February 28Public Affairs Luncheon with Guest Speaker Evangelos Apostolakis, Minister of National Defense
TradeUSA Workshops
February 27 KAVALA
April 1 KALAMATA
April 2 PATRA
October 2 CHIOS
Private Events
January 18Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Chris Megalou, Chief Executive Officer, Piraeus Bank
January 31 Northern Greece Committee closed luncheon with guest speaker Minister Stavros Arachovitis and Deputy Minister Vasilis Kokkalis, Ministry of RuralDevelopment & Food
May 6Agrotechnology Committeeclosed luncheon with guest speaker Dimitrios Melas, MEP Candidate, Former Secretary General and Minister of Rural Development and Food
August 2Closed working meeting with guest speaker Vasileios Kikilias, Minister of Health, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and, Pharmaceutical and MD&D Committee members
August 2 Closed working meeting with guest speaker Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Minister of Digital Governance, and with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Information Technology and Communications Committee members
August 6Closed working luncheon with guest speaker Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) U.S. Department of State for Energy, with the participation of the U.S. Ambassador and Energy Committee members
August 27Closed Luncheon with guest speaker Makis Voridis, Minister of Rural Development and Food
September 7Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Environment and Energy
September 8Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Harry Theocharis, Minister of Tourism
September 9Closed Working Breakfast meeting with Georgios Georgantas, Deputy Minister of Digital Governance
November 18 Closed Working Dinner with Deputy Minister of Finance Apostolos Vesyropoulos, with the participation of Tax Committee members and Northern Greece Enterprises
A C T I V I T I E S 2 0 1 9
January 8-12 LAS VEGASGreek Pavilion at CES 2019, with the support of Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media and Enterprise Greece
January 24ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTELConference titled: Proposals for a Social Policy–Focusing on Competitiveness; organized by the Employment Committee and the Insurance, Social Security and Labor Affairs Committee
January 31ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALNew Year’s Reception
March 14THESSALONIKIVELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER4th Tourism Conference
February 4THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTELNew Year’s Reception
February 5NICOSIA, CYPRUSRegional Annual Meeting AmChams in Europe, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Israel
February 21ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS7th Corporate Governance Conference
September 5ATHENSATHENS HILTON HOTEL AmCham welcomes U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
September 6THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL South East Europe Energy Forum
October 5ATHENSSTAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTER (SNFCC)AmCham President Welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Hellenic Pavilion
October 6ATHENSKING GEORGE HOTEL Exclusive private cocktail reception on the occasion of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets Atlantic Council
October 14-16WASHINGTONUSA AmCham Meets U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios
September 7-15THESSALONIKIOLYMPIAS, VELLIDIS CONGRESS CENTER Thessaloniki International Fair – USA @ TIF 2019, Talks and Events
June 3ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 4th WIB Dialogue Series
June 11 ATHENSZAPPEION MEGARON Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: A Policy Discussion Conference
June 10-14WASHINGTON NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO Greek Investment Roadshow in the U.S.
June 20-21ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 18th HealthWorld Conference
June 27 ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL Annual General Assembly Meeting for AmCham members and Elections
November 25ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL 3rd WIB Forum – Diversity and Inclusion
December 3-4ATHENS ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 30th Greek Economic Summit
November 25ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Thanksgiving Dinner
December 9THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 8th Agrotechnology Conference
December 12ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Illicit Cigarettes Trade Conference
March 27ATHENSNN HELLAS PREMISESLeadership Forum
April 17ATHENSVODAFONE PREMISES 3rd Sustainable Talks
May 7ATHENSLAED7th EXPOSEC DefenseWorld Conference
April 3 ATHENSAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Startup Toolkit Workshop
April 16ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL 15th Athens Tax Forum
May 16ATHENSATHEX GROUP PREMISESAmChamGr Youth Talks Event
May 17LAMIASTEVIA COOPERATIVE4th Sustainable Talks
May 30ATHENSDOMOTEL KASTRILeading on Values Event
April 9ATHENSMUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART #AmChamIdeas Event
May 10THESSALONIKIELECTRA PALACE HOTEL
May 9ATHENSRADISSON BLU HOTEL
America Made Easy: Workshop on How to Establish an Enterprise Business in the U.S.
November 18 THESSALONIKI THE MET HOTEL 11th Thessaloniki Tax Forum
October 23ATHENST.G.I. FRIDAY’S Leadership Forum
November 7ATHENSBENAKI MUSEUM 17th Annual CSR Conference
November 20ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTALDigital Sustainability Forum: A Discussion on a National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
November 4ATHENSGRAND HYATT ATHENS 4th ExportUSA Forum
November 12ATHENSHELLENIC PETROLEUM PREMISES AMCHAMGR AmChamGr Youth Talks: Climate Change: Renewable Energy Resources or Actions à la Greta?
The Annual Directory of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
Directory AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
amcham.gr
2020
The magazine of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce
C O M M I T T E E SAGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEArgiriou NotisBezergiannis StellaChriss DimitriosConstantinidis ConstantinosEfthymiadis ThymisGerovasileiou EvagelosKaragiorgos NikolaosKatsaros GeorgiosKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukakis AthanasiosMichailides EkateriniMitsiolidou OlgaNakas IoannisTsaftaris AthanasiosVergos EvangelosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
AUDITORS COMMITTEEFelonis AthanassiosKerameus GeorgeSabatakakis KyriacosCoordinator: Hadjianagnostou Andriana
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEEChair: Papacostopoulos ConstantineApsouris JohnCharalambous YiangosKozoboli CristyLessi EleniMonogios VassilisPothitou EiriniShiamishis AndreasStaikouras PanagiotisTheodoulidou MariaVenieris GeorgiosVlachos GeorgeCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEEChair: Papademetriou PakisAngelopoulos NickolasAssariotaki RaniaDiakatou ChrysoulaIatrelis ManosIoannidi NicoleKapari VasilikiKesisoglou MarthaKonti KiaraKouidou MarilenaKyriacou SianaMacheras AlexiaManou OlgaMelios NikolaosMenidiati ManinaPapadopoulou AngelikiSfakianaki SeviSoulaki RaniaThomaidou MelinaVrachatis IoannisCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
CULTURE COMMITTEEChair: Lidoriki ZozoArsenis EugeniaDaskalaki-Mytilineou SophieKaldara XeniaKaraitidi EvaLiantis-Lianos EfstathiosMarangopoulou VickyMavrotas TakisNestoridi EfiPataki AnnaStavropoulos StavrosTsougrianis PanagiotisVerveridis NikosZenetou ArtemisZirinis YannisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Panayotopoulos LitsaArsenis SpyrosBakolias BabisCarydis ClaudiaChristakis NikosCostopoulos AlexandrosIoannou GeorgeKassimiotis MichaelKatsou NellyKetikidis PanagiotisKokkini AlexandraKoutouvelis FanisMakios VassilisMergou BarbaraMoros ConstantinosPapadakis GeorgePapapanagiotou ArchontoulaParaskevopoulou ElinaPilitsis LoukasPorfyris NikolaosPrassaki ElenaPrintzos MichaelRizopoulos YannisSyrrakos Nondas Triviza KaterinaTsoukalis AlexTzakou NelyZanetopoulos KonstantinosCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEECommittee Chair: Dr. Koussia VenetiaGeorgiadou MaryKarayannis VassilisKintzios KonstantinosKollia VassoKritsotakis JiorgisPanorios ManosPatakiouti MariaProestos TheodorosStergiopoulou GeorgiaTsalikis ConstantinosCoordinator: Chaidogiannou Sofia
ENERGY COMMITTEEChair: Prof. Dr. Andriosopoulos KostasChantavas Aristotelis Ioannou GeorgeKalavrouziotis GeorgiosKalligas FernandoKouvaris GeorgeManos AnastasiosManousakis ManousosMytilineos EvangelosParpairis DimitriosPapadopoulos YannisPapamichalopoulos GusShiamishis AndreasSifnaios KostisStassis GeorgeZaimis LeonidasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
FINANCE & INVESTMENT COMMITTEEChair: Papapolitis NicholasAthanassiou OdisseasKaragiannis CostasKokkalis KonstantinosLazaridis SocratesLinatsas GeorgeMegalou ChristosVarvitsiotis ThomasCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
GES-GREEK ECONOMIC SUMMIT ORGANIZING COMMITTEEChair: Bakatselos NikolaosAntoniades VassilisCostopoulos AlexandrosKafatos Vassilis
Papazoglou PanosCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChair: Poulidas SpyrosChristakis NikosKassimiotis MichalisMichalopoulos TheodosisMonokrousos AntonisPeppas NikosSabatakakis KyriacosTsiboukis AntonisCoordinator: Mamali Georgia
INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY & PUBLIC GOVERNANCEActing President: Bakatselos NikolaosExecutive Officer: Dikeoulia Angeliki
INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOR AFFAIRS COMMITTEEChair: Kremalis KonstantinosCanellopoulos PaulChatzis GeorgeChatzitheodosiou IoannisChristidou AgniDamaskos GeorgeDaskalaki KaterinaHalaris ChristosIoannou ChristosKordopati ChristinaKoussia (Dr.) VenetiaKyriopoulos IoannisLyssimachou TriantafyllosMichalopoulos AntonisMicharikopoulos DimitrisMichos StathisNounis ChristosOikonomopoulou AntouanetaOikonomopoulou Theodora-IoannaPalioura GiannaPapalimperis PantelisPlomaritis GeorgePoulias AlkiviadisProestos TheodorosSarantopoulos DimitrisSiatounis ManolisTzotzos ApostolosVirvilis GeorgeVlassopoulos GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) COMMITTEEChair: Mastrocostas YannisKosmopoulos MichalisKremmida YotaMichos GeorgeOikonomou AntoniosPaparrigopoulos XenophonPrentoulis NikosSpanou MariaZachou DoraCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEEChair: Miropoulos ArtemisAlexopoulos KonstantinosBroumidis Harris Ekaterinari RaniaFiliotis SpyrosGerogiannis DimitrisGriveas Polychronis Kalligeros JohnKerastaris AntonisMamidakis EleftheriaMavrommati Marina Negas NikosPanos PantelisPanteliadis AristotelisPapadogianni Efi Plakopitas NikolasPolitopoulou Marianna
Rabbat VassilisSamaras LefterisSaracakis Alexander D.Sirtis StivenSpiliopoulos GeorgeXirocostas AndreasZorgno Giuseppe Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEEChair: Kyriakides JohnAlexandris PanosScorinis GeorgeTsibanoulis DimitrisCoordinator: Constantinidou Daphne
MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEEChair: Liakopoulos TheodoreAlexandris PanagiotisAnastasiou GiannisAngelonidi HaraChristopoulou MarthaCholevas Christos Flogera AlikiGkikas-Panousis SpyridonHavarani BeatriceKatsolis TheodorosKrinos Gregory Mariakis Kostas Mparas PanagiotisNikas DimitriosPapadopoulos GeorgeRoumbessi KonstantinaTripodianos Manolis Vrettos JohnCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEEChair: Kafatos VassilisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukountzos KonstantinosMalamas CostasMargaropoulos NikolaosMilonas GeorgePapadopoulos-Hatzakos KonstantinosSaranti LoukiaVlachos PanosCoordinator: Tsavdaroglou Nikos
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES COMMITTEEChair: Papataxiarchis EfthimiosApostolides Pascal Charalampidis Savas Chouliara Elena Dante Gisella Evripides Konstantinos Filiotis Spyros Greco Roberto Issopoulos Leonidas Jaconcic AgataKing-Barnardo Susan Kohout Susanne Konstantinidi Marianna Koulouris Sokratis Michalitsis Iakovos Panagakis George Prodromou Elizabeth Ragousis Zachary Scheiffert Michaela Tousimis GeorgeCoordinator: Tseritzoglou Voula
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEECanellopoulos PaulKyriacou Marios T.Papadopoulos ThanosSaracakis John D.Coordinator: Xidou Ritana
REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEChair: Sikalidis LeftBersis George
Delikaterinis Vassilios Kaliabetsos Panagiotis Kazinos Tasos Kyriacou SianaCoordinator: Paneta Frosso
TAXATION COMMITTEEChair: Kostas StavrosAbeliotis Evaggelos Allamani Marina Altiparmakis Christos Athanasiadis Ioannis Daveros Panagiotis Doucas Spiros Dryllerakis John Giannoulis Christos Gigantes Stavros Govaris Vasilios Kapobasi Ioulia Karopoulos Alexandros Kerameus George Kokkos Orestis Kotis Antonis Lepida Nikolaia-Anna Mitsios Stephanos Nikolaou George Nikolopoulou Maria Panou Jenny Pantazopoulos Petros Papadatos Eugene Pelekanou Liza Pothos Panagiotis Psylla Mary Samothrakis George Sfakakis KostasSpyriouni Litsa Stamatelou Georgia Stamatiou Georgios Stavropoulos Ioannis Tapinos Gregory Trakadi Maria Tsakonas Ioannis Yiannacou Sofoklis Zaverdinos ZoisCoordinator: Tzagaroulaki Katerina
TOURISM COMMITTEEChair: Theodorides StephanosAnaniadis Tim Argiri Michael Fokas Makis Kelaitidis Nikolas Koukouli CeliaMarriott Carol Panayotopoulos PanosStylianopoulos Andreas Tsakalos Yannis Van de Winkel BartCoordinator: Dikeoulia Angeliki
WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEEChair: Anastasia SideriAlexaki-Catsambi HarikliaBachas Liona Cheimonidou Zeta Dalekou CharaDritsa Anastasia Katsou Nelly Kazakopoulou Betty Konida Alexandra Labrou Marica Mariakaki AgnesMiliopoulou Zozeta Mylona Martha Siropoulou Niki Stoumbou Myladie Tarou Iphigenia Tsekoura Teti Tsemperlidou Katerina Tzimea Deppie Velliotou PeggyCoordinator: Boyatzis Angela
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident Bakatselos Nikolaos | PYRAMIS METALLOURGIA A.E.
Vice President Kafatos Vassilis | DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.
Vice President Saracakis John D. | SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A.
Secretary General Costopoulos Alexandros | FORESIGHT STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATIONS
TreasurerPanayotopoulos Litsa | EVIA.IP LTD
Counselor Canellopoulos Paul | AIG GREECE
Counselor Kyriakides John | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM
Counselor Kyriacou Marios T. | KPMG CERTIFIED AUDITORS
Counselor Papadopoulos Athanasios | NAUTICAL CARRIERS INC.
Executive Director Spirtounias Elias | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORSGeorge Alexopoulos | HELLENIC PETROLEUMVasileios Antoniades | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP (BCG HELLAS)Pascal Apostolides | ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALSClaudia Carydis-Benopoulou | THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECEChristos Charpantidis | PAPASTRATOS CIGARETTES MANUFACTURINGSophie Daskalaki-Mytilienou | MYTILINEOS HOLDINGSJohn Enepekides | ROLLERDECK ASSOCIATESStavros Kostas | ECONOMISTAthanasios Kouimtzis | KOUIMTZIS S.A.Venetia Koussia | VENETIAKOUSSIA.NETEmilios Kyriacou | CITIBANK EUROPE GREEK BRANCHSocrates Lazaridis | ATHENS EXCHANGETheodore Liakopoulos | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIALChristos Megalou | PIRAEUS BANKCostas Michailides | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECETheodosis Michalopoulos | MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A.Lilian Nektariou | COCA-COLA HELLASDimitris Nicolaidis | DOW HELLASLeon-Nikolaos Papapolitis | PAPAPOLITIS & PAPAPOLITISPanos Papazoglou | EYDespina Passaris | PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLASEfthimios Papataxiarchis | PHRMA INNOVATION FORUMDennys Plessas | LOCKHEED MARTIN (INTERNATIONAL)Spyros Poulidas | IBM HELLASZachary Ragousis | PFIZER HELLASKyriacos Sabatakakis | ACCENTUREIoannis Stavropoulos | STAVROPOULOS AND PARTNERS LAW OFFICEAndreas Stylianopoulos | NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD.Michalis Tsamaz | HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION (OTE)Antonis Tsiboukis | CISCO SYSTEMS HELLASGeorgios Zanias | EUROBANK
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AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE—AMCHAM.GR
AnnualReview2019
The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous
improvement of American-Hellenic commercial and financial relations, through
increased membership and through the organization of top-quality events,
exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic.