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AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AMCHAM.GR Annual Review 2019 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.

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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:

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PHONE: +30 2310 286453, FAX: +30 210 225162

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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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ABBOTT

ABBVIE

ACCENTURE

AGRINO

AGROTECH

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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

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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

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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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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.