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Women in Business (WIB) CommitteeAMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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ChairAnastasia SideriCommunications Director, Central & Eastern Europe ,

The Coca-Cola Company

MembersHariklia Alexaki-CatsambiEvent Services

Liona BachasManaging Director, Hellaschart

Zeta CheimonidouVice President Marketing & Strategy, AB

Vassilopoulos

Chara DalekouMarketing Director, Aegean Airlines

Anastasia DritsaPartner, Kyriakides Georgopoulos Law Firm

Nelly KatsouPresident & CEO, Pharmathen

Betty KazakopoulouPresident, Asset Ogilvy Public Relations

Alexandra KonidaGroup CFO, Public Power Corporation

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Marica LabrouManaging Director, Kafkas

Agnes MariakakiGeneral Manager, MindSearch

Georgia-Zozeta Miliopoulou

Professor, The American College of Greece

Martha MylonaSenior Prinicipal, Korn Ferry

Niki SiropoulouDirector, SingularityU Athens

Myladie StoumbouDirector of Commercial Partner Channels and

Programs for Multi-Country Cluster, Microsoft

Iphigenia TarouSenior Business Consultant

Teti TsekouraSenior Legal Counsel, Bold Ogilvy & Mather

Katerina TsemperlidouBlogger, Author

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Women in Business (WIB) CommitteeAMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Members

+Deppie TzimeaExecutive Director Corporate Communications,

OTE Group

Peggy VelliotouPartner, Advisory, KPMG

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Anastasia Sideri

Anastasia Sideri holds a degree in ChemicalEngineering, and brings with her almost 30 years ofprofessional experience in the Marketing,Communications & Public Affairs fields.

She started her career with Procter and Gamble and helda series of senior positions in large Greek andmultinational companies, including FAGE, Boutari,Diageo, DHL and the Athens International Airport.

She joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2002 and iscurrently Communications Lead in 26 countries inCentral, South and Eastern Europe.

She is an advocate of lifelong learning, is NLP trained,speaks 6 languages and is very active in areas related toCSR, PSR, Ethical and Women Leadership.

She is a founding member of the Hellenic Network ofCorporate Social Responsibility and the HellenicCommunications Network, served as Board member inthe Hellenic Advertisers Association and serves currentlyas Chair of the Women in Business (WIB) Committee ofthe American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

Communications Director, Central

and Eastern Europe, The Coca-Cola

Company

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Hariklia Alexaki-

Catsambi

After graduating from Pierce College, she pursued herstudies in Boston College (BA) and subsequently in NewYork University (MA). In 2010 she received a Diploma onLife Coaching from the National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens.

She started her professional career in cosmetics at theC.A. Papaellinas Group.

In 1990 she organized and managed the Sales andMarketing department of Allsport S.A. and in 1991, at theage of 29, she became General Manager until 1997. In1991 she became Member of the Board of Directorswhere she is serving to date. She is actively involved inthree family businesses in the area of shipping and realestate as a member of the Board of Directors or partner.Since October 2014 she initiates, plans and managescorporate, private and charity events with the RT eventsgroup.

She was a member of the Board and Secretary Generalfor OPEV, Organization of Children‟s and AdolescencesLibraries under the auspices of the Greek Ministry (2007-2008). She is actively involved in NGO‟s such as EMEIS,Handling Pediatric Trauma and Support Center forChildren and Families. She has been a volunteer at SocialHealth Clinics from their opening. In 2012 she puttogether a group of eight women with the goal to runmarathons and other races for a cause.

Event Services

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Liona Bachas

Since 2000, Liona Bachas is the Managing Director ofHellaschart Ltd., one of the best known ship brokingfirms in the chartering of dry cargo and containervessels. The company was honored in 2011 by Lloyd‟s Listwith the “Shipbroker of the Year” award. She was aChartering Partner for ten years with Zim IsraelNavigation of Hellastir Shipping Enterprises Ltd, from1990 till 2000, acting as the exclusive broker for theGreek market of Zim Israel Navigation Co Ltd (now calledZISS) chartering in Greek container vessels for them andfixing other Israeli bulk accounts.

She received a B.Sc. with distinction in Economics andPolitical Sciences from Athens University, andsimultaneously attended computer science courses fromthe American College of Greece-Deree. She holds anM.Sc. in Shipping, Trade & Finance from City UniversityBusiness School (CASS), London.

She was a founding member and secretary of WISTA(Women International Shipping & Trade Association)forfour years as well as a secretary for the Greece-IsraelFriendship League for three years. She was alsofounding member of the Greek Shipbrokers ShippingCompanies Association, and she is an elected boardmember of the Hellenic Shipbrokers Association servingas Vice President since March 2015. She also was afounding member of the New Building Club and servedas treasurer for three years.

Managing Director, Hellaschart

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Zeta Cheimonidou

Zeta Cheimonidou is Vice President Marketing & Strategyat AB Vassilopoulos S.A. since January 2012, responsiblefor Marketing (Equity, Private Brands & Network),Communication (Internal & PR), Media, Sustainability,Loyalty, Ecommerce, Business Intelligence (Consumer,Shopper, Merchandising and Business insights).

Her experience lies in the field of brand managementand marketing, strategy and innovation. After finishingher MBA end of 1995, she had the honor of been amember of great companies from the food and beveragesector, such as Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, Diageoand Nikas. Her achievements lie in multiple fields: Re-launching brands towards growth and share gains,creating strategic communication both in terms ofconcepts and messaging, building equity and affinity formajor brands, leading product innovation including R&Din product and packaging both in food and beverage.

She is a graduate (BA) from the American College ofGreece – Deree in the field of marketing, while holding aMaster degree in Finance (MBA) from the University ofHull in UK.

From mid-2014 she joined as a initiating member thePresident‟s Advisory Council of AMC (American Collegeof Greece – Deree).

Vice President Marketing and

Strategy, AB Vassilopoulos

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Chara Dalekou

Chara Dalekou received her undergraduate degree inBusiness Administration and Organization from theAthens University of Economics & Business (ASOEE) andthe Master of Science in Marketing at the University ofStirling, Scotland. All along, she taught ballet and moderndance to children and young professionals. Herprofessional career in the field of Marketing started in1996, when she joined Unilever as a Manager Trainee inthe Trade Marketing Department. In 1998 she becameBrand Manager for the quick frozen food category. Twoyears later in 2000, she was promoted to Trade Marketing& Channel Activation Manager at Unilever Hellas-Algidaand while in this position, she was ECR Head in Algida,member of the Unilever ECR Committee.

In 2004, although she moved to Dodoni as BusinessDevelopment Director for a short period of time, she wasattracted to the entertainment field and joined HellenicEntertainment Parks. She undertook the position of theCommercial Director. Next step in her career was thetelecommunications field. In 2008, she made a big stepin her professional development and became Head ofMarketing South East Europe & Mediterranean at SonyEricsson, (Head of Marketing Greece, Balkans, CY, Israel& Turkey) reporting to the Head of MU SEEM and theRegional President of Marketing. In less than 2 years shetook over all South Eastern Mediterranean Europeancountries as the Head of Marketing.

From 2011 until now, she is the Marketing Director ofAegean Airlines, reporting to the Vice President, leading42 people in Marketing, CSR, Digital Commerce andLoyalty Teams for the domestic and international markets.She is responsible for the design and alignment ofmarketing strategy across teams in Greece andinternational markets for both Aegean and Olympic Air.

Marketing Director, Aegean Airlines

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Anastasia Dritsa

Anastasia Dritsa heads Kyriakides Georgopoulos LawFirm‟s competition practice since the firm‟s establishmentin 1999. Her main areas of practice are EU and Greekcompetition law and corporate/commercial law. Over thepast 20 years she has represented clients in Greece inmany leading cases involving cartels, abuse of sole andcollective dominance, horizontal and vertical agreements(joint ventures, agency and distribution networks, supplycontracts and licensing), private antitrust litigationmatters and Greek and EU merger control. She alsoadvises on State aid and public procurement matters andhas offered strategic advice on recent privatizationprojects of the Hellenic State. Her experience extends todefending competition/antitrust law cases before theHellenic Competition Commission, the Greekadministrative courts and the State‟s Council. Thecorporations she acts for are active across a wide rangeof industry sectors including petrochemicals, tobacco,telecommunications, energy, automobile, constructionand real estate, food and beverages, consumer goods,steel and retail sales. She frequently organizes seminarsfor corporate executives on Greek and EU competitionlaw and contributes articles on her areas of expertise tonational and EU publications.

She received the PG diploma in Competition Law fromKing‟s College London, 2012; LLM International BusinessLegal Studies from the University of Exeter, 1991; LLBDemocritus University of Thrace Law School, 1988.

She is a member of Athens Bar Association (since 1992),International Bar Association, Exeter Alumni Association,Greek Federation for European Law.

Partner, Kyriakides Georgopoulos

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Nelly Katsou

Nelly Katsou graduated from the University of Athens,School of Pharmacy.

She started her career in 1990 by establishing PharmanelSA, a pharmaceutical company based in Athens, whereshe was co-owner and Managing Director until 2003. Thecompany showed tremendous growth during these years.

Concurrently she was also a major shareholder in thefamily owned pharmaceutical company Pharmathen SAand in 1993 she became Vice President of the Board ofDirectors and Managing Director. As of 2017 she servesas President & CEO of Pharmathen. As a leading memberof the company, together with her brother, she envisionedand methodically worked to make Pharmathen one of thelargest pharmaceuticals companies in Greece and inEurope.

In addition, Nelly Katsou is Vice President of the Board ofDirectors of Hellenic Management Association (EEDE),member of the Innovation Education EntrepreneurshipCommittee of the American-Hellenic Chamber ofCommerce, member of the WIB (Women in Business)Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber ofCommerce, member of the General Council of SEV(Hellenic Federation of Enterprises), member of theboard of “Supporters Club” of the Foundation forEconomic & Industrial Research (IOBE) and member ofthe Advisory Board of EGG (Enter-Grow-Go).

President & CEO, Pharmathen

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Betty Kazakopoulou

Betty Kazakopoulou studied Political Science at PanteionUniversity.

She joined the Media Department of HCF ERGONAdvertising Company as Media Planner. By 1976 shebecame Media Director and a company shareholder.After HCF ERGON was bought by DMB&B, she served asCommunications Director. In 1991 she co-founded thefirst sponsorship company in Greece, Asset Sponsorship,where until 2004 she was a shareholder and CEO. Afterthe 2004 merger of Asset Sponsorship and Ogilvy PublicRelations, Betty Kazakopoulou served as a ManagingDirector and since 2010 she is the President of AssetOgilvy Public Relations.

She has been a board member of the Association forBusiness Sponsorship of the Arts from 1995 to 2000. She isa member of the European Association for CulturalHeritage, the Hellenic Society for the Environment andCulture, the Friends of Rhenia for the Protection of Delosand member of the Women in Business (WIB) Committeeof the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

She has associated her work on behalf of many companyclients with the biggest Athletic Federations and Clubs aswell as with Olympic Committees in Greece, Europe andBeijing. In her career she has managed successfully over500 programs and communications campaigns. She hasorganized extremely important cultural events incollaboration with major cultural and heritage institutionsin Greece and in Europe.

President, Asset Ogilvy Public

Relations

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Alexandra Konida

Alexandra Konida is the Chief Financial Officer of Public

Power Corporation (PPC). She is also a member of the

Board of Directors of PPC Finance and of PPC Elektrik.

Alexandra Konida joined PPC in 2008 and prior to her

appointment as CFO, she was the Director of Treasury

and Investor Relations Department. She has held senior

positions in corporate and investment banking in

international banks and she has also served as CFO in a

Greek industrial group.

She holds a Diploma in Electrical and Computer

Engineering from the National Technical University of

Athens and an MBA degree from INSEAD. She is a

member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, and she is

also a member of the Women in Business Committee of

the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.Group CFO, Public Power

Corporation

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Marica Labrou

Marica Labrou is the Managing Director of Kafkas S.A. asof February 2017.

She has 29 years of extensive managerial experience in anumber of multinational & Greek companies, mainly inthe IT sector, ranging from Product Management &Business Development (BSH and HP) to Channel &Business Solutions Management (Microsoft) to GeneralManagement, Managing Director and CEO positions(SingularLogic Group & Intersys).

Her educational background provides a solid basecombination of Engineering and Business (ChemicalEngineer of the University of Patras and MBA from LaVerne University).

She is active in a number of institutes: Vice President ofthe Association of Chief Executive Officers, Coordinatorof the "Empower Women" team at ACEO, President of theSteering Committee of 2014 ACEO LeadershipCongress, member of the Hellenic ManagementAssociation, member of GBRW - Global Board ReadyWomen, member of the Women in Business (WIB)Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber ofCommerce, mentor at Endeavor Greece, mentor atWomen On Top. She writes articles and deliversspeeches on business issues.

She voluntary mentors young people & women inbusiness.

Managing Director, Kafkas S.A.

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Agnes Mariakaki

Agni Mariakaki is passionate about people,

conversations and cultures, with a focus on the

transformative understanding of people.

She has worked as a researcher in more than 15

countries, conducting over 4,000 focus groups, and

advising more than 300 brands on strategy, growth,

consumer and social insight.

She has been managing MindSearch, a research and

insights consultancy, since 1995, and has pioneered the

first eye tracking research lab in Greece. She is the social

researcher in the development of MAMEM, a technology

that allows the use of digital devices with the mind and

eye, opening new worlds of opportunity for people with

limited mobility. She has developed a Google awarded

application that transforms the experience of historical

locations for visitors .

She holds a Master‟s degree in Organisational

Psychology from the University of Lancaster, a Master‟s in

Non Verbal Communication and Synergology. She is a

graduate of the Paul Ekman Emotional Intelligence

Academy in the UK, a certified NLP Trainer with the

International Society of NLP and a certified Lego Serious

Play facilitator.

General Manager, MindSearch

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Georgia-Zozeta

Miliopoulou

Georgia-Zozeta Miliopoulou studied Philosophy,Pedagogy and Psychology in the University ofThessaloniki. She holds an M.A. with distinctions incultural management & communication, and a Ph.D. inbrand communication.

From 1991-2002 she worked as a copywriter and creativedirector in advertising agencies including Leo Burnett,and ADEL Saatchi & Saatchi.

From 2002-2010 she worked as a communications‟consultant for organizations among which: Diageo,Unilever, ΟΤΕ, SEAT, etc. She consulted for the Athens2004 Coca-Cola campaign and undertook major digitalprojects as a content manager and creator.

She was a co-founder, head of creative & content servicesat Tenfour agency from 2011-2014.

She has taught creative strategy for 12 years in PanteionUniversity; media management in the Cyprus Universityof Technology; advertising, consumer behavior,marketing, and communication in Greek TechnicalInstitutes and the National School of PublicAdministration. She offers specialized seminars in theareas of creative communication and online writing, withthe Institute of Communication and the National Instituteof Training. Since January 2015 she serves as a professor,being a full time faculty member of Deree, The AmericanCollege of Greece, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences,Department of Communication.

Professor, The American College of

Greece

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Martha Milona

Martha Milona is Senior Principal at Korn Ferry SEE. Sheserved as President of the Greek People ManagementAssociation (2008-2017) and HR Director of SEE for DDBGroup (2004-2015).

She has 30 years experience in human resources andmanagement with key management positions in the fieldin several sectors (insurance, hotel, chemical industry,consulting, advertising, non profit organizations).

She holds an M.Sc. in Administration Law and a BachelorDegree in Public Administration Management fromPanteion University (Athens, Greece). Also, she holds aBachelor Degree in Graphology from the Ιnstitute deCommunication Humaine (Paris, France), extensivestudies on French Civilization and History from SorbonneUniversity and she is an accredited Coach from theInstitute of Human Development, UK and an accreditedMediator from ADR.g London. Moreover she is theLecturer in various HR topics (EEDE, ASOEE, SEV)conferences & congress.

She is an active member of the Hellenic ManagementAssociation, and she was for six years Vice President ofthe Women‟s Organization of Managers & Entrepreneurs(IAGME 2000-2006). She is also an Academic Advisor ofthe Executive MBA of the Economic University,TEDxAcademy, Singularity University & GMPA. She hasjoined the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerceand is an active member of its Women in Business (WIB)Committee since 2013.

Senior Principal, Korn Ferry

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Niki Siropoulou

Niki Siropoulou is bringing to Greece the SingularityUExperience on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Through her career she has worked with companiesaround the world such as P&G, Estee Lauder, Philips,Carlsberg, The Coca-Cola Company and a great varietyof Start-Companies. She has been awarded withthe“Breakthrough Product of the Year Award” in the USAfor product development for Estee Lauder, USA. She hasbeen recognized with the “best breed branding”distinction from TED for TEDxAcademy branding.

She has Executive Education from Harvard BusinessSchool on Innovation and New Business Ventures,from MIT on Leading Product Development and Kelloggon Digital Strategy. She holds an MBA in MarketingStrategy from University of Texas at Austin.

In 2010 Niki founded the highly acclaimedTEDxAcademy Forum in Greece. A think tank onInnovation, Technology and Social Capital, creating acommunity of 50K followers, 300+ speakers, 50organizers and advisors, 50 participating companies, 600volunteers and 3.3 mio viewers.

In parallel, Niki has founded the Rising Stars Mentoringand Entrepreneurship program, with the support of 30prominent business executives, participatingcorporations, technologists, investors and entrepreneursfrom Greece and the US with strong connections inSilicon Valley and major US research institutes.

Director, SingularityU Athens

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Myladie Stoumbou

Myladie Stoumbou is Director of Commercial PartnerChannels and Programs for Multi-Country cluster inMicrosoft Corp. She leads a diverse multi-national teamresponsible for driving the strategic transformation ofMicrosoft partner ecosystem across 24 countries ofCentral and Eastern Europe.

She studied Computer Engineering and Informatics inthe Polytechnic School of the University of Patras inGreece, and she holds a post-graduate title in Economicsand Management from Athens Information Technology.

She joined Microsoft in 2011 and since then she has beenin various leadership positions, such as EnterpriseSolution Sales Manager for Greece, Director ofTechnology (Developer Evangelism and Experience) forGreece, Director of Cloud Productivity Sales for Germanyand Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Solution SalesDirector for Multi-country Europe. Before Microsoft, sheworked in senior positions in Greek companies, namelySingularLogic, Velti and Intracom, mostly in sales andbusiness development positions in Greece and in the SEEregion. She is a member of Hellenic ManagementAssociation (EEDE), while at the same time sheparticipates and supports women empowermentinitiatives in Microsoft as member of theWomen@Microsoft CEE Chapter. She is a member of theAdvisory Board of Singularity University Athens Chapter.She is mentor at Microsoft Innovation Center in Greece,MIT Enterprise Forum Greece, The People‟s Trust andWomen on Top network, supporting young womenprofessionals and entrepreneurs. She is a passionatevolunteer in social inclusion topics, an ambassador forMellon Skills Accelerator and a TEDx speaker.

Director of Commercial Partner

Channels and Programs for Multi-

Country Cluster,

Microsoft

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Iphigenia Tarou

Iphigenia Tarou has gained 30 years of workingexperience, starting as Management Trainee withJohnson & Johnson Hellas. Through various positions withincreased responsibilities in Sales and Marketing,Business and Division Management, in 2004 she becameManaging Director of J&J Medical Products in Greece.The company received Best Workplaces Hellas Award in2005 and 2006. In 2007, she became Managing Directorof the Advanced Wound Care Business Unit for Europe,Middle East & Africa within J&J. In 2009, she becameGeneral Manager for Greece and Cyprus at CovidienHellas, a leading company in medical products andhospital supplies and in 2014 she held the position of theGeneral Manager for Greece and Cyprus at CSL BehringHellas, a leading pharmaceutical company inbiotherapies. In 2017, she held the position of StrategicAffairs Director at Papapostolou HealthcareTechnologies.

Her business attitude is focused on building credibilityby delivering quality results and supporting honestcommunication. Her service approach is centered on theprinciples of business exposure to different culturalenvironments and thorough understanding of clients‟needs, as well as society's. She studied ChemicalEngineering in the UK, where she also acquired her M.Sc.in Chemical Plant Operation and Management.

Senior Business Consultant

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Teti Tsekoura

Teti Tsekoura is an attorney-at-law, member of the AthensBar Association since 1989, specialized in the areas ofcorporate and commercial law. Even before starting hercareer, she was working during her law studies, in theinsurance sector (National Insurance Company), as salesmanager.

As a lawyer she started her career on 1989 inInteramerican Life Group of Companies, providing a fullspectrum of legal services and advices covering allcompany‟s corporate and commercial activities. From1992 until 2008 she was Head of the Legal Department ofHellenic Basketball Association (HEBA) responsible,among others, with the HEBA‟s judicial representationbefore the Courts, the management of its relations withthe supervising authorities and specialized in thenegotiation of television and advertising rights forsporting events. Within such frame, she has beenmember of the sport legislation reform committees, andhas been appointed representative in the Union ofEuropean Associations Basketball (ULEB)‟s LegalCommittees and those of Euroleague.

From 2006 until today, she is the Senior Legal Counsel ofBold Ogilvy & Mather Group of Companies providinglegal services and advice in all areas of law such as civil,corporate, intellectual property and commercial law andjudicial and extra-judicial assistance and support beforethe Council of State as well as the Civil andAdministrative Courts in order to serve all their needs asper its activities. Furthermore, she is also serving long-term mandates as member of BoD in several commercialcompanies.

Senior Legal Counsel, Bold Ogilvy &

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Katerina

Tsemperlidou

Katerina Tsemperlidou studied Law but, by a twist of luck,she got into advertising. Throughout her career sheworked at Adel/Saatchi & Saatchi as copywriter, creativedirector, member of the board and subsequently asshareholder and chairperson for 13 years. She createdmore than 500 successful campaigns for commercialpurposes and social causes and contributed significantlyto the success of well-known brands, services of Greekand multinational companies. She personally wrotesuccessful slogans for household brands such as Nounou,ION, Arlequin among dozens. Under her leadershipAdel/Saatchi & Saatchi„s creative department won 324Awards in Greece and Internationally, among them, theunique in Greece, Gold Lion Award of the CannesFestival. She was elected for many years as member ofthe Board, Secretary General or Vice Chairman to theBoard of the Greek Association of CommunicationAgencies, the Communication and Ads Board and of theInstitute of Communication.

She is the writer of 11 books, among them the best-seller“No more sex, just friends” (1997), a book whoseeponymous title is used as a household phrase. She hasalso written four books focusing on Happiness, amongthem the first book of its kind in Greece, “Happiness is adecision” (2008), which created a new trend in Greece,for positive way of life and for happiness. In March 2013her new book titled “Soul Wash” was launched by thePsichogios Publications. In 2012, she created a widelyaccepted website: www.tsemperlidou.gr which coverssuch themes as happiness and the positive and excitingside of life, promoting relevant social issues.

Blogger & Author

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Deppie Tzimea

Deppie Tzimea is Executive Director of CorporateCommunications at OTE Group since March 2015, havingserved as Head of Corporate Communications at OTEGroup since July 2011 and Head of CorporateCommunications at OTE S.A. since February 2001.

During the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, she wasresponsible for OTE S.A. and OTE Group CrisisCommunications. Change management has been one ofher main tasks both during OTE‟s transformation from astate monopoly to a private company, as well as duringthe functional integration of the mobile and fixedbusinesses.

She has been working in Marketing and CorporateCommunications in both mobile and fixed linetelecommunication providers since 1995. She hasthorough knowledge and experience in advertisinghaving worked, among others, at Adel Saatchi & Saatchi.

She holds a postgraduate degree in Public Relations andCommunications from Stirling University, and is a PoliticalSciences & Public Law graduate from the University ofAthens.

Executive Director Corporate

Communications, OTE Group

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Peggy Velliotou

Peggy Velliotou now a Partner in KPMG Advisory, joinedthe People Services Dept. of KPMG Hellas in 1999 asSenior Adviser. She is very experienced in the selectionof middle and upper management personnel, havinginterviewed more than 10,000 candidates and havingsuccessfully placed more than 1,000 executives at variouspositions in Greece and abroad. She is also a certifiedinstructor of the Sandler Sales Institute. Her trainingexperience within KPMG spans a variety of fields, such asdevelopment of skills for effective selection, negotiationsand sales, relations building, customer service, employeemotivation and culture change management. She hasassessed over 400 Managers and Directors in theAssessment/Development Centre for various clients.

She studied Economic Science at the Athens University ofEconomic and Business Science. She holds a diploma inAdvanced Negotiations & Decision Making Skills fromHarvard Business School in USA.

She started her professional career in 1991 in the FinanceDepartment of Goodyear Hellas. In 1995 she joined ShellHellas‟ Retail Department as Business Analyst. In 1997,she participated in a small dedicated country team thatbecame the nucleus responsible to adapt and lead Shell‟sglobal transformation process in the particular conditionsof each country. Following the international experiencegained from this transformation project, she becameDealers Training & Dealers Relations Manager,responsible for selection, training, assessment of themore than 600 Shell outlet‟s personnel and dealt withissues of company culture change in Greece and abroad.

Partner, Advisory,

KPMG

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