Country & Corporate Branding:Enhancing Extroversion15th of June 2016Makedonia Palace hotelThessaloniki

Export Summit IV

programme

09:30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 Opening - Welcoming Remarks • Kyriakos Loufakis, President of the Board, Greek International Business Association - SEVE • Maria Kollia - Tsaroucha, Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (for Macedonia and Thrace) • Dimitris Mardas, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

11:00 Keynote Speaker - Country Branding Nicolas Papadopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Marketing and International Business, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

11:30 - 14:00 Successful International Brands

PANEL I

• Ioannis Capras, Representative of Bosch Group in Greece and CEO Robert Bosch SA with responsibility for Greece, Cyprus, Albania and Malta • Konstantinos Deligiannis, General Manager for Southern Eastern Europe, General Electric HealthCare • Ion Voreopoulos, Country Leader, 3M Hellas • Jerome Gregoire, Country Managing Director Greece, Cyprus, Malta, FERRERO

Moderator: Yannis Hajidimitriou, Professor, Chairman Dept. of Business Administration, University of Macedonia

PANEL II • Vassilis Gounaris, Managing Director, BASF Hellas • Vassilis Rabbat, President & CEO, Xerox Hellas • Dimitris Kossyfas, Head of Travel Vertical, Google Greece

Moderator: Dimitris Karavassilis, Founder - Managing Director DK Consultants, Member of the BoD SEVE

14:00 - 15:00 Light Snack

15:00 City Branding

• Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki • Reiniera van Pallandt, Head of Financial and Business Services, Amsterdam in Business, City of Amsterdam • Nikos Koutsogiannis, Mayor of Naoussa

Moderator: Nikolaos Varsakelis, Vice - Rector of Finance, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

16:00 Country Brand and Investment

• Christos Staikos, Chairman, Enterprise Greece • Panagiotis Frountzis, President, Export Credit Insurance Organisation • Dimitris Makris, CEO, Thessaloniki Port Authority SA • Dimitris Tsakonitis, General Manager of Mines and Works, Grecian Magnesite S.A. • Orestis Omran, Counsel, Head of Greek Desk, DENTONS

Moderator: Rallio Lepidou, Journalist - Founder www.ka-business.gr

17:00 Greek Success Stories

PANEL I • Spyros Theodoropoulos, CEO, Chipita SA • Paul Efmorfidis, Founder, COCO-MAT SA • Michalis Panagiotakis, Deputy CEO, DODONI SA • Evangelos Gerovassiliou, CEO, Ktima Gerovassiliou SA

Moderator: Yiannis Perlepes, General Manager, NAFTEMPORIKI

PANEL II • Gedeon Voulis, CEO, Voulis Chemicals • Aris Kefalogiannis, CEO, Gaea Products SA • Yiannis Ververidis, Principal, CITY COLLEGE, International Faculty,UniversityofSheffield

Moderator: Panagiotis Hassapis, Financial Supervisor SEVE

19:00 Closing Remarks Andreas Chasapis, General Manager, Commercial Banking, EUROBANK

Cocktail

programme

09:30 - 10:00 Εγγραφές

10:00 Έναρξη - Χαιρετισμοί • Κυριάκος Λουφάκης, Πρόεδρος,ΣύνδεσμοςΕξαγωγέωνΒορείου Ελλάδος-ΣΕΒΕ • Μαρία Κόλλια - Τσαρουχά, ΥφυπουργόςΕσωτερικών&Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης(γιαΜακεδονία-Θράκη) • Δημήτρης Μάρδας, ΥφυπουργόςΕξωτερικών

11:00 Κεντρικός Ομιλητής - Country Branding Nicolas Papadopoulos, Chancellor’s Professor of Marketing and International Business, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

11:30 - 14:00 Επιτυχημένα Διεθνή Brands

PANEL I

• Ιωάννης Κάπρας,ΕκπρόσωποςτηςBosch GroupστηνΕλλάδα& CEORobertBoschSAγιαΕλλάδα,Κύπρο,ΑλβανίακαιΜάλτα • Κωνσταντίνος Δεληγιάννης,ΓενικόςΔιευθυντήςSouthernEastern Europe, General Electric HealthCare • Ίων Βορεόπουλος, Country Leader, 3M Hellas • Jerome Gregoire,CountryManagingDirectorΕλλάδα,Κύπρος, Μάλτα, FERRERO

Συντονιστής: ΓιάννηςΧατζηδημητρίου,Καθηγητής,ΠρόεδροςΤμήματος ΔιοίκησηςΕπιχειρήσεων,ΠανεπιστήμιοΜακεδονίας

PANEL II • Βασίλης Γούναρης,ΓενικόςΔιευθυντής,BASF Hellas • Βασίλης Ραμπάτ,Πρόεδρος&ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος, Xerox Hellas • Δημήτρης Κόσσυφας, ΕπικεφαλήςτουτομέαTravel,Google Greece

Συντονιστής: ΔημήτρηςΚαραβασίλης,Ιδρυτής-ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος DKConsultants,ΜέλοςΔΣΣΕΒΕ

14:00 - 15:00 Ελαφρύ Γεύμα

15:00 City Branding

• Γιάννης Μπουτάρης, ΔήμαρχοςΘεσσαλονίκης • Reiniera van Pallandt, Head of Financial and Business Services, Amsterdam in Business, City of Amsterdam • Νίκος Κουτσογιάννης, ΔήμαρχοςΝάουσας

Συντονιστής: ΝικόλαοςΒαρσακέλης,ΑναπληρωτήςΠρύτανης Οικονομικών,ΑριστοτέλειοΠανεπιστήμιοΘεσσαλονίκης

16:00 Country Brand and Investment

• Χρήστος Στάικος, Πρόεδρος, Enterprise Greece • Παναγιώτης Φρουντζής, Πρόεδρος,Οργανισμός Ασφάλισης Εξαγωγικών Πιστώσεων (ΟΑΕΠ) • Δημήτρης Μακρής, ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος,Οργανισμός Λιμένος Θεσσαλονίκης AE • Δημήτρης Τσακωνίτης, ΓενικόςΔιευθυντήςΜεταλλείων& Εργοστασίων, Ελληνικοί Λευκόλιθοι ΑΜΒΝΕΕ • Ορέστης Ομράν, Counsel,ΕπικεφαλήςτουΕλληνικούΤμήματος, DENTONS

Συντονιστής: ΡαλλιώΛεπίδου,Δημοσιογράφος- Ιδρυτήςwww.ka-business.gr

17:00 Ελληνικές Επιτυχημένες Ιστορίες

PANEL I • Σπύρος Θεοδωρόπουλος, ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος, Chipita ΑΕ • Παύλος Ευμορφίδης, Ιδρυτής, COCO-MAT ΑΕ • Μιχάλης Παναγιωτάκης, ΑναπληρωτήςΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος, ΔΩΔΩΝΗ ΑΕ • Ευάγγελος Γεροβασιλείου, ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος, Κτήμα Γεροβασιλείου ΑΕ

Συντονιστής: ΓιάννηςΠερλεπές,ΓενικόςΔιευθυντής, ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ

PANEL II • Γεδεών Βούλης, ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος, Voulis Χημικά • Άρης Κεφαλογιάννης, ΔιευθύνωνΣύμβουλος, Gaea Products ΑΕ • Γιάννης Βερβερίδης, Διευθυντής,CITY COLLEGE,ΔιεθνέςΤμήμα τουΠανεπιστημίουτουSheffield

Συντονιστής: ΠαναγιώτηςΧασάπης,ΟικονομικόςΕπόπτηςΣΕΒΕ

19:00 Κλείσιμο Ανδρέας Χασάπης, ΓενικόςΔιευθυντής,ΕμπορικήΤραπεζική, EUROBANK

Κοκτέιλ

speakersBoutaris Yiannis, Mayor, Municipality of ThessalonikiMr. Yiannis Boutaris was born in Thessaloniki in 1942 and obtained his Degree in Chemistry in 1965 from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and his Diploma of Oenology from the Wine Institute of Athens in 1967. From 1969 till 1996, he served successively as Assistant Director, Technical Director, and Managing Director at the family wine industry J. BOUTARI & SON S.A. In 1998 he created KIR YIANNI winery, located at the privately-owned vineyards of Yiannakohori and Amyndeon, run today by his two sons. He led “Protovoulia for Thessaloniki” at two successive municipal elections in 2006 and 2010 as candidate for Mayor and was elected Mayor of Thessaloniki in November2010(firsttermJan2011-Aug2014)andinMay2014(presenttermSept2014 - Aug 2019).

Capras Ioannis, CEO, Bosch HellasMr. Ioannis Capras graduated and obtained a Master degree in Business Administration at the University of Munich. He began his professional career in 1992. In April 2000, he joined Allianz SE as Regional Director for Europe and in 2006 he was appointed CFO of Allianz Greece. Since January 2012, Mr. Ioannis Capras has been the representative of Bosch Group in Greece and CEO of Robert Bosch SA, with responsibility for Greece, Cyprus, Albania and Malta.

Chasapis Andreas, General Manager, Commercial Banking, EUROBANKMr. Andreas Chasapis, General Manager, is heading Commercial Banking, the unit responsible for SMEs corporate clients, since July 2014. He is also Chairman of the Board for the 100% subsidiaries ERB Leasing S.A. and ERB Factors S.A. Prior to his current appointment, Andreas Chasapis headed the Group Transaction Banking and Large Corporate units and his experience in the Banking & Financial Services industry exceeds 25 years. He holds a Bachelor Degree in International Business & Management and an MBA in Finance & Investment Banking from Pace University, New York. He speaks Greek, English and French.

Deligiannis Konstantinos, General Manager, General Electric HealthCareMr. Konstantinos Deligiannis was born in 1972. He graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Athens in 1994. In 1998 he received PhD degree in Solid State Physics from University Southampton of United Kingdom. He worked as a researcher tier 1B for one year at the same university. He was awarded, in 1998, with the EUMarie Curie Fellowship in the field ofmaterials science at the CNRS(CentreNationaldelaRecherchéScientifique), inGrenoble(France).HejoinedGEHealthcare in 2003, where in 2005 he was appointed as Sales Manager of Greece, in 2010 as Zone Manager of Central and West Balkans, and since 2013 he is the General Manager of South Eastern Europe. He has been honored with the Bodossakis Foundation Scholarship.

Efmorfidis Paul, Founder, COCO-MAT SAThenakedabundanceof theLaconianfield ismybirthplace. Ihaveaneverlastingyearning for knowledge but I pride myself only for knowledge that cannot be taught. I am insatiable for new travels, which makes me supremely rich. My wisdom is the price for my mistakes. One companion, four children, my brother and a handful of friends are the source of my inexhaustible inspiration. I long to reach out for the unknown and for everything that resists its unravelling. I have been walking this world for more than half a century being constantly at war with tallow until I transform myself into pure energy. COCO-MAT is merely a stop in my life’s journey. My destination is the salty taste of seaweed in my mouth, the shaking of the leaves at noon, the gasp of my lungs when Itrytoclimbthatsteeproad,thelovethatbloomsbetweentwoquadricepsandtwobicycle wheels, the bursting laugh in the dead of night. The naked abundance of the Laconianfield.

Frountzis Panagiotis, President, Export Credit Insurance Organization (ECIO)Mr. Panagiotis Frountzis has been appointed President of the Export Credit Insurance Organization (ECIO) in April 2016. He holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Macedonia. For more than 30 years he has been working as a consultant in private sector, where, among others, he has served in managing positions as CFO as well as General Manager. He has also been member of the board of directors of companies specialized in development of value added services. He is a founding member of the Hellenic Association of CFO’s (SEODI).

Gerovassiliou Evangelos, CEO, Ktima Gerovassiliou SAMr. Evangelos Gerovassiliou was born in Epanomi. After fulfilling his studies ofAgriculture, at A.U.Th, he continued his studies at University of Bordeaux and specialized in Oenology, Viticulture, Wine-Tasting and Technology of Oenological Machinery. During his studies he worked with the team of legendary consultant Emile Peynaud. From 1976 to 1999 he worked as Chief Oenologist at Porto Carras, producing someofthemostdistinguishedGreekwines.Hewasthefirsttoisolate,propagateandvinify Malagousia, an almost extinct indigenous grape variety. In 1981, he began the renovation of his family vineyard and created the Ktima Gerovassiliou. In 2001, along with oenologist Vassilis Tsaktsarlis, he created in Kavala the Biblia Chora Estate.

Gounaris Vassilis, Managing Director, BASF Hellas S.A. Mr. Vassilis Gounaris studied Agriculture with focus on Marketing, Sociology and Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Vassilis Gounaris is the Managing Director of BASF Hellas S.A., a position he assumed in 2009. He started his career in 1988 at Shell Co. Hellas S.A. and soon he became Sales Manager. When the cropprotectionunitofShellwasacquiredbyCyanamidHellasS.A.hemaintainedhisposition as Sales Manager until 1998, when he was promoted to General Manager. In 2000,whenCyanamidHellasS.A.wasacquiredbyBASF,heassumedthepositionofManaging Director of BASF Agro Hellas S.A. until 2008. Gounaris is President of the HellenicAssociationofExpandedPolystyrene(ΗEPSΑ),Vice-PresidentoftheHellenicAssociation of Chemical Industries (HACI), Member of the Board of the Association ofChiefExecutiveOfficers(ACEO)andPresidentof itsCSRcommittee.HeisalsoMember of the Board of the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) supporters club.

Gregoire Jerome, Country Managing Director, FERRERO Greece, Cyprus and MaltaMr. Jerome Gregoire joined Ferrero Group 12 years ago and was appointed Country Managing Director for Ferrero GCM in January 2013. After several executive roles within international retailers such as Kipa-Tesco and Gib (Carrefour), Mr. Gregoire demonstrates a strong combination of cross functional experience in Trade Marketing, Financial Control and Sales Development within FMCG brands.

Kefalogiannis Aris, Founder & CEO, Gaea Products SAMr. Aris Kefalogiannis studied at the Legal School of Athens and holds a Master’s degree in Competition Law from London School of Economics & a Master’s degree in Finance and International Trade from City University Business School. Mr. Kefalogiannis is the founder and CEO of “Gaea Products SA”. In 2013 Gaea was the firstGreek company thatmanaged towin the European BusinessAwards, among15,000 leading European companies. In addition, Mr. Kefalogiannis is Vice Chairman of SEVITEL (Greek Industry Association of Standardization of olive oil).

speakersKollia – Tsaroucha Maria, Deputy Minister, Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (for Macedonia & Thrace)Mrs. Maria Kollia – Tsaroucha was born in Serres. She is attorney-at-law, graduate of AristotleUniversityofThessaloniki’sSchoolofLaw.In2000,shewasthefirstwomanto be elected as a Nea Dimokratia MP for the constituency of Serres and she was re-elected at the elections held in 2004, 2007 and 2009. At the elections of 2012 as well as all the following elections she was elected MP with the party of Independent Greeks. She has twice been pointed Vice-President of the Greek Parliament and was chairman oftheSpecialPermanentCommitteeonEquality,YouthandHumanRightsaswellasof the Standing Committee on Cultural and Educational Affairs. Since January 2015, she has been a member of the Greek government being pointed as Deputy Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction (for Macedonia & Thrace).

Kossyfas Dimitris, Head of Travel Vertical, Google GreeceMr. Dimitris Kossyfas leads the sales team for the Travel vertical at Google Greece. He provides strategic services regarding online advertising to leading companies in Travel & Tourism and has been with Google for the past 5 years. Prior to joining Google, Dimitris spent 5 years in London working in consulting for Accenture. He holds a Master’s degree from Imperial College and an MBA from INSEAD. Outside work, he enjoys cross-training and is passionate about photography, music and radio producing.

Koutsogiannis Nikolaos, Mayor, Municipality of NaoussaMr. Nikolaos Koutsogiannis is Mayor of Naoussa, founder and director of Naoussa International Film Festival (NIFF) and North Greece Investments. He graduated from University of Macedonia (International and European Finance and Politics Dpt.). He has a Master Degree in International Relations and one in Business Administration specializing in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations. His basic goal is to promote the recognition of Aristotle’s School. He has established, in association with the University of Macedonia, the “Summer School of International Relations”, a workshop attended by a number of foreign students and university professors. He is also the personwhofirstorganizedthefestivities“Naoussathecityofwine”.

Loufakis Kyriakos, President, Greek International Business Association (SEVE) & President and CEO, Loufakis Chemicals SADr. Kyriakos Loufakis was reelected President of SEVE in May, 2016. He is also the President and CEO of Loufakis Chemicals S.A. Dr. Loufakis holds a PhD, and an MSc from Renselaer Polytechnic Inst. in N. York and a BSc from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki all in Chemistry. He has been a research assistant and guest speaker in several Universities and Institutes in USA, China, Europe and Greece. Since 1988, after his return to Greece, he has been working in the Chemical Industry. He is or was a member of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists (AATCC), American Chemical Society (ACS), New York Academy of Science, Textile Institute and the Greek Association of Chemists. He has been enlisted in “Who is who in science and engineering” since 1988 and “Who is who in the world” since 1995. He is also member of the board within local companies and organizations.

Makris Dimitris, CEO, Thessaloniki Port Authority SADr. Dimitrios Makris received a Civil Engineering degree, PhD in port operations and MBA in Finance. He joined ThPA SA in 2000, working on Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales Sectors. He is specialized in port management and operations, in port development and concessions, negotiations with major customers and investors. He also worked as Adjunct Lecturer and Assistant Professor in the University of Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Transport, Greece, from 1998 to 2012. Appointed National Coordinator for the “Portworker Development Program” (PDP) ofInternationalLaborOfficeinGreece,aninternationalhighqualitymodulartrainingcourse for portworkers. He is Executive Committee member of ESPO (European Seaports Organization) and First Vice Chairman of Greek Ports Association (ELIME).

Mardas Dimitris, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign AffairsMr. Dimitris Mardas was born in Istanbul, on March 25th 1955. He completed his basic university studies in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Economics. He completed his postgraduate studies in the Universities Paris I – Sorbonne (1979-1980) and Paris II – Panthéon (1980-1982) in economy and he was awarded the PhD DiplomabytheUniversityParisII–Panthéon(1990)inthefieldofInternationalTrade.In January 2015, he was appointed as Alternate Finance Minister, responsible for the StateGeneralAccountingOfficeMatters.InthenationalelectionsofSeptember20th,2015, he was elected as a member of the Parliament with SYRIZA and was appointed as Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, responsible for International Economic Relations. He has written the books: “Greece – EEC. Greek agriculture and the problem of its integration in EEC”, 1978; “Public Procurement Economics”, 1999; “EEC to EU”, 2005; “International Economic Relations”, 2006.

Omran Orestis, Counsel in the Brussels office, Dentons & Head, Firm’s Greek DeskMr. Orestis Omran is a corporate attorney with extensive EU regulatory experience, includingbutnotlimitedtofinancialservices,dataprotectionandenergy.Inparticular,Mr. Omran advises international credit and financial institutions on regulatoryfinancialservices,bankinglawsandderivatives.Herepresentscollectiveinvestment,hedge and pension funds, and he is often involved in cross border corporate debt restructurings and reorganizations. In addition, Mr. Omran advises energy companies on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He is often involved in transnational litigation and international commercial and investment arbitrations in the energy sector. As the Head of Dentons’ Greek Desk, Mr. Omran has developed a track record of successful representation of Greek and international companies in Greece, advising onallaspectsofGreekandEUlaw,whileheactivelyparticipatesinthefirm’sinitiativeson privatizations in the country.

Panagiotakis Michalis, Deputy CEO, DODONI SAMr. Michalis Panagiotakis has been holding the position of the Deputy CEO of the Diary Industry of Epirus DODONI SA, since July 3rd 2014. He also held important positionsassenior leadingexecutive. AsCFAServicesOfficeratPublicTransportStasySA,hecontributeddecisively to thecompany’sfinancial rejuvenationaswellasgrowthofrevenuesandprofitability.Duringhiscareer,heundertookmanagementof major Greek companies enhancing their organization level and rational function and development. Before STA.SY. SA, Mr. Panagiotakis was General Manager of EOMMEX (2009-2012) and Tram SA (2007-2009). In 2000, he was appointed General Manager of the company Blauel Organic Products which led to major export activity in olive oil food category.

Papadopoulos Nicolas, Chancellor’s Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, CanadaDr. Nicolas Papadopoulos is Chancellor’s Professor of Marketing and International Business at the Sprott School of Business of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he has served, among others, as Associate Dean (Research) and Director of the school. His research focuses on international strategy and buyer responses to it and includes international expansion, place images and branding, foreign investment, and global market systems. He has 15 books and over 400 other publications and presentations, including articles in International Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Marketing, and other prominent journals. He consults and lectures internationally, including as the Royal Bank Distinguished Visiting Speaker (Montreal) and conference Keynote Speaker at the Congress of the Società Italiana di Marketing (Benevento), Academy of Marketing Science (Puebla), and Brand Value and Business Success (Budapest). He serves on the Editorial Review Boards of eight journals, and his work has been recognized through seven Best Paper Awards and numerous other distinctions. His designation as Carleton University Chancellor’s Professor (2008) was “in recognition of scholarly activities of outstanding merit”.

speakersRabbat Vassilis, President & CEO, Xerox HellasMr. Vassilis Rabbat was born in 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon and has been living in Athens since 1975. He studied in the Economic University of Athens and graduated in 1990. He has been working in Xerox Hellas since 1989. He started as a Sales Representative, following a successful career in various managerial positions in the Sales and Marketing Departments. In 1994 he assumed responsibility for the Sales Department especially dealing with major clients. From 1997 until 2000 he was the Concessionaires and Indirect Channel Manager. From 2000 until 2002, he was Commercial Director responsible for the Sales and Marketing Departments of the company. Since January 2003, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Xerox Hellas S.A. He is a member and Secretary General of the Board of EASE (Greek Association of CEOs), member of the Leadership Commitee to the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and member of EEDE (Hellenic Management Association).

Staikos Christos, Chairman, Enterprise GreeceMr. Christos Staikos assumed his duties as Chairman of Enterprise Greece in April 2015. He graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Chemistry, with a specialisation in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Technology. He holds an MSc in “Chemistry and Environmental Technology” from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Sciences, Department of Chemistry. He worked as a researcher and participated in various projects on environmental management issues (climate change, waste management, water resources management). He has conducted studies on environmental management and on sustainable development issues for the private and public sector. He also worked in the European Parliament, at the European group GUE/NGL during the period 2014-2015.

Theodoropoulos Spyros, CEO, ChipitaMr. Spyros Theodoropoulos is the CEO of Chipita SA. In 1976, he started his career with a small family business named Recor SA, producing dairy products. In 1981, he became the General Manager of Aligel SA. and in 1986 he became the General Manager of Interia, a company producing hazelnut cream with significant exportactivities.Duringthesameyear,heacquired50%ofChipita,acompanyproducingsnacksand in1989heacquired the remaining50%.Today,he isamemberof theBoard of Directors of National Bank of Greece. In the past, he served as President of the Athens Stock Exchange Listed Companies Association, Vice President of Greek Federation of Industries and Vice President of Helex. Mr. Spyros Theodoropoulos is a graduate of Athens University of Economics and Business.

Tsakonitis Dimitris, General Manager of Mines & Works, Grecian Magnesite SAMr. Dimitris Tsakonitis holds a Master’s degree in Science in Mechanical Engineering (Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics) awarded by University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), England (1979) and a Bachelor’s degree in Science in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honors) awarded by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1978). From 2008 he holds the position of the General Manager of Mines and Works at Grecian Magnesite SA.

Van Pallandt Reiniera, Head of Financial and Business Services, Amsterdam in Business, City of AmsterdamMrs.ReinieravanPallandtistheHeadofthefinancialandbusinessservicesclusterat Amsterdam Inbusiness; the official foreign investment agency of AmsterdamMetropolitan Area. In that position she is responsible for positioning the Amsterdam metropolitanareaasacentre for thefinancial andbusinessservices industry.Sheis also responsible for the investor development programme for existing financialandbusinessservicescompaniesintheAmsterdamareaandtheacquisitionofnewinternational companies. Her task is to safeguard and enhance the investment climate in theAmsterdammetropolitan area for the financial andbusiness services sector,working together with private industry, national government and knowledge institutions. Before joining the city of Amsterdam, Reiniera worked for 20 years at ABN AMRO Bank and ABN AMRO Asset Management in various positions, starting as an investment analystandlaterfulfillingcommercialandmanagementpositions.

Ververidis Yiannis, Principal, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, City CollegeMr. Yiannis Ververidis is the founding Principal of City College, which was founded back in 1989. From 2009 onwards Mr. Ververidis has been the Principal of the International FacultyoftheUniversityofSheffield,CityCollegeandamemberoftheSenateoftheUniversity. Mr. Ververidis holds a bachelor in Combined Science, a PgDip and an MSc inComputerStudies(Artificial Intelligence)andaPgDip inEducationResearch.Heis elected a fellow of the Royal society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce from 1999 (FRSA). Mr. Ververidis is a General Secretary of the Hellenic Colleges Association that represents all Greek Colleges collaborating with UK Universities. He is also a member of national & international professional associations. He has chaired and been invited speaker in many conferences and other national and international events. Mr. Ververidis research interests are in Higher Education Policy & Management and particularly in the Entrepreneurial University.

Voreopoulos Ion, Country Leader, 3M HellasMr. Ion Voreopoulos is the Country Leader of 3M Hellas as well as the Country Business Leader of the Industrial, Safety & Graphics and Electronics & Energy Business Groups of the company. He has studied Business Administration in the American College of Greece and has obtained his M.B.A from the University of La Verne. Ion Voreopoulos startedworking at 3MHellas in 2000 in themarketing field. During his successful16 year career, he has assumed positions of increasing responsibility within sales and marketing areas always contributing to the growth of the subsidiary. In addition, Ion Voreopoulos has a deep and broad experience in business and channel strategy, differentiated product portfolio management as well as benchmark sales and marketing programs.

Voulis Gedeon, CEO, Voulis ChemicalsMr. Voulis Gedeon is the founder and CEO of VOULIS CHEMICALS which has been producing chemical products for cars since 1983 - fuel additives, auto clean and care etc. The company located in Naoussa - Imathia exports to more than 30 countries worldwide. Mr. Voulis is Vice President of the Greek International Business Association-SEVE and Member of the Board of HELEXPO, the Business & Cultural Development Center KEPA-ANEM and the Greek National Committee of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation-BSEC Business Council.

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