Alex Athanassoulas is the President of the Sustainable Building Council of Greece (WGBC Chapter) and the founder and CEO of STIRIXIS Group, the globally awarded architectural consultancy firm. He holds a Masters in Civil Engineering (MCivEng) from Aristotelian University and a MBA with distinction, from Adam Smith Business School of Glasgow University, UK. He has been certified in Project management from IPMA and Prince2, in Strategy and Innovation from the International Customer Service Association and is an eminent public speaker on Future Trends, Strategic Foresight, Systems Thinking and Sustainability.

Alex is also the Vice President of CEO Clubs Greece and the President of the Hellenic Alumni Association of the University of Glasgow. He has been recognized as the “Best European CEO in Retail Development” from European CEO Awards (2015), as the “Best European CEO” from Al Global Excellence Awards (2018), as an “International Game-changer” by the ACQS Awards (2019), one of the “Most Inspiring Business Leaders to Follow in 2023” by The Inc Magazine (2023), and has been awarded for his Postgraduate Leadership by the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards (2024).