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Mr. Panos Theodorou

Panos Theodorou is heading the strategy & analysis sector in the Small Business Segment General Division in Eurobank. The Segment serves enterprises with turnover up to €5 mio, aiming at a holistic approach towards entrepreneurship, by creating tailored solutions to address sector or segment-specific needs for development and everyday transactions.

Panos has been working in Eurobank since 1998, having served as branch manager, regional manager as well as commercial director, Small Business General Division from 2009 to 2018.

He was born in 1971 in Kiato Korinthias. He holds a BSc degree in business management from Bradford Business School and an MBA from Alba Graduate School. He is the father of one child.

Mr. Ioannis Chaniotakis

Ioannis Chaniotakis is a banking professional with over 20 years of experience. He has a diverse experience in all aspects of financing agricultural operations and –as the director of agricultural sector operations development of Piraeus Bank– is now leading the bank’s contract farming financing activities.

He has a BSc in agricultural economics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MSc from the University of London UK and a PhD in marketing from the University of the Aegean. He has worked for the Agricultural Bank of Greece, ΑΤΕCards and Loumidis S.A. (Nestlé Hellas).

He has been tutor in marketing in the University of the Aegean. His publications appear in journals such as: Journal of Product and Brand Management, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, Journal of Food Products Marketing, Managing Service Quality, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Journal of Customer Behaviour, International Journal of Bank Marketing etc.

Mr. Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos

Alexandros is a Mandate Manager with the European Investment Fund (EIF) for the last 2 years where he has been involved with European Structural Funds in Greece and Cyprus, provides funding for projects that help to achieve EU aims. In addition, Alex has 18 years of experience on financial planning, analysis, annual strategic planning and business decision support, including maintaining and developing comprehensive modelling tools to facilitate sales forecasting, consolidation and evaluation for domestic and exports business.

Past employers include ABN Amro Bank in Luxembourg, where he currently resides, Alpha Bank, Hellenic Bank, and Michaniki Group of Companies in Athens, and Schroder Wertheim & Co. in New York City. Alexandros holds a master’s degree of Business Administration in Finance from the Kogod School of Business, American University of Washington D.C. and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Clark University, Boston area.

Mr. Tassos Haniotis

Tassos Haniotis is Director for “Strategy, Simplification and Policy Analysis” in the DG for Agriculture and Rural development of the European Commission. The mission of the Directorate is to contribute to the overall strategic orientation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by (i) providing policy perspectives and analysis on topics related to the agriculture and rural economy in the European Union, including in the development of the EU’s annual outlook baseline, (ii) coordinating the DG’s impact assessment of major policy initiatives by providing evidence-based analysis to support legislative proposals, and to support the adaptation of the CAP through the evaluation of its effectiveness, efficiency and impact based on its common monitoring and evaluation framework.

He has also held posts as Acting Director for Direct Payments, as Head of Unit in the Units for Agricultural Policy Analysis and Perspectives, and for Agricultural Trade Policy Analysis in DG AGRI, as Deputy Head of Cabinet of former European Commissioner for Agriculture Franz Fischler, and as Agricultural Counsellor in the European Commission’s Delegation in the US.

Tassos holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Georgia in the U.S., and a B.A. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business in his native Greece, and was a visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Agricultural Studies, Wye College, University of London, focusing on EU-US agricultural trade relations in the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations before joining the European Commission.

A member of the Executive of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium during 2012-14, Tassos currently represents the European Commission in the G20’s Rapid Response Forum and GEOGLAM Advisory Committee.

Dr. Philip Papadopoulos

Dr. Philip Papadopoulos holds a PhD from London School of Economics and is currently the Director of the Strategic Project Management Office of the American Farm School (AFS). In this capacity he is responsible for the Agrifood Entrepreneurship Centres run by AFS in the cities of Thessaloniki and Kalamata, and oversees training and consultancy projects in over thirty locations throughout Greece. Building and managing multi-actor alliances between research institutes, civil society institutions and the real economy is one of his core activities.

His fields of interest include Consumer Behavior related to the Mediterranean Diet, Alternative Tourism, Food Anthropology, Entrepreneurship, E-commerce, Organizational Culture & Climate, Leadership and Management, including motivation and performance management.

Ms. Effie Lazaridou

Effie has been appointed Managing Director of the ‘Recharging the Youth: New Agriculture for a New Generation’ program in June 2018. This is an innovative multi-year project implemented in Greece through the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and led by Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, in partnership with the Agricultural University of Athens and the American Farm School,.

Effie is a brand and marketing strategy expert, specializing in the Agrofood, Culture and Tourism sectors, with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex international initiatives. Among others, she led landmark projects of national importance, such as Destination Greece’s brand and marketing strategy, the largest communication consultancy project ever initiated in the country, and Greece’s Wine Sector’s first ever international branding & strategic marketing plan. She also directed numerous challenging projects for multinationals, cooperatives, and SMEs in South Eastern Europe.

Effie has a diverse academic background in Chemical Engineering, Music, Cultural Management and Marketing. She is also a certified business coach and trainer, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing London and an Associate Certified Coach by the International Coach Federation. In 2017 she was selected as mentor at the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s Mentoring Women in Business Program.

Dr. Spyridon Mamalis

Spyridon Mamalis is Associate Professor of Marketing and Director of the Laboratory of Marketing and Development of New Products at East Macedonia and Thrace Institute of Technology. Dr Mamalis holds a BSc in agricultural Economics, an MSc degree in Food Marketing and a PhD in Food Marketing.

He teaches as visiting professor undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Department of Business Administration of the Department of Economics of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, postgraduate courses of the Democritus University οf Thrace and is a member of the Associate Educational Personnel at the Hellenic Open University.

He is a member of the Board of Geotechnical Chamber of Greece since 2003 and President of the Board since 2011. Also, he is a member of the Board of the European Confederation of Agronomists Associations, of the Board of M.A.I.CH and of the Board of ELGO DHMHTRA.

Mr. Anthony D. Papayannides

Has read Law in Athens University. Post-graduate studies in Law, Economics and International Relations and in Medieval History in Strasbourg and Cambridge.  DEA European Law, DIHEE European Economy. Practiced business law and EU law. Consultant on E.U. topics to the Athens Daily Newspaper Publishers’ Association.

Member, then national representative, of the negotiating team for the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes. Counsellor to the Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Counsellor to the Minister for Culture, Chairman of the Committee of Cultural Affairs at the E.U. Council. Consultant to the Bank of Greece. Founding member and member of the Board of a number of European affairs institutes and reviews in Greece (EKEME, EKEM, EEK)

From 1972 onwards a journalist and then a columnist at the Greek political daily “TO VIMA” and at the economic and financial weekly  “ECONOMICOS TACHYDROMOS”, specialising in macro-economic policy European affairs and foreign relations. Has also worked at “ELEFTHEROTYPIA” and “IMERISSIA” newspapers, managing editor of “ELEFHEROS TYPOS”.

Writes a bi-weekly column at “NAFTEMPORIKI”. Presently managing director of ECONOMIA Publishing, (“ECONOMIKI EPITHEORISSI”, “BUSINESS FILE”; writes a daily blog at economia.gr). Participates to the talk show “Evening Report” at ACTION 24 Channel.

Ms. Siwarde J. SAP

Ms Siwarde J. Sap has been involved in strategy and business development, combining the role of forward thinking analyst and positive catalyst with realistic target setting, for over 25 years.

Since 2010, she holds the position of Senior Advisor Economic Policy Affairs at the Netherlands Embassy in Greece. Her focus lies on regional geopolitics, investment and trade policy affairs, financial services, energy, agribusiness, transport and logistics.

Ms Sap holds a Master’s degree in Dutch Civil law, with a specialization in European law, from Leiden University and has fulfilled senior management positions at leading companies. She is fluent in several languages including Greek.

Ms Sap is Vice Chair of the Balkans & Black Sea Cooperation Forum Steering Committee, Vice Chair of the Economic & Commercial Diplomats Club in Greece and advisor to Orange Grove, an incubator established by the Netherlands Embassy. As co-initiator of the Balkans & Black Sea Cooperation Forum, Ms Sap focuses on international and institutional affairs thereby giving an impulse to the implementation and the ongoing development of this international network.

Mr. Yiannis Moisiadis

Born in 1942 in Thessaloniki, he has studied at the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens.
Since graduating from university and after having served at the Greek Army, he has lived permanently in Serres being intensely active at a professional, entrepreneurial, cultural and social level.

He started his career as a civil engineering researcher in 1968, setting up his own research company in 1980 and a second one in 1990. During their operation, both companies carried out studies of infrastructure works of a total amount of over 26.000.000 Euros. In the sector of Public Works Constructions, he constructed various major public works.

His social activity was greatly influenced by his refugee origins. Therefore, he has been the only continuously elected member of the Holy Institution “Panagia Soumela”, since its foundation in 1974. What’s more, in 2000 he created and funded the Refugee Housing Rehabilitation Foundation, donating approximately 250 building permits and constructing and distributing 46 houses to refugee families. Last but not the last of his activities concerning his refugee sensitivity, in 2001 he was elected Vice-President of the Panhellenic Federation of Pontian Associations, while in 2007 and continuously until August 2016 he was the elected President of the World Council of Pontian Hellenism.
However, his charity work is not limited to refugee matters, as since 1968, when he started his professional activity, he has offered his contribution for free to every organization or social group that needed it. In this framework, he drew up the plans and supervised the construction of more than 20 churches in the Prefecture of Serres, as well as those of the Retirement Home and the Orphanage of Sidirokastro. Furthermore, since 1974 he has offered free technical support and has drawn up all the studies of the works carried out at “Panagia Soumela” Monastery on Mount Vermio, while in 1994 he gratuitously constructed the central wing of the new Retirement Home of Serres.

Considering his political career, in 2002 and until 2006 he was the elected Mayor of Serres, while since 2010 and after his re-election in 2014 he has been the Vice-Regional Governor of Serres.