We partner with diverse business experts, executives, innovators and startuppers to ensure our startup and research teams have the support they need to succeed in making their creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial ideas come true. We connect founders with relevant industry mentors!
Meet our People
Socrates Charisis
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Theodoros Mastrokostopoulos
Global MedTech Commercialisation Executive
Thomas Filippou
Commercial Director Retail, Digital, Protergia
Konstantinos Fouskas
Business Coaching and teaching
Sophia Georgopoulou
Brand Identity Designer
Stelios Gerogiannakis
Principal Engineer at GoCardless
Giannis Kalpakidis
Digital & Innovation Value Partner
Yannis Imelos
Co-Founder & CEO at CollegeLink
Evangelos Kotsonis
CEO, Co-Founder @ e-satisfaction
Ioannis Nikolaou
Associate Professor
Ioanna S. Pepelasis
Emeritus Professor at AUEB
Alexandros Roustas
Managing Director, IQbility
Helen Salavou
Member of the Technology Transfer @ AUEB
Helen Salavou
Member of the Technology Transfer @ AUEB
Aristeidis Souras
Head of Business and Marketing, Vesquad
George G. Spanos
Indy Exec Consultant
Dimitrios Spiliopoulos
Internets of Things (IoT) Strategist - Worldwide Industrial IoT Lead in AWS
Diomidis Spinellis
Professor of software engineering
Ilias Sousis
Co- Founder, Wikifarmer
Vassilis Trapezanoglou
Founder, President & CEO at DISC SA
Panos Tsakos
Marketing Manager VIVA.gr
Spiros Vossos
Strategic Alliances | International Business Development
Stergios Voskopoulos
CEO at Kanoo Capital
Irini Voudouris
Assistant Professor at AUEB
Gregory S. Yovanof
Managing Director at Silver-DOT
Georgia Zacharaki
Digital Strategy & Innovation Director, Tempo
Isabel Zoulinaki
Product Designer at Google
Haris Kampouris
Product @ TikTok
A. Poulymenakou
Associate Professor
Antony Kaladis
Business Relationship Mgr @Heineken
Stergios Anastasiadis
General Partner with Genesis Ventures, Angel Investor, Software Developer
Eleni Georgopoulou
Communications Manager \ Business Coach
Panos Charos
Deals Advisory, PWC London
Kimon Angelides
Executive Chairman at Stealth .. health
Vassilis Danias
Co-Founder & CEO @ Bitloops
Giannis Kalpakidis
Digital & Innovation Value Partner
Nikolas Smyrlakis
Co-founder @ Roots Spirits
Ioannis Papadopoulos
CFO, Ladder.io
Zina Mavroeidi
CEO e-Fresh.gr
Dimitris Papadimitrioy
Co-Founder @ The Flow Partners
Menia Voevoda
Hospitality Consultant | Entrepreneur
Giannis Rousopoulos
Founder of cryptonomist.gr | Advisor @ Hellenic Parliament.
Vasileios Stoidis
Founder, CEO @ 7L & MassiveGrid
Nikolas Molyndris
Product @ Decentriq
Katerina Petraki
Head of New Business, Alibaba US
Sakis Triantafyllakis
Product Growth & Strategy
Maria Vdokaki
Legal Counsel, Business & Corporate Attorney
Aristeidis Tsitiridis
Principal Computer Vision Researcher
Maria Slamari
Senior People Strategy Consultant
Panagiotis Bechrakis
Marketing & Innovation Consultant
He holds an MBA from Ross School of Business at University of Michigan, with emphasis in Marketing and International Business. He spent 10 years in the US where he held multiple positions in Brand Management at Reckitt and Godiva. His latest role while in the US was Global Marketing Director for Godiva where he focused on Global Innovation leading the development of products and sub-brands that reached consumers in more than 100 countries and almost every distribution channel.
At both Reckitt and Godiva, his hands-on approach and relationship building mentality allowed him to become an essential member of the broader commercial team and to expand his scope beyond marketing specific tasks, making him a well-rounded commercial leader with strong knowledge of trade across multiple countries.
Before moving to the US, he spent 5 years in Greece working in multiple sales roles including Business Development Manager for Auto-France, Export Sales Executive for DOMUS SA and Organized Trade Sales Rep for Cadbury Hellas. In addition to his MBA, he holds an MSc in Marketing from Athens University of Economics and Business and a BA in Finance from the University of Piraeus.
In 2022 Panagiotis became a US Scholar of the Marketing Academy, a highly selective leadership development program for 30 carefully selected marketers from all the United States. He also holds a Diploma in Restaurant Entrepreneurship from New York University – School of Professional Studies and a Diploma in Export Management from IST Studies.
Since returning from the US in December of 2022, Panagiotis has been working as a freelance Marketing & Innovation consultant while making his first entrepreneurial endeavors in Hospitality and Real Estate.
Alexandros Kostakis
UX Designer Quintessential SFT
Maria Zarotiadou
Managing Director at Plan of Business
She has training in Women's Social Entrepreneurship and holds the WISE4Women certification of the corresponding training program of the European Union.
Maria is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. She is a mentor to young entrepreneurs at Women on Top, at Women Do Business and at Foundit by Prince's Trust International and Bizrupt. Her seminars and workshops are presented, among others, at the actions of Women Do Business, Skywalker and Plan of Business. Maria is a Certified Workshop Facilitator in the #IamRemarkable by Google program.
Her articles are published at www.epixeiro.gr, at www.planofbusiness.eu and at www.talentedladiesclub.com
Lemonia Kalaitzi
Co-owner at FARMA BLOCK
Lemonia Kalaitzi
Co-owner at FARMA BLOCK
Thrasos Kipourgos
CIO & Co-founder @ Protio
George Kourakos
Director of Innovation - Kaizen Labs
He studied Computer Information Systems in ACG and started his online career 18 years ago as a UI designer. Some years later he saw early the potential of online video and started working extensively on this area. Among others he created 2 online video start-ups and co-produced the 1st interactive web series globally. He continued his journey in the entertainment/sports industry in various roles related to project management and online product. In 2009 he co-presented a LIVE TV tech show on Greek national television.
In 2012 he joined Kaizen Gaming where he led the product design and Innovation department. During the last 10 years he was fortunate enough to lead many talented teams under various roles. One of the most challenging but exciting roles was to create a CX department from scratch and build teams and CX culture across the organization.
His latest role is group Director of Innovation. Even though the last 10 years Kaizen's talented product teams launched many global award winning projects (first in the industry) such as: Voice Betting, Social Sharing, Smart Notifications and the world's first Sportsbook and Casino for Mixed Reality Kaizen wanted to take this initiative to the next level. That's why we created Kaizen Labs. Kaizen labs is a corporate incubator/accelerator that works with startups, universities and big tech organizations. Our main focus is to utilize open innovation frameworks in order to innovate in iGaming by using immersive technologies such as AR/VR, Blockchain, Computer Visions and AI/ML.
His free time is shared between Cross-fit, Tennis and technical/fundamental analysis on Blockchain projects.
Alexandra Plessa
Business Consultant|Biochemist-Biotechnologist
Christina Anthoulaki
Product Management & Strategy Lead
Nikos Stavropoulos
Sales & Business Development
Nikiforos Papadopoulos
Management Consultant & Co-Founder
Maria Perrou
Marketing Manager at Lacoste
She holds a Bachelor and MBA degree from Athens University of Economics and Business, and she currently leads the role of Marketing Manager at Lacoste.
Her free time is shared between travelling, volunteer projects, cinema and meditating through yoga and archery.
Ariana Polyviou
Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia
Ariana Polyviou
Assistant Professor, University of Nicosia
Bertrand Pellegrin
Senior Strategist
Previously he was a senior retail strategist with the San Francisco office of Gensler Worldwide. Mr. Pellegrin’s expertise draws heavily from his formal background in cultural anthropology, as well as his research in consumer environments, mass media, popular culture, and social and cultural trends. He is also a veteran of U.S. network television, developing, producing, and directing numerous award-‐winning news and entertainment programs for which he has received over a dozen national awards including three Emmy Awards for excellence.
Mr. Pellegrin is the author of Branding the Man: Why Men are the Next Frontier in Fashion Retail (Random House/Allworth 2009). He received a B.A. degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, and an M.F.A. in Fashion Merchandising from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California.
Panos Kalogiorgas
Strategy and M&A Consultant, Deloitte
Panos has vast experience in strategic and business planning, financial modeling and reporting as well as business valuation and M&A support. He has also served as Business and Finance mentor for several startups, as part of innovation programs by European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and Greek-based incubators among others.
Chris Balotis
Digital Strategy and Growth Director
He is data driven, automation enthusiast and expertises in designing effective strategies to deliver results based on KPIs.
For over a decade he was the owner of a local media company and the last years he works as Digital Strategy and Growth Director at digital marketing agencies acting as key-contact person between brands and internal divisions of the agencies.
Yiannis Kranitis
Industry Head, Google
Jenny Tsaliki
Senior Business Analyst & COO at Atom CTO
Over the years, I have gained extensive experience in a variety of industries, including fintech, edtech, medtech and blockchain. This diverse exposure has not only honed my analytical skills but has also given me a deep understanding of industry-specific challenges and opportunities.
Efthymios Psaraftis
Audience Strategy Manager ΕΜΕΑ at Johnson & Johnson CH
Stefanos Prokos
Senior Digital Business & Transformation Consultant
He is currently the Co-Managing Partner of Synergetic, a boutique consultancy offering digital transformation services for multinational organizations.
Stefanos has handled projects in 14 European countries for Philip Morris International, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, Bayer, Adidas, Alpha Bank, Eurobank, Καυκάς, Ahold Delhaize, Metro Group/ MyMarket, Aegean and many more industry leaders.
He is the co-founder of Vieno an innovative startup company that builds mobile solutions for HoReCa businesses in Greece and UAE (exited).
He is a twice award winning public speaker and passionate about goal-driven, cross-border eBusiness.
Christos Psyllias
Assistant Manager at EY | Strategy & Transactions
Elena Karagianni
Senior Innovation Officer
Sophia Georgopoulou
Brand Identity Designer
Ioannis Pesexidis
Management Consultant | Bain & Company
Sascha Strohmeier
Managing Director at Sensory-Minds
Rita Katona
Senior Growth Architect at BCG X
Dimitris Doukakaros
Startup Visionary & Growth Strategist
Anna-Maria Moira
Marketing, Analytics & Measurement
Alexis Petrichos
Director, Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem Marketing
Uzoma Agba
Business Tech Advocate
George Moultos
Head of Business and Strategy at Greca Homes
Nikolas Sifonios
Founder of Match Ball VENTURE- Business Advisor
Evangelos Katsaras
Privacy Lawyer
Apostolis Katsorchis
Head of Business Growth
Michalis Pediotis
Communications Manager, Radio Producer & Founder, BullMp.com
Charles Hope
Turning First-time Founders into Founders
Stathis Loizos
Business Counselling & Mentoring
Ioannis Theodorakopoulos
Business Consultant | Public & Private Sector
Stelios Blymakis
Senior Consultant- Project Manager
Eleni Mylona
ICT Project Manager
Panagiotis Papachristofilou
GTM & B2B Marketing Leader
Ioanna Konstantopoulou
Head of Internal Audit
Thanasis Vratimos
Digital Health Solutions Consultant