Stavros Lambrinidis
Stavros Lambrinidis is the EU Special Representative for Human Rights. Previously, he was Minister for Foreign Affairs in Greece. As Member and Vice-President of the European Parliament, he was in charge of International Relations and of the Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee. He has been parliamentary rapporteur on issues such as the […]
Hon. Ioannis Boutaris
Yiannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki since 2011. Born in Thessaloniki (1942), oenologist and winemaker. Managing Director at the family winery BOUTARI until 1996, founding member of KIR-YIANNI winery (1998), the NGO Arcturos Brown Bear Sanctuary and the Macedonian Museum of Modern Art. He has served as President and member of the Board of Directors of […]
Amb. Kate Smith
Kate Smith CMG was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic in January 2017. Previously she was Director, Americas in the FCO, where her work focussed on expanding the UK’s presence and engagement with Latin America. She had returned to the FCO after four years working in the private sector, as Head of UK […]
Amb. Geoffrey Pyatt
Geoffrey R. Pyatt, a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic in September 2016. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 2013-2016, receiving the State Department’s Robert Frasure Memorial Award in recognition of his commitment to peace and alleviation of […]
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis was born in Athens in March 1968. He graduated Salutatorian from Athens College in 1986. Kyriakos obtained his bachelor degree in Social Studies, summa cum laude, from Harvard University in 1990. During his studies at Harvard he received the Hoopes and Tocqueville prizes. Kyriakos also earned an MA in International Relations from Stanford University […]
Katerina Sokou
Katerina Sokou is the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini and SKAI TV, covering American politics, transatlantic relations and international organizations. She is also a Principal at News Intelligence, a news analysis and communications consulting firm she founded to provide customized advisory services that decipher the news from the U.S. capital for industries […]
H.E. Valdis Zatlers
Mr. Valdis Zatlers is elected President of Latvia 2007-2011. From year 2011 until 4th of November, 2014 was a member of the Parliament of Latvia (Saeima), Chairman of the National Security Committee. Graduating from Riga Institute of Medicine as a physician in 1979, he received professional orthopedic training at Yale and Syracuse universities in 1991. […]
Dimitri Papalexopoulos
Dimitri Papalexopoulos, born in 1962, has been the CEO of Titan Cement Company since 1996 and an Executive of the Company since 1989. Prior to joining TITAN, he was a consultant for McKinsey & Company in New York and Munich. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ-1985) […]
H.E. Néstor Osorio Londoño
His Excellency Mr Néstor Osorio Ambassador to the United Kingdom since February 2014. Former Ambassador to the U.N. in New York, represented Colombia for two years in the Security Council. In 2013, was President of the Economic and Social Council. Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization (ICO) from 2002 to 2010 in London. First […]
Dr. Arup Banerji
Dr. Arup Banerji is the Regional Director for the European Union countries for the World Bank Group. Until January 2016, he was the Senior Director and Head of the Social Protection and Labor Global Practice at the World Bank Group, and concurrently the Senior Director for the Jobs Group, overseeing the World Bank’s operations, strategy […]
Alexandros Kambouroglou
Alexandros has served as senior advisor to the Mayor of Athens since 2014. He has also been spearheading Mayor Kaminis’ commitment to public-private collaboration, including leading the city’s strong partnerships with Bloomberg Associates and the creation of the Athens Partnership. Prior to advising the Mayor, Alexandros worked as journalist, producer and managing editor for major […]