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Clear your calendar - It's going down! Bedford V2 kicks off on April 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

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Marina Hatsopoulos

Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

 Marina is a Director of Cynosure Inc., a $300 million leader in the laser aesthetics market as well as being the Chairperson of the Board and investor in Levitronix Technologies. She is also currently an investor in Codebender and C2Sense. Marina was the Founding CEO and primary investor in Z Corporation. Marina has also served as Director of the GSI Group, a $300 million supplier of laser-based products, and Contex Holding, a $100 million leading manufacturer. Marina was an investor and Director of the luxury tea brand: Dear Kate and Tea Forte, which was sold to Sara Lee. 

Michail Bletsas

MIT Media Lab|

Director of Computing &

Research Scientist

Michail was a member of the core technical and design team for the “One Laptop Per Child” initiative which created OLPC's pioneering, award-winning "OX" laptop.

 Michail has advised governments around technology policy issues and provided expert opinion in technical matters to top-level officials. Michail has also cofounded two companies.

Vicky Pryce

Economist and CEBR Board Member

Professor Vicky Pryce is a leading economist working on UK, global and Eurozone issues. She is currently on the board pf the centre for Economics and Business Research. She was previously Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, Director General for Economics at the Department for Business Innovation Skills and Joint Head of the UK’s Government Economic Service. Before that she was partner at London Economics and at KPMG and held senior economists positions a in oil and banking. Her many publications include : ‘Greekonomics – The Euro Crisis and Why Politicians Don’t Get it’ (Biteback, 2103) and ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ with Ross and Urwin, (Biteback , 2015)

Aristos Doxiadis

Openfund|

General Partner

Openfund invests in technology startups starting from Greece and addressing international markets. It offers support and guidance to entrepreneurs and helps to get businesses off the ground fast. In his 17 years’ prior experience in private equity in Greece Aristos has effected expansion capital investments, formed new businesses and start-ups, raised and also structured funds. He has participated in the boards of about twenty companies. Aristos has extensive experience in management consulting and in public policy advice. He often writes on Greek economy and society. His book "The Invisible Rift: Institutions and Behaviours in the Greek Economy" (in Greek) was published in 2013.

Yannis Palaiologos

Kathimerini|

Features Reporter

Yannis reports of the newspaper Kathimerini. Yannis is also a contributor to the op-ed page of The Wall Street Journal and to the websites of Time magazine and Politico Europe. Yannis was the editor-in- chief of Free Sunday newspaper and between 2006-9 he was the special supplements editor of City Press newspaper. Yannis has commented on Greek issues on the BBC, CNN, NPR, France24, Al-Jazeera, RT and other international outlets.

Claus Rosenberg Gotthard

Book'n'Bloom|

Co-Founder & CEO 

 Claus is a Danish serial-entrepreneur who has over 30 years of business experience. Claus’ latest entrepreneurial venture was Book'N'Bloom which is a software solution tool that is aimed at SMEs and has recently closed Series A funding of €11 Million and have their Product development & Customer Support in Thessaloniki.

Christos Stergiou

TrueGreece|

Founder & CEO

TrueGreece is a luxury travel company dedicated to an authentic travel experience. TrueFrance, TrueItalia, TrueSpain, and TrueTurkey were also all launched by Christos. Christos has been listed  as one of the world’s Top Travel Specialists by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine and has been included in Travel and Leisure’s  A-List of top travel agents globally.

Tina Mavraki

Hellenic Hope |

Trustee & Co-Founder

Tina Mavraki coordinates the overall efforts of Hellenic Hope. She is a Trustee and one of its founding members. She is Structured Finance Manager for Noble Group, the commodities trader. Tina previously ran her own FSA authorised advisory boutique, and prior to that she pursued a 9-year career in investment banking. Tina has a MSC in Finance from LBS, and a BA and MA in PPE from the University of Oxford. Tina firmly believes in helping others. Besides Hellenic Hope, Tina loves a good laugh with friends, adventure and scuba diving.

Haris Makryniotis

Endeavor Greece|

Managing Director 

Endeavor Greece is a global non-profit organisation that supports high impact entrepreneurs and gives them access to markets and capitals. Haris has multiple years' experience serving clients in

Greece, UK, France, Germany, Turkey and Cyprus on a range of strategic and organisational topics. Haris led the landmark growth strategy 'Greece 10 Years Ahead' which identifies the growth 

potential in multiple sectors of the Greek economy.


Kiveli Dörken

Molyvos International Music Festival | Pianist, Co-Founder & Artistic Director 

Kiveli started playing the piano at the age of five. She won the "International Grotrian Steinweg competition" six consecutive times and has been awarded the highest score at "Jugend musiziert". Kiveli is a stipendiary of the "Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben", the International Music Academy Liechtenstein and the festival "Spannungen".In 2005 she was featured by the TV channel "ARTE" and 2009 by the WDR. In 2007 she played for the Dalai Lama and in 2009 for the chancellor Angela Merkel. Kiveli is the artistic director of the Molyvos International Music Festival, which she co-founded in 2015.

Vassilis Nikolopoulos 

Intelen|

Co-Founder & CEO

Intelen Inc is a fast growing New York-based Software/Technology Company in the domain of utility energy analytics and consumer digital engagement with the use of advanced behavioural data science. Intelen Inc is currently working with over 35 utilities in more than 10 European countries and 3 US States, with more than 10 million utility consumer. Vassilis has global recognitions in top innovation and entrepreneurship contests.

Taha Coburn-Kutay 

UK Asian Business Council| Chairman 

Taha is the President of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) International, UK

and the Managing Director of Monkey Consulting Ltd. Taha's experience of 20 years in business spans across a number of geographical regions, including the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa. He works very closely with the public sector in India, consulting for various developments in the technology sector.

Charalampos Papadopoulos

Book'n'Bloom|

 Co-Founder & COO

Charalampos is the operational manager of Book'N'Bloom an innovative product in the area of social media and SaaS that aims to bring booking-led SMBs to the new era, allowing them to operate through Facebook. In 2009 he was awarded with Aristotle University Innovation Award.

Lois Labrianidis

University of Macedonia, Dept. of Economics | Professor 

Lois is Secretary General for Strategic and Private Investments- Greek Ministry of Economy, Development & Tourism and Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Macedonia -Greece. He is an economic geographer (BA – Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, MA -Sussex, Ph.D. -LSE) and has done research and published on topics such as industrial location, the spatial aspects of subcontracting, development of rural areas, rural entrepreneurship, delocalization of economic activities, international migration.

Conno Christou

Avocarrot|

Co-Founder

Avocarrot is a mobile rewards network, which helps brands engage and acquire customers on mobile. Selected by Google as 1 of the 8 best startups to participate in their sponsored immersion program in Silicon Valley and also, crowned as the Next Big Thing at ad:tech London in September 2013.

Tzachi Davidovich

Cardlife|

Co-Founder/CEO

Tzachi is a serial entrepreneur with 8 years’ experience in startups.  Tzachi is the co-founder/ CEO of Cardlife, a London based SaaS startup backed by Seedcamp. In his free time, Tzachi supports startups with Founders Nation community and teaches marketing at the Startup Institute London.

Panos Manuelides

Odysea Ltd|

Managing Director

Panos created Odysea when he found a gap in the UK market for authentic Greek products and food. Now after 25 years of business it is the market leader for Greek products in the UK. By 2012 Odysea accounted for 62% of the Greek olive oil sold in the UK market. More recently, Odysea launched its

range of award winning Feta cheese in Waitrose. Odysea has gained more than 27 Great Taste Awarded products between 2010 & 2015 alone.

Michael G Jacobides

London Business School| 

Sir Donald Gordon Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Associate Professor | Strategy & Entrepreneurship Department

Michael has visited Harvard, NYU, Bocconi and Wharton, where he obtained his PhD, after studying at Athens, Cambridge and Stanford. He studies industry evolution, new business models, value migration and structural change in firms and sectors. Michael’s work has appeared in the top academic journals as well as HBR, FT and Forbes.com, Kathimerini, and appears on CNN. Michael has worked with Vodafone, Nokia, McKinsey, Accenture, PwC, Santander, Airbus, Lufthansa, Zurich, MerckSerono and the NHS.

 

George Economides

Mastiha World | 

Co-Founder & MD

After completing his MChem and DPhil at the University of Oxford, George spent one year teaching Advanced Quantum Mechanics and studying work psychology, while looking for an extraordinary product to launch his own business. Thus, Mastiha World Ltd. was born, committed to importing and promoting only the highest quality authentic and natural mastiha products to the UK.


Antonis Ntatzopoulos

Hellenic Bankers Association UK | Chairman

Antonis is the Chairman of Hellenic Bankers Association UK (HBA) that was founded in 1994 to promote a closer co-operation among Greek and Cypriot Bankers and finance professionals based in London. Currently, HBA has more than 500 members and friends in the City of London, a membership which has been the most pristine reflection of professionalism, model corporate citizenship and hard work ethics.
Antonis has 11 years’ experience in Investment Banking, FIG Coverage and Capital Markets. Currently in RBS, Corporate and Institutional Banking, he focuses on financing UK and European Insurers, Brokers, and Global Asset Managers.


Angelos Gkanoutas-Leventis 

Greek Energy Forum |

Vice President

Angelos is a published economist, with studies from the London School of Economics and City University. He works for BP Shipping, where he currently focuses on analytics and performance management. 

Angelos is one of the founding members and current Vice President of the Greek Energy Forum, a non-profit organization with international presence and recognition, promoting the development of the Energy and Hydrocarbons industry in Greece and the wider South East Mediterranean region. 



George Constantelis

GeoVent Corporation | President and CEO 

George is Greek-Canadian, born in Greece and raised in Canada.  He holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Biology from Concordia University, Montreal; a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from McGill University, Montreal; and a post-MBA Global Executive Degree from INSEAD (CEDEP) in Fontainebleau, France.

He is President and CEO of GeoVent Corporation – a Group of Companies of private interests with great aspirations in investing in Greece.  

He worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb for 21 years, holding Senior positions in Paris, Budapest and Athens. He was Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Board of both the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies and the American Association of Pharmaceutical Companies.