THE 7TH ANNUAL VENTURE FAIR

ATHENS, GREECE
JUNE 6, 2023

Princess Tatiana

Princess Tatiana has dedicated her career to creating and scaling partnerships. She has spent the last 7 years promoting Greece and bringing global opportunities to the country. Tatiana currently serves as the International Ambassador of The Hellenic Initiative. In March 2021, Princess Tatiana founded BREATHE, a mindful mental health movement. Most recently, she worked with […]

Marianna Skylakaki, Moderator

Economist, publisher and CEO of award-winning media company αθηΝΕΑ, whose mission is to be the medium of choice for a new generation of forward-looking, sophisticated and demanding Greek-speaking readers. αθηΝΕΑ sheds light and offers insights on issues often neglected by public discourse in Greece, such as the future of work, sustainable development and women’s empowerment. […]

George P. Stamas, Speaker

Mr. Stamas is a senior partner with the international law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and has been widely recognized for many years as a leading Corporate lawyer. He focuses on public company and private equity mergers and acquisitions, corporate securities transactions, and counselling C-level executives and boards of directors on corporate governance matters. Mr. […]

Georgios Stassis

Mr. Stassis has more than 14 years of experience in the energy market. He has held important positions in various organizations and associations within the energy sector in Greece and the southeast Europe, and within all parts of a utility value chain (generation, distribution, supply). Previously worked for ENEL SpA, as President & CEO of […]

Evi Andrianou

Evi Andrianou has 20 years of experience in the private equity, investment banking and financial advisory space in Greece. She is the Managing Partner and seats on the Investment Committee of “SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine SICAR”, an investment fund targeting growth SMEs in Greece and the region. Evi holds an MBA in Finance with Honours from […]

Christina Crosby

Christina is the managing partner of London based Astir Capital Advisors where she’s mainly in charge of illiquid investments.  Astir acts as placement agent for a handful of Hedge and Tech VC funds and direct Private Equity deals. Christina is an active investor, predominantly, alongside Astir’s managers and deals with an emphasis in FinTech, mainly […]

Kurt Heiar

Kurt Heiar is an accomplished corporate executive, serial entrepreneur, and university instructor. Kurt has been the President & CEO of multiple early stage companies for John Pappajohn, and served as Vice President, Marketing, at Baxter Healthcare. On the corporate side, Kurt’s multi-divisional responsibilities included leading the Marketing, Strategic Planning, Customer Programs, Trade Show & Exhibition, and Product Management for Baxter’s biosciences group. At the University of Iowa, Kurt utilizes […]

Panos Katsambas

Panos is a partner in the Firm’s Financial Industry Group. Currently based in Reed Smith’s London office, Panos had a diverse practice advising U.S. and European-based clients in the entire lifecycle of alternative investment vehicles, including with respect to the establishment of new hedge funds and private equity funds, the structuring, negotiation and execution of […]

Constantine Karides

Constantine counsels investment funds, family offices and companies in a wide range of matters including private equity investments, acquisitions, restructurings, credit opportunities and corporate governance.  Constantine has worked with entities across the corporate growth cycle from early stage private companies to established publicly traded entities. He also has considerable cross-border experience and acts for his […]

Dr. Nicholas Pappas

Dr Nicholas Pappas is a Sydney lawyer in private practice. He is Chairman of the Bank of Sydney.  He also serves on the Bank’s Audit & Remuneration Committees. He is Chairman of South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Limited (the ‘Rabbitohs’, Australia’s most famous rugby league club), and South Sydney Members Rugby League Club […]