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20 1 3 ANNUAL REVIEW amcham.gr The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous improvement of American-Hellenic commercial and financial relations, through increased membership and through the organization of top-quality events, exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic. AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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Page 1: 20 1AL 3 - American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce · The Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2013, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality,

2013ANNUAL

R E V I E Wamcham.gr

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous improvement of American-Hellenic

commercial and financial relations, through increased membership and through the organization of top-quality

events, exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic.

AMERICAN-HELLENICCHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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Executive Committee PresidentAnastasopoulos Simos | N. PETSIAVAS S.A.

Vice PresidentBakatselos Nikolaos | PYRAMIS METALLOURGIA A.E.

Vice PresidentKarayannis Angelos | KARAYANNIS K. GROUP OF COMPANIES

Secretary GeneralPanayotopoulos Litsa | BOSTON HAMILTON LTD.

Treasurer Papadopoulos Thanos | CHEVELLAS S.A.

CounselorCanellopoulos Paul | AIG GREECE

CounselorKyriacou Marios | KPMG CERTIFIED AUDITORS

CounselorMamidaki Eleftheria | MAMIDOIL-JETOIL S.A.

CounselorSaracakis John | SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A.

Executive DirectorElias Spirtounias | AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Board of Directors Alexopoulos George | HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A.Antonakou Peggy | MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A.Antoniades Vassilis | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP Apostolides Pascal | ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALS S.A.Bacacos George | P. BACACOS, CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CO. S.A.Costopoulos Alexandros | FORESIGHT STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONSCoustas John | DANAOS SHIPPING CO. LTDKafatos Vassilis | DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.Kartsanis Georgia | CEO CLUBS GREECEKokorotsikos Paris | EUROCONSULTANTS S.AKosmatos Makis | JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER S.A.Kostas Stavros | EconomistKouidis Marilena | KOUIDES A.P.L. S.A.Koussia Venetia | MANPOWERGROUP S.A.Koutsoureli Eftychia | QUEST HOLDINGS S.A.Kyriakides John | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRMLazaridis Socrates | ATHENS EXCHANGELekkakos Stavros | PIRAEUS BANK S.A.Manos Alexandros | PIRAEUS BANK S.A.Mytilineou-Daskalaki Sophie | MYTILINEOS HOLDINGS S.A.Nordkamp Erik | PFIZER HELLAS A.E.Papadimitriou Pythagoras | HEWLETT-PACKARD HELLAS E.P.E.Papalexopoulos Dimitri | TITAN CEMENT COMPANY S.A.Papazoglou Panagiotis | ERNST & YOUNG (HELLAS) S.A.Passaris Despina | PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLAS M.E.P.E.Stylianopoulos Andreas | NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD.Thomas Athanasios | DOW HELLAS A.E.Tsamaz Michael | HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. (OTE)Tsiboukis Antonis | CISCO HELLAS S.A.Xenokostas Panagiotis | ONEX S.A.Zanias George | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.

CommitteesAGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEArgiriou NotisBezergiannis StellaChriss DimitriosEfthymiadis ThymisKaragiorgos NikolaosKatsaros GeorgiosKouides AntonisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukakis AthanasiosMichailides EkateriniNakas IoannisVergos EvangelosCoordinator Nikos Tsavdaroglou

AUDITORS COMMITTEEFelonis AthanassiosKerameas GeorgeSabatakakis KyriacosCoordinator Andriana Chadjianagnostou

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEEChair Papacostopoulos Constantine Apsouris JohnCharalambous YiangosDimou IoannisHadjisotiriou PaulaIliadaki SassaPetalas ApostolosShiamishis AndreasTheodoulidou Maria Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEEAlexiou MariaConstantelis GeorgeIliopoulou SissyKatsouli KaterinaLolas VassilisMacheras AlexiaMenidiati ManinaVrachatis IoannisZevgoli NafsikaCoordinator Angela Boyatzis

ENERGY COMMITTEE Chair Karayannis AngelosAlexopoulos GeorgeDesypris JohnEkaterinari RaniaPeristeris GeorgeRigas MathiosStassis GeorgeCoordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia

GREEK ECONOMY CONFERENCE COMMITTEEChair Αnastasopoulos SimosAntoniades VassilisBacacos GeorgeMamidakis Eleftheria Coordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEEChair Poulidas Spyros Antonakou PeggyGalani AgathiKolokotsas DionisisMonokrousos AntonisMoraitis AndreasPapadimitriou PythagorasPeppas NikolaosSabatakakis KyriakosTsiboukis AntonisCoordinator Georgia Mamali

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INNOVATION, EDUCATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEEChair Panayotopoulos Litsa Darda DimitraLelakis GeorgeMakios VassiliosPapadakis GeorgiosPateraki EvangeliaPersidis AndreasPilitsis LoukasPrintzos MichaelRaptopoulos ManosRizopoulos YannisTsiboukis AntonisTsoukalis AlexandrosCoordinator Katerina Tzagaroulaki

INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE President Yanos GramatidisSteering CommitteeKotsalos GeorgeKoussia VenetiaMina ZooullisNordkamp ErikVan Pappelendam Robert Executive Officer Angeliki Dikeoulia

INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOUR MATTERS COMMITTEEChair Kremalis KonstantinosAbatzoglou TheodoreAndriopoulos StavrosApostolopoulos GeorgeBerti AlbertoCanellopoulos PaulChristidou AgniIoannou ChristosKikilias EliasKollas JohnKonstantinidis TheodoreKouskouna FrolyKoussia VenetiaLisseos PanayotisLyssimachou TriantafyllosMichos StathisOikonomopoulou AntouanetaPelidis ManosPerpinia AntigonePoulias AlkiviadisPrountzos MichaelSarantopoulos DimitrisSpyrakos FotiosSpyropoulos RovertosTompras TheodossisTzotzos ApostolosVafeiadis IoannisVlassopoulos GeorgeCoordinator Voula Tseritzoglou

IPR COMMITTEEAilianou AndromahiEconomou AlexandraGalanopoulou KaterinaKargarotos IakovosKyriakides JohnMakris AntonisMichos GeorgePaparrigopoulos XenophonZachou Dora Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou

LEADERSHIP COMMITTEEChair Miropoulos ArtemisKalligeros JohnKatsivelis Pavlos

Kerastaris AntonisKofinas KyriakosMamidakis EleftheriaMavropoulos MichaelOlympios SpyrosPanteliadis AristotelisRabbat VassilisRaptopoulos EmmanuelRoussos MichalisSaracakis AlexandrosVlachos George Coordinator Ritana Xidou

LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEEChair Kyriakides John Alexandris PanosAlexandris SpyrosMargaritis EvangelosScorinis GeorgeTsibanoulis DimitrisCoordinator: Daphne Constantinidou

MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEEChair Liakopoulos TheodoreAnagnostopoulos StefanosAnastassiou YannisBaracos ChristosBoulougouris GeorgeChristopoulou MarthaDeligiannis KonstantinosDerkos KalogridisHoffman-Luecke ManuelaKrinos GregoryMaroutsis GeorgeNikas DimitrisPolitis GeorgeStrouzos AnastasiosCoordinator: Voula Tseritzoglou

NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEEChair Bakatselos Nikolas Alexopoulos Charis A.Gigilinis AlexandrosKafatos VassilisKanelakis IoannisKatsaros GeorgiosKokorotsikos ParisKouides AntonisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukountzos KonstantinosVlachos PanosCoordinator Nikos Tsavdaroglou

PHARMACEUTICAL COMMITTEEChair Pascal ApostolidesVice Chairman Filiotis DionysiosAhmad HaseebCapone CarloCharalampidis SavasCommissaris JeroenDakas ChristosFiliotis SpyrosFrouzis KonstantinosGerassopoulos MarcosGreco RobertoKefalas NikosLakatos MatyasLorge EmmanuelNordkamp ErikPateraki EvangeliaTarou IphigeniaCoordinator Voula Tseritzoglou

PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEECanellopoulos PaulKyriacou Marios

Papadopoulos ThanosSaracakis JohnCoordinator Xidou Ritana

TAXATION COMMITTEEChair Stavros CostasAchilas IoannisAltiparmakis ChristosAmpeliotis EvangelosAnastasiadis HarrisDesipris AntonisDoucas SpyrosFilippopoulos DimitrisGigantes StavrosGovaris VassilisKanellatou AthenaKerameus GeorgeKyriakides SteliosLaskaratos PanagiotisLeventis ThomasLianopoulos ThemisMitsios StephanosNasiopoulou MariaPanagiotidis GeorgePapadatos EugenePapandreou CristinaPothos PanagiotisSamothrakis GeorgeSavvaidou KaterinaSavvas EvangelosSfakakis KonstantinosSpyriouni LitsaStavrides VassilisStavropoulos IoannisTapinos GrigorisTrakadi MariaTsakonas YannisYiannacou SofoklisCoordinator Katerina Tzagaroulaki

TOURISM COMMITTEEChair Stylianopoulos Andreas Ananiadis TimArgiri ByronFokas MakisMarriott CarolMavropoulos MichaelPanayotopoulos PanosVan de Winkel BartVrachatis IoannisCoordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia

WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEEChair Kartsanis Georgia Adamopoulou EfiAnagnostopoulou PopiAthanassoulas ElenaDimou MariaKatsou NellyKazakopoulou BettyLabrou MaricaMilona MarthaPanagopoulou VarvaraTzimea DeppieVelliotou PeggyCoordinator: Angela Boyatzis

AHEI-AMERICAN HELLENIC ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE http://ahei.amcham.grExecutive Officer John Moisoglou

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April 3-4ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL DEWO-Exposec Conference

April 17ATHENS HOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE 9th Athens Tax Forum

Activities 2013

January 24ATHENSAMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES Leadership Forum 2013: “Talent & Mobility: Redefining Leadership in Greece”

January 24ATHENSChamber launches Breakthrough Greece

January 31 ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL New Year’s Reception

February 11 THESSALONIKITHE MET New Year’s Reception

March 12ATHENSAGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS 2nd MIW Forum

March 15 ATHENSUS Tax Seminar for Americans Living Abroad

February 21THESSALONIKITHE MET Thessaloniki closed luncheon with guest speaker, Takis Athanassopoulos, President, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED)

March 12ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos

April 24ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker, Alexis Tsipras, President, SYRIZA

May 16ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE WIB Luncheon with Elizabeth Filippouli, Founder & CEO, Global Thinkers & Global Thinkers Forum, UK

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June 19ATHENSKING GEORGE HOTEL Pharmaceutical & MD & D Committees Luncheon with guest speaker, Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health

July 23ATHENSATHENS EXCHANGE Launching of the 2nd MIW Competition

June 13ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE WIB Seminar: Building Networks to Build Business

June 17THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 2nd Agrotechnology Conference

June 5-6NEW YORKTHE PLAZA HOTEL 2nd Investment Forum in coop-eration with Athens Stock Exchange

May 21ATHENS HOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker, Christos Staikouras, Alternate Minister of Finance

June 4ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Taxation Committee Luncheon with E.U. Commissioner Algirdas Semeta

June 3ATHENSMEGARON KARATZA Press Conference for the announcement of the Institute of Economic Policy and Public Administration

June 26ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Annual General Assembly– Elections 2013

July 24ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker, Yannis Stournaras, Minister of Finance

September 13THESSALONIKICONFERENCE CENTER “I. VELLIDIS” How to Do Business in U.S. Seminar

June 14ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs Committee Luncheon with Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport & Networks

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October 10THESSALONIKIANATOLIA COLLEGE 3rd MIW Forum

September 26ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE WIB Luncheon with Marijo Bos, President, EPWN

September 19 - 20ATHENSLEDRA MARRIOTT HOTEL 12th HealthWorld Conference

November 8THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL Thessaloniki closed luncheon with guest speaker, George Koumoutsakos, Member of European Parliament, New Democracy Party

November 14ATHENS 3rd Labor & Insurance Conference

November 26LARISSA How to Do Business in U.S. Seminar

November 5ALEXANDROUPOLIS How to Do Business in U.S. Seminar

November 12ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker, Charalambos Athanasiou, Minister of Justice,Transparency and Human Rights

November 18ATHENSLEDRA MARRIOTT HOTEL 11th CSR Conference

November 27ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Thanksgiving Dinner

November 4THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL 5th Thessaloniki Tax Forum

October 11ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister of Administrative Reform and E-Governance

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December 13THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL Thessaloniki closed lun-cheon with guest speaker, Athanassios Tsaftaris, Minister of Rural Development and Food

December 2-3ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL The Greek Economy Conference

The magazine of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

The Annual Directory of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce DIRECTORY

2014AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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The Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2013, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality, high-value events to all members.

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