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A N N U A L R E V I E W / 2 0 1 4
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.
amcham.gr AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER 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.Anastasiou Despina | DOW HELLAS S.A. Antonakou Peggy | MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A. Antoniades Vassilis | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUPApostolides Pascal | ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALS S.A. Bacacos George | P. BACACOS, CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CO. S.A. Costopoulos Alexandros | FORESIGHT STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS Coustas John | DANAOS SHIPPING CO. LTD Daskalaki-Mytilineou Sophie | MYTILINEOS HOLDINGS S.A. Kafatos Vassilis | DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A. Kartsanis Georgia | CEO CLUBS GREECE Katseli Louka | NATIONAL BANK OF GREECEKokorotsikos Paris | EUROCONSULTANTS S.A Kosmatos Makis | JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER S.A. Kostas Stavros | Economist Kouidis Marilena | KOUIDES A.P.L. S.A.Koussia Venetia | MANPOWERGROUP S.A. Koutsoureli Eftychia | QUEST HOLDINGS S.A. Kyriakides John | KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM Lazaridis Socrates | ATHENS EXCHANGE Lekkakos Stavros | PIRAEUS BANK S.A. Manos Alexandros | PIRAEUS BANK S.A. Papalexopoulos Dimitri | TITAN CEMENT COMPANY S.A. Papazoglou Panagiotis | EY Passaris Despina | PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLAS M.E.P.E. Plessas Dennys | LOCKHEED MARTIN (INTERNATIONAL) S.A. Sage Jim | PFIZER HELLAS A.E. Stylianopoulos Andreas | NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD. Tsamaz Michael | HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. (OTE) Tsiboukis Antonis | CISCO HELLAS S.A. Xenokostas Panagiotis | ONEX S.A.
Committees
AGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Argiriou NotisBezergiannis StellaChriss DimitriosEfthymiadis ThymisKaragiorgos NikolaosKatsaros GeorgiosKouides AntonisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukakis AthanasiosMichailides EkateriniNakas IoannisVergos Evangelos Coordinator Nikos Tsavdaroglou
AUDITORS COMMITTEE Felonis AthanassiosKerameas GeorgeSabatakakis Kyriacos Coordinator Andriana Chadjianagnostou
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Chair Papacostopoulos Constantine Apsouris JohnCharalambous YiangosShiamishis AndreasTheodoulidou Maria Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE Alexiou MariaKatsouli KaterinaKonti KiaraMacheras AlexiaMenidiati ManinaPapademetriou PakisVrachatis IoannisZevgoli Nafsika Coordinator Angela Boyatzis
ENERGY COMMITTEE Chair Karayannis Angelos Alexopoulos GeorgeDesypris JohnEkaterinari RaniaPeristeris GeorgeRigas MathiosStassis George Coordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia
GREEK ECONOMY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Chair Αnastasopoulos Simos Antoniades VassilisBacacos GeorgeMamidakis Eleftheria Coordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair Poulidas Spyros Antonakou PeggyGalani AgathiKolokotsas DionisisMonokrousos AntonisPeppas NikolaosSabatakakis KyriakosTsiboukis Antonis Coordinator Georgia Mamali
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INNOVATION, EDUCATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEE Chair Panayotopoulos Litsa Carydis ClaudiaIoannou JohnKatsou NellyKokkini AlexandraLelakis GeorgeMakios VassiliosMergou BarbaraPapadakis GeorgiosPapapanagiotou ArchontoulaPersidis AndreasPilitsis LoukasPorfyris NikolaosPrintzos MichaelRizopoulos YannisTsiboukis AntonisTsoukalis Alexandros Coordinator Katerina Tzagaroulaki
INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE Acting President Simos AnastasopoulosSteering Committee Kotsalos GeorgeKoussia VenetiaMina ZooullisSage JimPassaris Despina Executive Officer Angeliki Dikeoulia
INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOUR MATTERS COMMITTEE Chair Kremalis Konstantinos Andriopoulos StavrosBougiaklis DimitriosCanellopoulos PaulChristidou AgniChristofides AngelikiIoannou ChristosKarmiris GeorgeKikilias EliasKollas JohnKonstantinidis TheodoreKoussia Venetia (Dr.)Kyriopoulos IoannisLisseos PanayotisLyssimachou TriantafyllosMichalopoulos AntonisMihos StathisOikonomopoulou AntouanetaPelidis ManosPlomaritis GeorgePoulias AlkiviadisSarantopoulos DimitrisSiatounis ManolisSpyrakos FotiosSpyropoulos RovertosTheodoridou AthanasiaTzotzos ApostolosVafeiadis IoannisVlassopoulos GeorgeZoulaki AggelikiCoordinator Voula Tseritzoglou
IPR COMMITTEE Ailianou Andromahi,Galanopoulou KaterinaHadzinicolaou EleniChatzopoulos AlexandrosKargarotos IakovosKosmopoulos MichalisKyriakides JohnMakris AntonisMichos George
Paparrigopoulos XenophonTavlas ManosZachou Dora Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE Chair Miropoulos Artemis Antonakou PeggyKalligeros JohnKerastaris AntonisMamidakis EleftheriaMavropoulos MichaelPanteliadis AristotelisRabbat VassilisRaptopoulos EmmanuelRoussos MichalisSaracakis AlexandrosVlachos GeorgeZorgno GiuseppeCoordinator Ritana Xidou
LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEE Chair Kyriakides John Alexandris PanosAlexandris SpyrosMargaritis EvangelosScorinis GeorgeTsibanoulis Dimitris Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou
MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEE Chair Liakopoulos Theodore Anagnostopoulos StefanosAnastassiou YannisBoulougouris GeorgeChristopoulou MarthaDeligiannis KonstantinosDerkos KalogridisFerhnout-Mollemans MarinaKrinos GregoryMichalitsis IakovosNikas DimitrisPolitis GeorgeStrouzos Anastasios Coordinator Voula Tseritzoglou
NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEE Chair Bakatselos Nikolas Alexopoulos Charis A.Gigilinis AlexandrosKafatos VassilisKanelakis IoannisKatsaros GeorgiosKokorotsikos ParisKouides AntonisKouimtzis AthanasiosKoukountzos KonstantinosMitsiolidou OlgaVlachos Panos Coordinator Nikos Tsavdaroglou
PHARMACEUTICAL COMMITTEE Chair Ahmad Haseeb Apostolides PascalCapone CarloCharalampidis SavasCommissaris JeroenDakas ChristosFiliotis SpyrosFrouzis KonstantinosGerassopoulos MarcosGreco RobertoKefalas NikosKofinas KonstantinosLorge EmmanuelMalataras Kimon
Papagiannopoulou VassilikiPateraki EvangeliaSage JimCoordinator Voula Tseritzoglou
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Canellopoulos PaulKyriacou MariosPapadopoulos ThanosSaracakis John Coordinator Xidou Ritana
TAXATION COMMITTEE Chair Stavros Kostas Achilas IoannisAltiparmakis ChristosAmpeliotis EvangelosAnastasiadis HarrisAthanasiadis Ioannis Doucas SpyrosGigantes StavrosGovaris VassilisKerameus GeorgeKonstantinopoulos AlexandrosKyriakides SteliosLaskaratos PanagiotisMitsios StephanosMorfis EvangelosNikolaou GeorgePanagiotidis GeorgePapadatos EugenePapandreou ChristinaPothos PanagiotisPsylla MarySamothrakis GeorgeSavvas EvangelosSfakakis KonstantinosSpyriouni LitsaStavropoulos IoannisTapinos GrigorisTrakadi MariaTsakonas YannisYiannacou SofoklisZaverdinos ZoisCoordinator Katerina Tzagaroulaki
TOURISM COMMITTEE Chair Stylianopoulos Andreas Ananiadis TimArgiri ByronFokas MakisMarriott CarolMavropoulos MichaelPanayotopoulos PanosVan de Winkel BartVrachatis IoannisCoordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia
WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEE Chair Sideri Anastasia Alexaki-Catsambi HarikliaAnagnostopoulou PopiKatsou NellyKazakopoulou BettyLabrou MaricaMiliopoulou Georgia-ZozetaMilona MarthaSiropoulou NikiStoumbou MyladieTarou IphigeniaTsemperlidou KaterinaTzimea DeppieVelliotou Peggy Coordinator Angela Boyatzis
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March 31ATHENSMICHAEL CACOYANNIS FOUNDATION WIB Forum 2014: The Workplace Through the Eyes of Generation Y
April 7-8ATHENS ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL Defense World-Exposec Conference
Activities 2014
January 23ATHENSMERCEDES BENZ OFFICES 1st Roundtable Forum “Business Opportunities of the Future and Development of Entrepreneurial Spirit”
January 27ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTELNew Year’s Reception
February 10 THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTELNew Year’s Reception
February 10 THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL
February 12 ATHENSAMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIESTax Seminar for US Expats
March 26-28 BRUSSELS, BELGIUMAmchams in Europe Brussels Briefing
March 28 ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL 10th Athens Tax Forum
March 28 THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL Round table discussion with Moschos Korasidis, Secretary General, Ministry of Rural Development and Food
March 30 THESSALONIKIHYATT REGENCY HOTEL Thessaloniki, The Development of Cities—Differently, with the cooperation 5 bilateral Chambers
February 27ATHENSTUI HELLAS OFFICES 2nd Roundtable Forum “Business Opportunities of the Future and Development of Entrepreneurial Spirit”
March 17 ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker Ioannis Vroutsis, Minister of Labor, Social Security & Welfare
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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
June 11-12NEW YORK 3rd Investment Forum in US (in cooperation with Athens Stock Exchange)
June 20THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 3rd Agrotechnology Conference
May 14ATHENSAMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES, COTSEN HALL Education, Innovation, Entrepreneurship International Conference: “Key Elements to Make Innovation Work”
May 21ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker George Mavraganis, Deputy Minister of Finance
May 4-11WASHINGTON, DC AND DALLAS, TEXASAmChams in Europe Transatlantic Conference
April 11ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker George Provopoulos, Governor, Bank of Greece
April 29 THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL Closed Luncheon with guest speaker Nikos Karamouzis, Managing Director, Geniki Bank, Member of Piraeus Bank Group
June 2ATHENSINSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE Press Conference, Policy Institute Announcement: Program Uploading of Reforms Codification
May 22THESSALONIKISARACAKIS BROS OFFICES 3rd Roundtable Forum “Business Opportunities of the Future and Development of Entrepreneurial Spirit”
June 30ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Annual General Assembly Meeting
July 22ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Pharmaceutical Committee Luncheon with guest speaker Mavroudis Voridis, Minister of Health
May 20ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE Press Conference regarding IOBE Study in cooperation with the Bilateral Chambers and The Boston Consulting Group
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September 23-24 ATHENSATHENS LEDRA HOTEL 13th HealthWorld Conference
November 10ATHENSELECTRA PALACE (NIKODIMOU) Presentation on “Development, Design & Construction in New York—Current State and Business Opportunities”, by Louis Katsos, President, Jekmar Associates Inc.
November 3 THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL Closed luncheon with guest speaker Katerina Savaidou, Secretary General of Public Revenue, Ministry of Finance
November 11-12 ATHENSHOTEL GRANDE BRETAGNE 4th Labor & Insurance Conference
November 13ATHENSATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE 2nd MIW Competition Awards Ceremony
November 20ATHENSATHENS LEDRA HOTEL 12th CSR Conference
November 24ATHENSATHENS LEDRA HOTEL Thanksgiving Dinner
October 6ATHENSHILTON ATHENS HOTEL WIB Luncheon with speaker Hendre Coetzee, Global Executive Coach & Founder of the Center for Advanced Coaching
October 9ATHENSGRANDE BRETAGNE HOTELPublic Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker Nikos Dendias, Minister of Development and Competitiveness
October 13-15 WASHINGTON DC WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTERAUSA 2014 Annual Meeting & Exposition, Greek Pavilion of Defense Industries in Greece
November 3THESSALONIKITHE MET HOTEL 6th Thessaloniki Tax Forum
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December 19CHANIA TUC 4th MIW Forum
December 5THESSALONIKIAMERICAN FARM SCHOOL Event on Human Rights, Trafficking and Anticorruption in cooperation with Hellenic Network for CSR, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece and American Farm School
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Institute for Economic Policy and Public GovernanceThe Chamber’s Institute for Economic Policy and Public Governance held a number of meetings through-out the year with both political leaders of Greece and citizens, in a number of cities, to determine the pulse of the country’s progress in economic affairs and public administration. In addition, the Institute published a digital codification of Greece’s legislative framework for the years 20011-2014. The Institute provides policy recommendations to the Greek government, acts as a catalyst for public dia-logue on key issues, and monitors reform efforts—with the objective to establish a more effective public administration and sustainable economy.
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December 1-2ATHENSATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL 25th Greek Economy Conference
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The Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2014, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality, high-value events to all members.
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