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1 | Page DEF 2019 – Confirmed Speakers in principle [as of January 22, 2019] International confirmed speakers Australia 1. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Chairman, Bank of Sydney; President, The Hellenic Initiative Australia, Australia Bulgaria 2. Rosen Plevneliev, President 2012-2017, Republic of Bulgaria Brussels 3. Ino Afentouli, Program Officer for Greece, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO, Brussels 4. Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, European Commission, Brussels 5. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator, European Commission, Brussels (final confirmation in Jan. 2019) 6. Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel, Brussels 7. Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent – Europe, The New York Times, Brussels 8. Tassos Haniotis, Director, DG Agriculture & Rural Development, European Commission, Brussels 9. Michael Leigh, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund US, Brussels 10. Dr. Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund US, Brussels 11. Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, European Commission, Brussels 12. Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs, Taxation & Customs, European Commission, Brussels 13. Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President, European Parliament, Brussels 14. Margaritis Schinas, Chief Spokesperson, European Commission, Brussels 15. György Schöpflin, Member, Group of the European People's Party, European Parliament, Brussels 16. Marie De Somer, Head, European Migration and Diversity Programme – Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre 17. Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management, European Commissioner, Brussels 18. Simone Tagliapetra, Research Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels 19. Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director-General for Energy, European Commission, Brussels Cyprus 20. Yanos Gramatidis, CEO, Justitia Advisory, Cyprus China 21. Zhiqin Shi, Professor, Tsinghua University, China 22. Dr. Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyan Institute for Financial Services; VP, Silk Road School, China 23. Dr. Zhanchen Xu, Head, Strategic Department & OBOR Research Institute, China Center for Int. Economic Exchanges Czech Republic 24. Dr. Ludek Sekyra, Chairman of the Board, Sekyra Group, Czech Republic

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DEF 2019 – Confirmed Speakers in principle [as of January 22, 2019]

International confirmed speakers

Australia 1. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Chairman, Bank of Sydney; President, The Hellenic Initiative Australia, Australia

Bulgaria

2. Rosen Plevneliev, President 2012-2017, Republic of Bulgaria

Brussels

3. Ino Afentouli, Program Officer for Greece, Public Diplomacy Division, NATO, Brussels

4. Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, European Commission, Brussels

5. Michel Barnier, Chief Negotiator, European Commission, Brussels (final confirmation in Jan. 2019)

6. Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director, Bruegel, Brussels

7. Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent – Europe, The New York Times, Brussels

8. Tassos Haniotis, Director, DG Agriculture & Rural Development, European Commission, Brussels

9. Michael Leigh, Senior Fellow, The German Marshall Fund US, Brussels

10. Dr. Ian Lesser, Vice President, German Marshall Fund US, Brussels

11. Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, European Commission, Brussels

12. Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs, Taxation & Customs, European Commission, Brussels

13. Dimitris Papadimoulis, Vice President, European Parliament, Brussels

14. Margaritis Schinas, Chief Spokesperson, European Commission, Brussels

15. György Schöpflin, Member, Group of the European People's Party, European Parliament, Brussels

16. Marie De Somer, Head, European Migration and Diversity Programme – Senior Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre

17. Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management, European Commissioner, Brussels

18. Simone Tagliapetra, Research Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels

19. Gerassimos Thomas, Deputy Director-General for Energy, European Commission, Brussels

Cyprus

20. Yanos Gramatidis, CEO, Justitia Advisory, Cyprus

China

21. Zhiqin Shi, Professor, Tsinghua University, China

22. Dr. Wang Wen, Executive Dean, Chongyan Institute for Financial Services; VP, Silk Road School, China

23. Dr. Zhanchen Xu, Head, Strategic Department & OBOR Research Institute, China Center for Int. Economic Exchanges

Czech Republic

24. Dr. Ludek Sekyra, Chairman of the Board, Sekyra Group, Czech Republic

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France

25. Liz Alderman, Chief European Business Correspondent, The New York Times, France

26. Elias A. Baltassis, Director Europe, Data & Analytics, Boston Consulting Group, France

27. George Dertilis, Directeur d’etudes, École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales, France

28. Alain Dupeyras, Head, Regional Development and Tourism Division, OECD, France

29. Riva Kastoryano, Senior Research Fellow, SciencesPo – Centre de Reserches Internationales, CNRS, France

30. Christine Ockrent, Columnist and Writer, France

31. Virginie Poncet, Head of International Consulting Activities, Project Leader for HDB Feasibility Study, BPI France

32. George Prevelakis, Professor of Geopolitics, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France

33. Jaques Rupnik, Senior Research Fellow, Sciences Po, France

Germany

34. Dr. Ralf Beste, Policy Planning Division, German Foreign Affairs Office, Germany

35. Christoph Bornschein, CEO & Founder, Torben, Lucie und die gelbe Gefahr, Germany

36. Guy Brasseur, Leader, Environmental Modeling Group, Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany

37. Dr. Heiner Flassbeck, Former State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany

38. Sigmar Gabriel, Member of Parliament; Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Germany

39. Michael Schwarz, Executive Director International Affairs, Mercator Foundation, Germany

40. Dr. Daniela Schwarzer, Director, German Council on Foreign Relations, Germany

41. Matthias Spielkamp, Executive Director, AlgorithmWatch, Germany

Hungary

42. Peter Fuzes, Public Sector Industry Leader, Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & Africa, Oracle, Hungary

Iran

43. Mahmoud Khaghani, Adviser, The Caspian Gris, Iran

Ireland

44. Mary Harney, Minister of Health & Children 2004-2011, Ireland

Israel

45. Dr. Uzi Arad, Senior Fellow, INSS, Israel

46. Ilana Dayan, Anchorperson, Israel’s Channel Two, Israel

47. Gila Gamliel, Minister for Social Equality, Israel

48. Yossi Shain, Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Italy

49. Alberto Bagnai, President, Finance Committee, Senate, Republic of Italy

50. Claudio Borghi, President, Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Italy

51. Sandro Gozi, President, Union of European Federalists, Italy

52. Miguel Maduro, Director, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy

53. George Papaconstantinou, Professor, European University Institute, Italy

54. Jean Pisani-Ferry, Thommaso Padoa-Schioppa Chair, European University Institute, Italy

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Japan

55. Masako Kido, Professor, Kyoritsu Women's University, Japan

Kazakhstan

56. Iskander Akylbayev, Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Council on International Relations, Kazakhstan

Luxembourg

57. Dr. Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg

58. Rolf Strauch, Chief Economist, European Stability Mechanism, Luxembourg

Nigeria

59. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Norway

60. Olav Dalen Zahl, Chief Executive Officer, B2Holding ASA, Norway

Portugal

61. Jose M. Barroso, Non-Executive Chairman, Goldman Sachs International (final confirmation in Dec. 2018)

62. Dr. Carlos Costa, Governor, Central Bank of Portugal, Portugal

Romania

63. Ana Birchall, Deputy Prime Minister for Romania's Strategic Partnerships' Implementation, Romania

64. George Ciamba, Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania

Russia

65. Anton Anisimov, Editor-in-Chief, Sputnik International Broadcasting, Russia

66. H.E. Vladimir Chizhov, Russia’s Ambassador to the EU

67. Dr. Vladimir Yakunin, Founder, Rhodes Forum, Russia

Serbia

68. Jovan Kovacic, President, East West Bridge, Serbia

Slovakia

69. Amb. Rastislav Kacer, Honorary Chairman, Globsec, Slovakia

Spain

70. Antonio Carrascosa, Director of resolution planning & Decisions, Single Resolution Board, Spain

Sweden

71. Mikael Ericson, CEO, Intrum Justitia AB, Sweden

72. Konstantinos Karantininis, Professor, Swedish University of Agriculutral Sciences, Sweden

Switzerland

73. Yariv Adan, Product Lead on Google Assistant, Google, Switzerland

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74. Dimitris Argirakis, General Manager, Groupe Tranchant, Switzerland

75. Richard Baldwin, Professor of International Economics, The Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland

76. Athanasios N. Lazanas, Chairman of the Board, Arclif Group, Switzerland

77. Menelaos Petrovas, Digital Marketing Manager, Airport Hotel Basel AG, Group Tranchant, Switzerland

78. Dr. Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland

79. Richard Werly, Journalist, Le Temps, Switzerland

The Netherlands

80. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Former President , Eurogroup, Netherlands

81. Stefan Kilian, Managing Director and Head of Human Pharma MIDI region, Boehringer Ingelheim, Netherlands

82. Wietse van der Werf, Executive Director, Sea Ranger Service, Netherlands

Turkey

83. Mehmet Kutman, Chairman, Global Investment Holdings, Turkey

84. Soli Özel, Visiting Fellow, Institute Montaigne; Professor, Kadir Has University, Turkey

85. Behlül Özkan, Associate Professor, Marmara University, Turkey

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United Kingdom

86. Joaquin Almunia, Chairman of the Board, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies), UK

87. Iain Begg, Professional Research Fellow, London School of Economics, UK

88. Richard Clogg, Emeritus Fellow, St. Anthony’s College, UK

89. Pavlos Eleftheriadis, Professor of Public Law, University of Oxford, UK

90. Kevin Featherstone, Professor, Hellenic Observatory, LSE, UK

91. Sofia Gkiousou, Public Policy, Airbnb, UK

92. Apostolos Gkoutzinis, Partner, Milbank - Tweed - Hudley & McCloy, UK

93. Nik Gowing, Founder, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK

94. Mareva Grabowski, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Zeus+Dione, Greece

95. Costas Grammenos, Professor, Cass Business School, UK

96. Michael G. Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon Chair of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, London Business School, UK

97. Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, Department Politics & Int. Relations, Oxford University, UK

98. Konstantinos Kanellopoulos, Doctoral Researcher, University of Manchester, UK

99. Chris Langdon, Co-author, Thinking the Unthinkable, UK

100. Phillip Larbey, Centa - Managing Principal, NCC Group, UK

101. Richard Langstaff, CEO, Cepal, UK

102. Philippe Legrain, Senior Visiting Fellow, LSE European institute, UK

103. Yannis Manuelides, Partner, Allen & Overy, UK

104. Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor, Queen Mary University of London, UK

105. Elia Mossialos, Professor of Health Policy, London School of Economics, UK

106. Alia Moubayed, Director of Geo-economics & Strategy, International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK

107. Vangelis Papachristoforou, Founder & CEO, Invel, UK

108. Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics, London Business School, UK

109. Mujtaba Rahman, Managing Director, Eurasia Group, UK

110. Jurgen Rigterink, First VP Banking, EBRD, UK

111. Omiros Sarikas, Managing Partner & Founding Member, Brookstreet Equity Partners LLP, UK

112. John S. Roberts, Energy Security Specialist, Methinks Ltd, UK

113. Peter Spiegel, News Editor, Financial Times, UK

114. Vivienne Stern, Director, Universities UK International, UK

115. Tony Travers, Professor, Department of Government, LSE, UK

116. Dimitris Valatsas, Director Europe, Greenmantle, UK

117. Rebecca Walton, Regional Director EU, British Council, UK

118. Adam Ward, Deputy Director, Chatham House, UK

119. Chad West, CMO, Revolut, UK

120. Dimitri Zenghelis, Visiting Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & Environment, LSE, UK

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United States of America

121. Tristan Aspray, VP Europe Russia Caspian & Asia Pacific/Middle East, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, USA

122. Jimmy Athanasopoulos, Head of Social Responsibility, Libra Group, USA

123. Dr. Arup Banerji, Regional Director for the EU Countries, World Bank Group, USA

124. Dr. John S. Baras, Professor & Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering University of Maryland, USA

125. Michail Bletsas, Director of Computing, MIT, USA

126. Christian Bodewig, Program Leader, World Bank Group, USA

127. Rogier van den Brink, Lead Economist EU, World Bank Group, USA

128. Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Ancient History and Classics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

129. Heather Conley, Senior VP for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS, USA

130. Vasilis Coutifaris, Program Manager, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, USA

131. Dr. Spiros Dimolitsas, Senior VP for Research & Chief Technology Officer, Georgetown University, USA

132. Alex Eleftheriadis, Chief Scientist & Co-Founder, Vidyo Inc., Greece

133. Alfonso Garcia-Mora, Director Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation, World Bank Group, USA

134. Julie Gerberding, Exec. VP&Chief Patient Officer Strategic Communications, Global Public Policy & Population, MSD, USA

135. Yiannis Giokas, VP Research & Development, PCCW Global, USA

136. Paul Glastris, Editor in Chief, The Washington Monthly, USA

137. Paul Greenberg, Author of Four Fish, American Catch and The Omega Principle, USA

138. Sheik Mohammed Irfan, VP of Global Operations, Bloccelerate VC, USA

139. Dr. Michael Haltzel, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University, USA

140. Robert D. Kaplan, Author, USA

141. Anne-Laura Kiechel, Managing Partner, Rothschild Global Advisory, USA

142. Kemal Kirisci, Senior Fellow Brookings, USA

143. Dr. Hans-Helmut Kotz, Resident Fellow, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, USA

144. Philippe Le Corre, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, USA

145. Cheng Li, Director & Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution, USA

146. Nicholas Logothetis, Founder, Concordia Summit, USA

147. Mike Manatos, President, Manatos & Manatos, USA

148. Molly Montgomery, Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Foundation, USA

149. Amb. Richard Morningstar (ret.), Founding Chairman, Global Energy Center, Atlantic Council, USA

150. Dimitris Nanopoulos, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, USA

151. Athanasios Orphanides, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

152. Douglas Paal, Vice President for Studies and Director, Asia Program, Carnegie, USA

153. Nicholas Papapolitis, Corporate Ambassador’s Program, The Hellenic Initiative, USA

154. Michael Printzos, Director of Programming, The Hellenic Initiative, USA

155. Ana Revenga, Senior Fellow, Global Economy & Development, The Brookings Institution, USA

156. Charles Ries, Vice President, International, Rand Corporation, USA

157. Marcie Ries, Non-resident Senior Fellow [former US Ambassador], GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, USA

158. Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabor Professor, Harvard University, USA

159. Emanuel Rouvelas, Partner, K&L Gates, USA

160. Eleni Sikelianos, Author & Poet, USA

161. Neal Suggs, VP & Deputy General Counsel- Commercial Group, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft, USA

162. Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee, USA

163. Dr. Celeste Wallander, President & CEO, The US Russia Foundation, USA

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164. Dr. Walter Willett, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA

165. Damon Wilson, Vice President, Programs & Strategy, Atlantic Council, USA

166. Deborah Wince Smith, President & CEO, Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils, USA

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Confirmed speakers from Greece

1. H.E. Prokopios Pavlopoulos, The President of the Hellenic Republic

2. H.E. Alexis Tsipras, The Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

3. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President, New Democracy Party; Leader of the Opposition, Greece

4. Konstantinos Agorastos, Governor, Region of Thessaly, Greece

5. Rector Helene Ahrweiler, President, Administration Council, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece

6. Rania Aikaterinari, CEO, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations S.A, Greece

7. Chris Allen, Representative in Athens, European Commission’s Directorate General for Economic & Financial Affairs

8. John Anastasopoulos, Advisor to the Board of Directors, ACEO, Greece

9. Simos Anastasopoulos, President, American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce; Chairman & CEO, PETSIAVAS S.A., Greece

10. Dimitris Andriopoulos, President & Managing Director, Dimand S.A., Greece

11. Andreas Andreadis, CEO, Sani S.A., Greece

12. Nikos Androulakis, Member, European Parliament, Greece

13. Vangelis Apostolakis, Deputy Senior Partner, KPMG, Greece

14. Dr. Vassili Apostolopoulos, President, Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association; CEO, Athens Medical Group, Greece

15. Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, fmr. Minister of Education, Greece

16. Hélène Ahrweiler, President, Administration Council, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece

17. Takis Athanasopoulos, Chairman, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research; Chairman, AGET Heracles, Greece

18. Theodoros Athanassopoulos, Executive General Manager NPL Wholesale Banking, Alpha Bank, Greece

19. Dora Bakoyannis, Member of the Parliament, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece

20. Kostas Bakoyannis, Governor, Region of Central Greece

21. Konstantinos Bargiotas, Member of the Parliament, Democratic Alignment, Greece

22. Panagiotis Bernitsas, Managing Partner, M&P Bernistas Law Office, Greece

23. Sotiris Bregiannos, Founder & Managing Partner, Bregiannos Law Firm, Greece

24. Pantelis Capros, E3MLab - Energy Economy Environment Modelling Lab, University of Athens, Greece

25. Constantinos Cartalis, Professor on Environment, Energy and Climate issues, University of Athens, Greece

26. Aimilios Chalamandaris, CEO, INNOETICS, Greece

27. Dimitris Chanis, CEO, Heracles Group, Lafargeholcim, Greece

28. H.E. Christophe Chantepy, French Ambassador to Greece

29. George Chatzigeorgiou, Co-Founder, CEO, Skroutz.gr, Greece

30. Christos Chomenidis, Novelist, Greece

31. Michalis Chrisochoidis, Member of the Parliament, Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), Greece

32. Nicos Christodoulakis, Professor of Economic Analysis, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

33. Kostas Chrysogonos, Member, European Parliament, Greece

34. Achilleas Constantakopoulos, Chairman & CEO, TEMES SA, Greece

35. Alexandros Costopoulos, CEO, Foresight Strategy & Communications, Greece

36. Martin Czurda, CEO, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, Greece

37. Alexandros Daniilidis, CEO, Athenian Brewery, Greece

38. Anna Diamantopoulou, President, To DIKTIO, Greece

39. Angeliki Dimitriadi, Research Fellow, ELIAMEP, Greece

40. Sabina Dziurman, Director for Greece & Cyprus, EBRD, Greece

41. Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, Rector, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

42. Vasilis Dimopoulos, VP Technology, Sales Strategy, Large Deals & Business Analytics for ME, Africa&Turkey, Oracle

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43. Nikos Dendias, Member of the Parliament, New Democracy Party, Greece

44. Thanos Dokos, Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy, Greece

45. Petros Doukas, Chairman of the Board, Capital Partners S.A., Greece

46. George Doukidis, Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece

47. Nikos Drandakis, Founder, Taxibeat, Greece

48. Nikos Efthymiadis, Chairman, Redestos Group, Greece

49. Dr. Nikos Erinakis, Director of Research, ENA Institute for Alternative Policies, Greece

50. Daniel Esdras, Special Envoy of the Director General, IOM UN Migration, Greece

51. Athanasios Exarchos, Strategic Manager Customer Oper. Global Strategy Team, President & Managing Director, Nokia Hellas

52. Theodore Fessas, President, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, Greece

53. Theocharis Filippopoulos, CEO, Attica Publications Group, Greece

54. Konstantinos Filis, Research Director, Institute of International Relations, Greece

55. Vicky Flessa, Journalist, ERT Public Broadcaster, Greece

56. George Floridis, Former Minister of Public Order and former Governor of Kilkis region, Greece

57. Penelope Gavra, Journalist, Greece

58. George Georgakopoulos, Editorial Director, diaNEOsis, Greece

59. Adonis Georgiadis, Vice-President, New Democracy Party, Greece

60. Dr. George Gerapetritis, Professor, University of Athens, Greece

61. Konstantinos Gerardos, Vice President & Managing Director, Plaisio, Greece

62. Marietta Giannakou, fmr Minister, fmr Member of the Hellenic Parliament, Greece

63. Tassos Giannitsis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001-2004; Prof. Emeritus, University of Athens, Greece

64. Ioannis Golias, Rector, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

65. Christos Gortsos, Professor of Public Economic Law, University of Athens, Greece

66. George Handjinicolaou, Chairman, Piraeus Bank, Greece

67. Gikas A. Hardouvelis, Professor, University of Piraeus; Former Minister of Finance, Greece

68. Christos Harpantides, President & CEO, Papastratos; Managing Director EU South East Cluster, Philip Morris Int.

69. Kostis Hatzidakis, Vice President; former Minister of Development, New Democracy Party, Greece

70. Aristides Hatzis, Professor, University of Athens, Greece

71. George Hatzitheofanous, Major General (Retired), ESDDA, Strategy and Operational Planning Instructor, Greece

72. Prof. Dr. Udo Helmbrecht, Executive Director, ENISA, Greece

73. Kostas Ifantis, Associate Professor of International Relations, Panteion University, Greece

74. Fotini Ioannou, General Manager, Corporate & Investment Banking, Piraeus Bank, Greece

75. Richard Jackson, President, Athens College, Greece

76. Prof. Paul Kalligas, Director, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Greece

77. Anastasios Kallitsantsis, Managing Director, Ellaktor SA, Greece

78. Kostas Karamanlis, Member of the Parliament, New Democracy Party, Greece

79. Nikolaos Karamouzis, Chairman, Eurobank; Chairman, Hellenic Bank Association, Greece

80. Vasilis Karamouzis, AGM, Corporate & Investing Banking, National Bank of Greece

81. Vassilis Karatzas, CIO, Levant Partners AIFM, Greece

82. Fokion Karavias, CEO, Eurobank, Greece

83. Dr. Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, President, Institute for Regulatory Policy Research,Greece

84. Aris Karytinos, CEO, Pangaia, Greece

85. George Katrougalos, Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

86. Olga Kefalogianni, Member of the Parliament, New Democracy Party; Minister of Tourism (2012-2015), Greece

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87. Niki Kerameus, MP; Head of Education, Research & Religious Affairs, New Democracy Party, Greece

88. Vasilis Kikilias, Head of National Defense Sector & MP, New Democracy Party, Greece

89. Vasilios Kokkalis, Deputy Minister for Rural Development & Food, Hellenic Republic

90. Dimitris Kossyfas, Sector Lead for Travel and Tech - Google Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Malta

91. Nicolaos Koukis, Philology and History, Teaching Staff, Greece

92. Vasilis Kontozamanis, Health Care Policy and Management Expert, Greece

93. Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Executive Director, A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation, Greece

94. Konstantinos Kostis, Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Athens, Greece

95. Stelios Kouloglou, Member of the European Parliament, Syriza, Greece

96. George Koumoutsakos, Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, New Democracy Party, Greece

97. Phoebe Koundouri, Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece

98. Nikos Koutsianas, Chairman, Apivita S.A., Greece

99. George Kyvernitis, CEO, Travelworks, Greece

100. Alexandros Lagakos, Founding Chairman, Greek Energy Forum, Greece

101. Riccardo Lambiris, CEO, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Greece

102. Konstantinos Lambropoulos, Associate Fellow, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Greece

103. Panos Laskaridis, CEO, Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd, Greece

104. Kostas A. Lavdas, Professor of European Policy, Panteion University, Greece

105. Socrates Lazaridis, CEO, Athens Exchange Group, Greece

106. Dimitris Liakos, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic

107. Spyros Litsas, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Macedonia, Greece

108. H.E. Kate Logan, Australian Ambassador to Greece

109. George Longos, Managing Partner, Alantra, Greece

110. Antigone Lyberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University; General Manager, SolidarityNow, Greece

111. Spyros Magiatis, CTO, WORKABLE, Greece

112. Alexandros Mallias, Ambassador (ad honorem), Greece

113. Yannis Maniatis, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change 2013-2015, Greece

114. Alexandros Manos, CEO, Intrasoft International, Greece

115. Stefanos Manos, President, Drassi Political Party, Greece

116. Napoleon Maravegias, Professor, National University of Athens, Greece

117. Thanassis Martinos, Managing Director, Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Limited, Greece

118. Yannis Mastrogeorgiou, Director, Konstantinos Karamanlis Democracy Institute, Greece

119. Vassiliki Mavrokefalou, Director Market Management Greece, Cyprus & East Adriatic, Expedia, Greece

120. Chris Megalou, CEO, Piraeus Bank, Greece

121. Evangelos Meimarakis, fmr President, New Democracy Party; fmr. President, Hellenic Parliament, Greece

122. Marili Mexi, Director, To DIKTIO, Greece

123. Domna Michailidou, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Cambridge, Greece

124. Notis Mitarachi, MP for Chios & Shadow Minister for Social Security, New Democracy Party, Greece

125. Pericles A. Mitkas, Rector, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

126. Pavlos Mylonas, CEO, National Bank of Greece

127. Dr. Milton Nectarios, Professor of Insurance, University of Piraeus, Greece

128. Thanasis Niarchos, Author, Poet & Columnist, Greece

129. Marilena Nitsiakou, CEO, Nitsiakos, Greece

130. Byron Nicolaides, Chairman & CEO, PeopleCert; President, CEPIS, Greece

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131. George Pagoulatos, Professor, Athens University; Board Member, ELIAMEP, Greece

132. Afroditi Panagiotakou, Director of Culture, Onassis Foundation, Greece

133. Litsa Panayiotopoulos, Co-founder & CEO, EVIA IP Ltd., Greece

134. Dmitry Pankin, President, Black Sea Trade & Development Bank, Greece

135. Giannis Papachristou, General Manager of Greece – Cyprus, Coca Cola Hellenic, Greece

136. Lucas Papademos, Former Prime Minister of Greece

137. Babis Papadimitriou, Journalist, SKAI TV, Greece

138. Olympios Papadimitriou, President, Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies, Greece

139. Anthony Papayannides, Managing Director, Economia Publishing, Greece

140. Alexis Papahelas, Executive Director, Kathimerini Newspaper, Greece

141. Dimitris Papalexopoulos, CEO, TITAN, Greece

142. Nicolas Papanastasopoulos, PhD, Political Science and International Politics, Panteion University, Greece

143. Andreas Papandreou, Professor of Economics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

144. Harry Papasotiriou, Director & Chairman of the Board, Institute of International Relations, Greece

145. Nikos Pappas, Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunication & Media, Hellenic Republic

146. Spyros Pengas, Deputy Mayor, Tourism Development & International Relations, City of Thessaloniki, Greece

147. Alexis Phylactopoulos, President, International Center for Hellenic & Mediterranean Studies, Greece

148. Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Director of Research, diaNEOsis, Greece

149. Panayiotis Pikrammenos, Caretaker Prime Minister 2012, Greece

150. Costa Pilavachi, Senior Classical Music Executive; fmr President, Philips, Decca & EMI Classics labels, Greece

151. Athanasios Platias, Professor of Strategy, University of Piraeus, Greece

152. H.E. Jens Plötner, German Ambassador to Greece

153. Margarita Pournara, Journalist, Kathimerini Newspaper, Greece

154. George Provopoulos, Former Governor of the Bank of Greece 2008-2014, Greece

155. H.E. Geoffrey Pyatt, US Ambassador to Greece

156. Vassilis Rabbat, President, ACEO; President and Managing Director, Xerox Hellas SA, Greece

157. Stelios Ramfos, Greek Philosopher, Greece

158. Yannis Retsos, President, Greek Tourism Confederation SETE, Greece

159. Theodoros Roussopoulos, Adjunct professor, University of Cyprus; Minister of State (2004-2008), Greece

160. Philippos Sachinidis, Senior Economist, National Bank of Greece, Greece

161. Plutarchos Sakellaris, Professor of Economics & Finance, Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece

162. Athanasios Savvakis, President, Federation of Industries of Northern Greece

163. Andreas Sideris, Editor, Political Scientist, MSc LSE, Greece

164. H.E. Yasuhiro Shimizu, Ambassador to Greece, Embassy of Japan

165. Michalis Sotirakos, Sales Director, NN Hellas

166. Tasos Spanidis, CEO, Generation Y, Greece

167. Fanis Spanos, Deputy Governor, Region of Evia, Greece

168. Michalis Spourdalakis, Professor of Political Science, University of Athens, Greece

169. Maria Spyraki, Member of the European Parliament, New Democracy Party, Greece

170. George Stathakis, Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change, Hellenic Republic

171. Vassilis Stavrou, Brand President & head of the Executive Committee, AB Vassilopoulos, Greece

172. Grigoris Stergioulis, Chairman & CEO, Enterprise Greece

173. Yannis Stournaras, Governor, Bank of Greece

174. Apostolos Tamvakakis, Chairman of BoD & Managing Partner, EOS Capital Partners, Greece

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175. Athanasios Thanopoulos, President, Hellenic Statistical Authority, Greece

176. Spyros Theodoropoulos, CEO, Chipita, Greece

177. Sotirios Theofanis, Chairman of the Board of Directors & CEO, Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A., Greece

178. Platon Tinios, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus, Greece

179. Antonia Trichopoulou, President, Hellenic Health Foundation, Greece

180. Theodoros Tryfon, Co/Ceo, Elpen Group, Greece

181. Athanasios Tsaftaris, Minister of Agricultural Development and Foods, (2012-2014), Greece

182. Panagiotis Tsakloglou, Professor of International & European Economic Studies, Athens University, Greece

183. Panagiotis Tsakonas, Professor, University of the Aegean; BoD President, Center for Security Studies, Greece

184. Loukas Tsoukalis, President, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy, Greece

185. Haridimos Tsoukas, Professor, University of Cyprus, University of Warwick; Scientific Advisor, ACEO, Greece

186. Aristotle Tziampiris, Professor, International Relations, University of Piraeus, Greece

187. Anastasios Tzikas, President, Helexpo SA, Greece

188. Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, fmr. Minister of Shipping, Maritime Affairs and the Aegean, New Democracy Party, Greece

189. Evangelos Venizelos, Member of the Hellenic Parliament, former Vice President of the Hellenic Government

190. Marco Veremis, Executive Chairman, Upstream Systems, Greece

191. Thanos Veremis, Professor Emeritus of Political History, university of Athens, Greece

192. Eftychios Vassilakis, Chairman, Aegean Airlines & Olympic Air S.A.; CEO, Autohellas SA / Hertz Greece

193. Nikos Vettas, General Director, Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research IOBE, Greece

194. George Vlachos, Board Leadership & Corp. Governance Consultant, Group Director, Board Services, Stanton Chase Int., Greece

195. Panagis Vourloumis, Former Chairman & CEO, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, Greece

196. Nikolaos Voutsis, President, Hellenic Parliament

197. Anastasios Xepapadeas, Professor of Economic Theory and Policy, Athens University, Greece

198. George Zanias, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

199. Grigoris Zarifopoulos, Country Manager, Google Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus & Malta, Greece

200. Christos Zerefos, Head, Research Center for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of Athens, Greece

201. Alexander Zinell, CEO, Fraport, Greece