Achievements
Achievements of Greeks leave their mark, influence developments, determine the future of Greece, Hellenism and whole world.
A leader in modern wireless mobile networks
Constantine Polychronopoulos is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Telco NFV business unit at VMware, San Francisco, since 2016, driving the company’s innovations in the Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Telco Cloud Infrastructure Domains. Previously, he was Vice President...
The pioneer in modern art and design in Milan
Thanos Zakopoulos is a painter, designer, photographer and creator of themes that balance between modern art and design. What interests him is to combine different specialties by creating projects that relate to the present world, the relationship of man with it and how the world...
The charismatic Greek who envisions a better educational system
Alexandros Papandreou belongs to the people with a higher than average intelligence, is an Electrical Engineer & Computer Engineer and a PhD Candidate at the “Demokritos” National Center for Research and Development, a member of the Greek MENSA and the founder and coordinator of the...
He investigates global climate change
Anastasios Tsonis is an atmospheric scientist and distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His research focuses on the study of climate dynamics and global change. He was born in Elefsis, Greece, in May 13, 1953 where he grew up with his brother, Panagiotis. He...
The academic with the important work in international shipping
Orestis Schinas is a Professor of Shipping and Ship Finance at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) and Head of the Maritime Business School which combines all of the shipping-related study undergraduate and postgraduate programmes which he organized there. He was born in 1970...
He developed theories that shaped the contemporary economic science
Costas Azariadis is a Macroeconomist born in Athens, Greece on February 17, 1943. He has worked on numerous topics, such as labor markets, business cycles, and economic growth and development. Professor Azariadis originated and developed implicit contract theory. Professor Azariadis works on multiple equilibria and...
Director of the Center of Advanced Transportation Technologies in Southern California
Dr. Petros Ioannou is a specialist in systems and control applications and intelligent transport systems and is the Director of the Center of Advanced Transportation Technologies(CATT) at the prestigious University of Southern California. CATT’s mission is to perform high-impact research on urgent transportation issues in...
He develops strategies in a constantly changing economic environment
Michael G. Jacobides holds the Sir Donald Gordon Chair of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at London Business School, where he is a Professor of Strategy. He is a Visiting Research Professor at New York University (NYU – Stern) and member of the World Economic Forum (Global...
The photographer who captured a whole era
Christopher Makos is one of the best and most-known photographers in the world, having photographed New York’s art scene since 1970, the punk and rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s in America, as well as the architecture and artistic scene of European cities. ...
The first woman President of the Hellenic-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Georgegina Poulos is a senior executive in multinational companies with a strong Human Resources focus and extensive experience in both the international and domestic markets, across a variety of industries. She has a general background in Human Resources Management and her expertise is in organizational...


