Tell us a bit about your time at university and how you became a Fulbright Foundation scholar? After graduating from high school, I had no idea what career I wanted to pursue, so I studied Journalism and Mass Media at Aristotle University because it offered a variety of classes from across disciplines including psychology, communication,…
As one of the world’s leading biopharma companies, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) has been serving its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases for over 150 years. Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) started its business operations in Greece in 1961 and has since been creating its own legacy…
At Demo, successful entrepreneurship is not just about growth and financial results—it is also a matter of social responsibility and sustainable development. Putting action to words, in 2020 Demo allocated over €1 million to support the Greek National Health System, NGOs and employees. Committed to contributing positively to the community, society and the environment, through…
Not long ago, the letters “ESG” seemed like a secret code for a number of tree-hugging environmentalists. Today, sustainability is habitually on the agenda everywhere from the annual gathering at Davos, shareholder meetings of major companies, or private equity conferences. Often, expressions of ambition in sustainability were not matched with the necessary action. Then, a…
The future of work is here and is now—or as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella puts it: “We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital transformation in two months.”1 From a human resource management point of view, the last 12 months have convinced us that the future is provoking, exciting and flexible. The disruption brought on…
From crucial pharmaceuticals to natural supplements and beauty products, Medichrom has been supplying the Greek and foreign market with quality products for almost half a century. Founded in 1974, in the Markopoulo area in the eastern outskirts of Athens, Medichrom International has almost fifty years of experience in producing quality pharmaceuticals for the Greek…
Three months into 2021 and it’s becoming clear that this will be a very interesting and critical year. On the pandemic front, while a third wave is stretching the limits of the health system and social compliance is being undermined by growing lockdown fatigue, the vaccination program is underway—albeit at a slower than hoped for…
Each time a new government is elected and a new cabinet is formed in Greece, one of the many questions that inevitably come up among forward-thinking citizens is whether this is finally going to be the administration to take advantage of the many possibilities that could arise from public-private partnerships. From allowing projects to be…
2020 is over and not a moment too soon. The year we just said goodbye to certainly gave the entire world more than we can chew. But the news isn’t all bad. 2020 was a year we’re all happy to have put behind us. As far as bad years go, it truly had it all:…
