Launched in September 2026, the new AI Task Force aims to leverage the Chamber’s considerable knowhow and transatlantic network to drive responsible adoption and successful operationalization of AI across the Greek business ecosystem and particularly among SMEs.

The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce has announced the official launch of its AI Task Force, a forward-looking initiative designed to support the Greek business community, and particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in deliberate and value-oriented deployment of artificial intelligence.

The launch of the AI Task Force represents another pivotal initiative for our Chamber. It aligns with one of our core objectives: to educate and empower our members and the broader business community to utilize AI for sustainable growth, operational efficiency, and enhanced competitiveness in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape.
– Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director, AmCham Greece

The ubiquity and ongoing evolution of AI are creating new opportunities as well as distinct challenges for businesses, rendering strategic integration an increasingly pressing business imperative. Against this backdrop, the AI Task Force aims to serve as a longterm support resource for businesses, facilitating the transition from ad hoc experimentation with AI tools to responsible, outcomes-first execution.

Four Core Focus Areas

The task force’s mission centers on four core focus areas, interconnected strategic priorities that align global innovations with local market realities:

  • Deployment for impact: identifying applications, tools, frameworks, and use cases that enhance productivity and boost competitiveness;
  • Responsible integration: ensuring transparency, accountability, data privacy and protection, human oversight, and organizational trust;
  • People and skills: preparing leadership teams and employees to navigate the operational shifts introduced by AI; and
  • Transatlantic knowledge-sharing and collaboration: transferring international and US best practices into the Greek business ecosystem.

Guided by these core priorities, and comprising experts from across the tech industry, academia, and government, the AI Task Force will develop targeted initiatives tailored to the needs of the Greek business community, and SMEs in particular.

To this end, AmCham Greece is launching a member survey to assess current AI adoption and integration levels, alongside the specific needs, operational priorities, and deployment barriers. The findings will help shape the task force’s roadmap and determine its upcoming initiatives, ensuring they address real-world business needs and challenges.

The AI Task Force features a distinct transatlantic focus, a key differentiator that sets the task force apart by leveraging AmCham Greece’s unique position as a facilitator of knowledge transfer and collaboration between Greece and the United States. Alongside its primary mandate, the task force will also support Chamber committees in an advisory, ancillary, or collaborative capacity on matters relating to AI, helping to highlight AI opportunities, applications, and challenges across industries and sectors.

AmCham Greece AI Task Force

CHAIR

Eve Psalti
Field CTO, Dynatrace
“Artificial intelligence is one of the most significant technological developments of our time, with the potential to transform the way we work, innovate, and create value. The goal of the AmCham Greece AI Task Force is to help Greek small and medium-sized businesses turn AI from a technological trend into a real business advantage—enhancing productivity, innovation, global reach, and longterm competitiveness through responsible, secure, and practical adoption and integration.”

MEMBERS

Lilian Balatsou, PhD
Data and AI Manager, Accenture
“The AI Task Force can offer Greek SMEs practical guidance on integrating AI responsibly and with confidence, transforming it from an abstract opportunity into a real driver of growth and competitiveness.”

Evangelia Chalioti
Senior Lecturer II and Director of Teaching Support, Department of Economics, Yale University
“Our goal is to help Greek businesses identify how best to leverage AI across operations and strategy to create meaningful economic value, transform their business models, and strengthen their long-term competitiveness.”

Ioannis Emiris
Chairman of the BoD and CEO, Athena Research Center; Professor of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens
“Athena, building on its current leadership in Pharos AI Factory and three EDIHs, will emphasize deep-tech awareness for Greek SMEs, tool adaptation to the Greek market, and synergies that create a critical mass for investing in AI.”

Dimosthenis A. Kostopoulos
Senior Vice President, Global Business Development and Growth, Blend
“Our mission is to help Greek businesses turn AI into measurable business value. Our success should be measured by the tangible value we create for businesses: higher revenues, increased productivity, lower operating costs, and stronger EBITDA.”

Yannis Mastrogeorgiou
Special Secretary for Strategic Foresight, Presidency of the Government of the Hellenic Republic; Board Member, Pharos AI Factory
“The goal of the AI Task Force is to provide Greek small and medium-sized enterprises with knowledge, tools, and responsible practices, enabling them to innovate, compete, and grow sustainably, safely, and confidently.”

Anthony Milonas
Co-Founder and Partner, Blue Functor
“Redesigning around AI needs proof, not noise. The mission? To help Greek SMEs navigate that journey and take a first or next step—small enough to start now, fast enough to learn from and choose the next.”