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By Panos Papazoglou, Managing Partner at EY Greece | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2020

Shaping TomorrowBy AmChamGR Admin February 21, 2020

Education, innovation, digital tech, and the future of work. Panos Papazoglou, Managing Partner at EY Greece, talks to Business Partners about the importance of human skills, forward-thinking education and stakeholder collaboration in our rapidly changing world. You have argued on several occasions that Greece needs to focus on the technology sector during the…

Throwing Out the Playbook: How the Push for Digital Tax Consensus Could Upend Transfer Pricing as We Know It
By Sotiris Giousios, Senior Tax Partner at Grant Thornton Greece | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2020

TaxLegalBy AmChamGR Admin February 21, 2020

Sotiris Giousios, Senior Tax Partner at Grant Thornton Greece, discusses how the OECD’s Program of Work to Develop a Consensus Solution to the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalization of the Economy (BEPS Action Plan One) could transform taxation for MNEs as we know it. The G20 has endorsed the OECD’s BEPS Action Plan…

Global Best Practices for The Greek Tech Boom
By Lucy Xu, Founder, The Porte | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2020

Business StoriesBy AmChamGR Admin February 21, 2020

When I first moved to Greece in January 2016, the country was still very much at the tail end of its crisis. Regardless of what the economic indicators did or did not read, it was clear that the country had experienced incredible hardship in the last decade. The local sentiment was one rooted in reality,…

Empowering the Future
By Litsa Panayotopoulos, EIE Committee Chair | Business Partners, Jan-Feb 2020

Thought LeadersBy AmChamGR Admin February 21, 2020

The Committees of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce are the core interface of the Chamber vis-à-vis the government and societal stakeholders. They do much more than just bring together experts in their perspective fields to organize events: They actively assist in policy formation, legislation, and government action , amongst other activities. AmCham’s Education, Innovation and…

American Chambers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel salute EastMed Act signing by US President

AmChamGR NEWSBy AmChamGR Admin January 3, 2020

Director’s Desk
By Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director | Business Partners Nov-Dec, 2019

First PersonBy AmChamGR Admin December 1, 2019

As 2019 draws to an end, we prepare to bid farewell to a year marked by several significant events thatwill influence and shape future developments and the new year ahead. As the European Union searches for a new vision and strategy, it is apparent that new balances and alliances are being developed between its member…

Greek Economy: Turning the Odds in our Favor
By Alexandra Loli, Publisher | Business Partners, Nov-Dec 2019

Thought LeadersBy AmChamGR Admin November 29, 2019

This year’s Greek Economic Summit marks the 30th anniversary of a remarkable annual happening. In its three consecutive decades, AmCham’s hugely successful flagship conference has established itself as an indispensable institution featuring prime ministers, key government ministers and deputy ministers, U.S. ambassadors, high-ranking officials, and top politicians, academics, diplomats and business executives from Greece, Europe…

AmChamGR Executive Director’s one-on-one discussion with the Deputy Minister of Rural Development & Food, Mr. K. Skrekas

AmChamGR NEWS, TradeUSA NewsBy AmChamGR Admin November 5, 2019

AmChamGR Executive Director, Elias Spirtounias, had the honor to have a one-on-one discussion with the Deputy Minister of Rural Development & Food, Mr. Konstantinos Skrekas during the 4th ExportUSA Forum “Exporting in a shifting world” on Monday November 4th, at the Grand Hyatt Athens hotel. The topics discussed during the dialogue were the priorities set…

On Being (Socially) Responsible
By Alexandra Loli, PhD, Publisher | Business Partners, Sep-Oct 2019

ViewpointBy AmChamGR Admin October 17, 2019

A year ago, Attica suffered an unimaginable tragedy. As if out of nowhere, and in very little time, a massive wildfire broke out and spread to the settlements of Neos Voutzas and Mati, killing 102 people and injuring dozens more. The fire also destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and burned tens of thousands of…

Working Together to Transform Healthcare
By Business Partners | Sep-Oct, 2019

The InterviewBy AmChamGR Admin October 17, 2019

George Tousimis, Country Director, Amgen Greece and Cyprus, talks to Business Partners about the importance of turning around recent trends in Greece’s pharmaceutical budget and of stakeholders from across the board coming together to ensure a sustainable future for the country’s healthcare and pharmaceutical industry. You were recently appointed Country Director of Amgen Hellas.…