Bringing with her over 13 years of experience, including assignments in Seoul, Baghdad, and Jerusalem, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York City and the Israel and Palestinian Affairs Desk at the State Department in Washington DC, U.S. Consul General Elizabeth K. Lee took up her new appointment in Thessaloniki this August.…
In an effort to attract investment, enhance the national economy and combat unemployment, the Greek state provides a range of tax and other incentives to enterprises. Through their activities in various sectors, enterprises can create benefits for the wider economy, society or the environment. The enterprises in question are incentivized and rewarded by the Greek…
Lionel Picard, General Manager Sanofi Genzyme and Country Lead Sanofi Greece and Cyprus, talks to Business Partners about how Sanofi transforms scientific innovation into solutions for patients and how he sees the future of the company and the healthcare environment in Greece. You were recently appointed General Manager Sanofi Genzyme and Country Lead Sanofi Greece…
The Cycle Friendly Employer Certification framework establishes a European standard for bicycle-friendliness in the European workplace. In 2017, organizations from Denmark, Austria, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Croatia, Italy, and the Netherlands, building on the legacy of the Bike2Work project, decided to establish the Cycle Friendly Employer Certification Consortium in order to implement the Cycle…
Over the past six months, the global Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on economies, and Greece is no exception. The unprecedented level of disruption inevitably brought us face-to-face with a number of challenges and forced us to step up and make urgent, necessary, hard choices. Whether this means incorporating top-notch technologies and creating a business…
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Today’s business world embraces the idea of people forming tribes—groups defined not by traditional demographics but through a common purpose—as a new form of consensus thinking that reflects the changing, leadership-starved societies. Tribes identify as social groups under mature and self-aware leaders, with members sharing goals, establishing and following a set of rules, sharing a…
Yiannis Kantoros, CEO of Interamerican, talks to Business Partners about navigating the challenges in the current environment, achieving effective digital and organizational transformation, prioritizing CSR and sustainability, and staying at the forefront of the Greek insurance market. We are in the midst of a uniquely uncertain period characterized by consecutive crises and rising tensions. What…
