Responding to the Crisis
By Alexandra Loli, Publisher | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2020
We are in the midst of a global health crisis that has set off unbelievable social and financial challenges. The new coronavirus quickly became a pandemic with global implications, affecting every sphere of life. As such, we find ourselves in a situation none of us could have imagined even a few short weeks ago. And…
Director’s Desk
By Elias Spirtounias, Executive Director | Business Partners Mar-Apr, 2020
Dear friends of our Chamber, On behalf of all of us at the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, I wish you and yours health and safety. The coronavirus pandemic, which started in December 2019, has thrown the world into an unprecedented crisis. The number of victims of the virus is constantly increasing and the situation has…
Powering Ahead: Providing Energy Solutions to Power the Future
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr 2020
Brothers Leonidas and Vassilis Zaimis are the heart of MAS, the Greek company that provides innovative energy and power management solutions to some of the biggest projects in Greece and beyond. Vassilis Zaimis, Vice President and Deputy CEO of MAS, talks to Business Partners about the company’s history, the key role of talent and innovative…
COVID-19 and Sustainable Development
By Dr. Pavlos A. Vlachos, Associate Professor of Marketing, Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2020
Is COVID-19 good for the natural environment? If we separate, as all humans do for some strange reason, human nature from the natural environment, the answer seems to be yes. COVID-19, unfortunately, kills humans, but its effect on the environment, at least in the short term, appears to be beneficial, as evidenced in recent measurements…
Geoffrey R. Pyatt Addresses AmCham’s Friends and Members
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr 2020
During this unprecedented crisis, U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt addressed a video message to AmChamGR members and community. Speaking from the Ambassador’s Residence in Athens, in a video message released on April 10, Ambassador Geoffrey R. Pyatt thanked AmCham President Nikolaos Bakatselos and AmCham Executive Director Elias Spirtounias for the opportunity to reach…
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
By Spyros Kouroupis, Communications and Public Affairs Consultant, Publisher | Business Partners, Mar-Apr 2020
An asymmetric threat. A virus with global reach. Emergency measures, restrictions, lockdown. The images around us have changed: hospitals, patients, doctors, masks, gloves, disinfection, dead bodies. Deserted cities, shadows, silence. And our feelings have changed too: fear, terror, anxiety, sorrow, panic. But if we just stop for a moment, if we shut out the…