Members’ corner BP 140
Business Partners, Sep-Oct, 2025

Members' corner

NEW MEMBERS The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce welcomes its newest members Berlin Packaging Greece packaging supplier berlinpackaging.eu/en-gr/ DESFA – Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator operator of the Greek national natural gas system desfa.gr Ioannis Vassardanis & Partners Law Firm legal services ivlawfirm.gr Mantas Service import-export-trade in spare truck parts mantas-service.com Mega Insurance Agents insurance agency…

No Dilemma: Sustainability Vs. Competitiveness
By Alexandra Loli, PhD | Business Partners, Sep-Oct, 2025

Thought Leaders

The rules of business are being rewritten. Sustainability is no longer framed as a choice between values and profit. It has become a catalyst, a driver of growth, innovation, and resilience. The outdated perception that commitment to sustainability hinders competitiveness has given way to a new reality: Today, the most resilient and future-ready businesses are…

Waves, Change, and the Telos of Design
By Alex Athanassoulas, President and CEO, STIRIXIS Group | Business Partners, Sep-Oct, 2025

Shaping Tomorrow

Amid constant, exponential, and disruptive change, design must become adaptive, embracing purpose to emerge as an indispensable strategic tool.   On my last, very windy summer day by the Aegean, I watched the waves roll endlessly toward the shore. At first, they seemed chaotic, each breaking differently, rushing up the beach only to be drawn…

Breaking the Rules
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

AmCham Surveys

A company’s ability to break the rules isn’t revolutionary—it’s evolutionary. AmCham Greece’s new Rule Breaking Leadership Survey 2025, presented at the Chamber’s 9th Women in Business Forum on June 4, 2025, revealed the contradictions, paradoxes, and deeper truths behind the risk and innovation culture of Greek companies. Do employees really feel safe enough to think…

Thriving Through Collaboration: The AmChams Regional Economic Summit 2025
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

AmChams Around the World

More than 150 participants from 17 countries across Southeast and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia came together in Athens on June 12-13, 2025, to share insights, promote regional trade and investment, and reaffirm their shared conviction that trade, innovation, and sustainable growth cannot flourish in isolation. In today’s tumultuous global landscape, amid increasing…

Collective Prosperity Through Stronger Alliances
Business Partners | Jul-Aug, 2025

The Fulbright Alumni Corner

Inspired by a European Parliament plenary session he attended as a high school student, Thessaloniki-born Stavros Piperidis resolved early on to pursue a career in international relations. Demonstrating outstanding commitment to his goal, he earned a BA in International and European Studies from the University of Macedonia and an MA in International Relations from the…

The EU AI Act: The BDO Legal Guide to the Artificial Intelligence Regulation (AI Act) and Its Impact on Companies
By Christina Kalogeropoulou, Head of Legal Department, BDO Greece | Business Partners, Jul-Aug, 2025

Lectio Legum

The first comprehensive regulation on AI by a major regulator anywhere, the EU’s AI Act endeavors to ensure better conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology.   Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence, also known as the AI Act, constitutes a milestone in the regulation of emerging technologies. It ensures that AI…