Sophia Kounenaki-Efraimoglou

Mrs. Sophia Kounenaki-Efraimoglou is Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation of the Hellenic World, Chairman & Managing Director of Ardittos Holdings SA – a company of the Foundation of the Hellenic World, Head of “Hellenic Cosmos” Cultural Centre and Member of the Board of Directors of Athens Exchange Group. She is Elected President of the National Chamber Network of Greek Women Entrepreneurs, as well as Elected Member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, President of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Center of ACCI, treasurer of the BoD at ALBA Graduate Business School and Member of the General Council of SEV. In 2008, as a member of the Board of Directors of SEV, she initiated and led the developing of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Code and its promotion in Greek enterprises as well as the subsequent establishment of the Greek Corporate Governance Council in 2012, at the 15-member council of which she is currently a member. She is Vice President of the BoD of Technopolis – Acropolis SA, Vice President of the BoD of the Greek-Latin American Council, General Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Greek-Asian Business Council, member of the Non-Executive Directors’ Club and member of the Business Advisory Council of the MBA International Program of the Athens University of Economics and Business. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Maniatakeion Foundation. Mrs. Kounenaki-Efraimoglou has been President and CEO of Vivodi Telecom and President of Fortius Finance Securities S.A., companies which she both founded. Moreover, during the years 1993 – 2001 she taught courses at the Department of Accounting, Business Administration and Informatics at the Piraeus University of Applied Sciences. She holds undergraduate and postgraduate Degrees in Philosophy, Psychology, Business Administration, Finance and Computer Programming and speaks English, French and Italian. She has been awarded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Region of Attica for her outstanding entrepreneurship, as well as the Association of Smyrneans, the Navy, the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, the Filothei-Psychiko Municipality, the Unesco Club and the Tourism Awards Organization for her service to the country.