Suheil H. Sabbagh holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Webber University, USA and is currently the President of Human Resources of a leading international and regional group in the construction section of Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC), of which he is a major shareholder.

On a personal level, he is involved in many humanitarian projects both in Greece and abroad and is a patron of many charity organizations. Mr. Sabbagh is married and has three children.

Timothy Ananiadis was born and raised in Greece and at the age of 17 went to Canada to study Business Administration at Ryerson University in Toronto, subsequently moving to the USA where he started his career in the hospitality industry.

He has 30 years of international experience in the hospitality industry, mainly with Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Hyatt international where he started his career at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and subsequently held the position of Director of Food and Beverage in several hotels (including Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Hilton Head, Nashville, Buffalo, NY, and Columbus, OH). In 1988 he moved to Chicago as the Corporate Director of Food and Beverage for Hyatt hotels with main responsibilities menu engineering, product development, recruitment, development and implementation of service standards and training, concept development and hotel pre-opening support.

As General Manager he held positions in USA at the Hyatt Regency Pittsburgh, Hyatt Regency Coral Gables and Hyatt Regency Miami. In 1999 joined Hyatt International as the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki and later moved to India as the General Manager of the Grand Hyatt Mumbai.

In 2003 he joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts returning to Greece as the General Manager and Managing Director of the Hotel Grande Bretagne, one of the most historic and prestigious hotels in the world and Area Manager for Greece, Turkey and Cyprus.

Tim lives in Athens with his wife Jennifer and their two young sons, Teo and Louka while his older son Tim lives in Dallas, Texas. He is a member of several non profit and hospitality industry boards as well as internal Starwood functional boards. His business philosophy of an ideal hotel is to provide a comfortable, friendly and efficient environment for guests and associates while maximizing revenues through constant innovation and profits through proactive management.

Nicholas G. Karambelas is a founding partner of Sfikas & Karambelas, LLP (www.ngklaw.com) which practices law in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, New York City, New York and has affiliated offices in Athens, Greece and Nicosia, Cyprus. He practices in the areas of business entity organization, international law and business transactions, e-commerce, securities, franchising and real estate. Mr. Karambelas has served as Special Counsel to a committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. He participated in drafting legislation for the U.S. Congress and the Council of the District of Columbia. He has written numerous articles on business entity law, Greek and Cypriot company law, securities and federal elections law as well as international law and politics. He has authored a three volume treatise entitled "Limited Liability Companies: Law, Practice and Forms" which has been published in its second edition by Thomson West Company and which is updated twice a year. He is writing electronic treatises on contract interpretation, statutory interpretation and international business transactions which will be available in 2011. Mr. Karambelas is admitted to practice law in New York, the District of Columbia , Maryland, the federal courts and the Supreme Court of United States.

Mr. Karambelas is a graduate of the American Community Schools, Inc. in Athens, Greece (Class of 1971). He holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Union College, a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law (J.D.) and a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) from Columbia University School of Public and International Affairs. He serves on the Publications Committee of the D.C. Bar. He served as Secretary of the D.C. Bar and a member of the Board of Governors for 2004-2005. He is an instructor in the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program and teaches numerous CLE courses including business organization, international business transactions, Greek and Cypriot company law. Mr. Karambelas is a member of the Bar Association of the City of New York and serves on the Federal Legislation Committee. He is an arbitrator for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Mr. Karambelas chairs the American Hellenic Lawyers' Society of Greater Washington, D.C. and is a member of the Hellenic Lawyers Association of New York. He serves as a director of and volunteer legal counsel to the American Hellenic Institute Foundation, Inc. in Washington, D.C.

Iraklis Prokopakis is the Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors of Danaos Corporation. Mr. Prokopakis joined Danaos in 1998 and has over 37 years of experience in the shipping industry.

Prior to entering the shipping industry, Mr. Prokopakis was a captain in the Hellenic Navy. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Portsmouth University in the United Kingdom, a Master’s degree in Naval Architecture and a Ship Risk Management Diploma from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, and a post-graduate diploma in business studies from the London School of Economics. Mr. Prokopakis also has a Certificate in Operational Audit of Banks from the Management Center Europe in Brussels and a Safety Risk Management Certificate from Det Norske Veritas. He is a member of the Board of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and the Owners' Committee of the Korean Register of Shipping.

Pascal Apostolides holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry, a B.A. in Economic Geography and a post graduate degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He also received a M.Sc. in Environmental Chemistry from the University of Stratchclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.

His long career in the pharma industry dates back in 1986 as Sales Representative in the Diagnostic Division Department of Abbott in Thessaloniki. In only two years' time he is appointed Project Manager in Athens and in 1990 he is promoted to the position of European Product Manager based in Germany. In 1996, he assumes the position of Marketing Director of Abbott Diagnostics Division in Germany, becoming the first non-German ever to hold the specific position. From 1997 up to January 2001, Pascal Apostolides joins Abbott International Division at Abbott Park in Chicago, as Commercial Director Europe.

In 2001 until the end of 2012 he held the position of General Manager of Abbott Laboratories (Hellas) and as of January 2013 after Abbott’s separation in two individual companies Pascal Apostolides becomes the General Manager of AbbVie, an independent global biopharmaceutical which retains in its portfolio innovative medicines for serious and chronic diseases.

He is alternate President of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE) and Vice President of the BoD of SFEE. Member of the Executive Committee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) as well as President of the Pharma Committee of the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and also Member of the BoD of AmCham.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s of Science, Major Speech/Minor English - Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
• Mortarboard Chapter graduate with honors
• Seminars on Organizational Changes and Marketing Management
• MS in Management/Minor Financial Accounting and Marketing Management – LaVerne University / graduated with top honors

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Banking:

  - Assistant Credit Manager

  - Economics Surveys: effects of M1, M2 and M3 on developing economy

  - Accountant: payroll, A/R

  - Due diligence portfolio investments and management clients capital advisory for new clients (Alexandria Bancorp). Investment portfolios worldwide.

• Public Relations, Advertising and Sales:

  - Business and finance magazine and consulting headhunter group

• Professor in Business Administration/Assistant Dean and Counselor:

  - For both Bachelors and Masters Degrees at LaVerne University, Indianapolis University and taught case work studies for the OECD on behalf of the School of Business, University of Greece.

  - Taught undergraduate and graduate studies at LaVerne and University of Indianapolis such as: Marketing Management, Financial Accounting, Business Communications, Organizational Behavior and Case Studies in Business Management.

• Financial Manager:

  - For the Papellinas Group of companies in their joint ventures with Elf Sanofi, France.

  - Matching Greek and American Accounting Standards to streamline financial data for joint venture and advising on strategies for improvement to both company and subsidiary’s directors.

• Retail:

  - Co-owned “My Wedding SA” representative of Vera Wang and Monique L’Huillier Brands in Greece and Cyprus. Buyer for merchandise in New York, Los Angeles, and London, England. After three years had to leave due to new obligations in Toronto, Canada.

• Currently:

  - On the Board of Directors of two companies in Toronto:

  1. Phase 3 Properties Ltd, and

  2. Minic Investments

  - Real estate holdings in Canada, Caribbean and Europe. Investments in a public capital group in Toronto with portfolios in North America, Europe and Caribbean, Equity, Insurance, private wealth and corporate investments.

Steve Dubé is pleased to join the ACS School Board for the 2019-2020 academic school year. A diplomat posted with the U.S. Embassy, Steve has two sons, Henry and Oliver, enrolled at ACS. His wife Jennifer is also a diplomat at the U.S. Embassy and together they have enjoyed postings in Italy, Korea, and China.

Steve was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and prior to joining the Foreign Service he worked in the music business managing a small record label in Chicago. He is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Nick Gialamas is the Area President of HUB International, a global insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. Before joining HUB, Gialamas served as Chief Executive Officer of Forest Financial Group, Inc., an employee benefits consulting firm he founded in 1998. During his tenure, Gialamas led the company through a period of transformation and sustainable growth. Forest Financial Group, Inc. was acquired by HUB International in December of 2015.

Nick is also the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of Forest Capital Management, LLC a Chicago based registered investment advisory firm (RIA) focused on retirement investment services for institutional clients. Forest Capital Management, LLC has been operating since 2014.

Nick earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Marketing from Northern Illinois University (NIU). He is loyal to his alma mater and stays personally involved with the University, including guest speaking engagements at the College of Business. The NIU College of Business Department of Marketing has recognized Nick's contributions by presenting him with the Alumni of the Year Award.

Nick serves on the NIU Executive Club Board of Advisors, the NIU College of Business Board of Advisors, ACS Athens Board of Trustees, as well as the Board of Advisors for the Retirement Savings Foundation in Washington D.C..

Ada Gianneskis grew up between Toronto, Canada and Athens, Greece. She is married and a mother of two.

Ms. Gianneskis  is a marketing and communications executive with 17 years of experience and is currently the Communications Director of House Market SA (IKEA franchise for Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria), leading all commercial and corporate communications & marketing, interior design and customer relations.

She has great marketing experience, having been both Advertising Manager and Marketing Manager of IKEA, and Brand Manager at Samsung and other electronic goods brands.

Ms. Gianneskis holds an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University, with specialization in sports marketing.

Additionally, she is a certified facilitator for inter-IKEA (senior coach) and has facilitated a significant number of training workshops (for IKEA locally and internationally, but also the Fourlis Group, AUEB etc.). Teaching and facilitating is something she is very passionate about.

During off time, she loves sports, cooking and travelling.

Tasos Ioannidis was born in 1970 and graduated from the Greek French Lycee Leonin in Athens in 1988. He holds an LLM from Georgetown University, Paris Pantheon Sorbonne and graduated first in his class for his undergraduate law studies in Paris Pantheon Sorbonne. He is also a member of the Athens and Paris Bar.  Together with his brother, Nikolas Ioannidis, they are owner/operators of the Belvedere Hotel in Mykonos, which opened in 1995 as a four star family boutique hotel.

In late 2000, after working for four years in Paris as a lawyer. he joined his brother Nikolas in the family firm. The two brothers embarked on an ambitious plan to upgrade the hotel's Food & Beverage operations and facilities to an international standard lifestyle boutique resort, a first of its kind in Mykonos.

In a period of 7 years, and with the creative direction of the Rockwell Architectural Group and top lighting designer Clark Johnson, the hotel was transformed to one of the best lifestyle boutique hotels in the world - widely credited as the property representing "the renewal of Mykonos" as quoted by the NY Times. A few years later, in 2015, the hotel collaborated with Six Senses SPA in order to develop top of the line boutique SPA facilities.

The initial plan also included the collaboration with celebrity Chef Nobu Matsuhisa. Matsuhisa Mykonos became an instant success, recognized as one of the best restaurants in Greece, while gaining major international accolades. Matsuhisa Mykonos established a seasonal winter location in the legendary Badrutt's Palaca Hotel, St. Moritz-Switzerland. In 2014, it was recognized as the best restaurant in St. Moritz according to "Gault & Miliau" magazine. In October 2008, Nobu Matsuhisa Athens opened at the Astir Palace hotel complex becoming quickly a success. Meanwhile, "Marechiaro" Mykonos opened as the first authentic Napolitan pizzeria in Greece with a signature Napolitan custom made wood oven also recognized by the "Associatione de Verace Pizza Napolitana".

The success of the Matsuhisa restaurants attracts the attention of the European gastronomical scene. Short term culinary promotions are conducted by Matsuhisa Mykonos and Athens in some of the most prestigious hotels in major European cities. Pop-up restaurants opened in periods of ten days to five months in a number of European Luxury Properties, including, "Baur au Lac Hotel" in Zurich-Switzerland, The "Ritz Hotel" in Paris-France, "Mandarin Oriental Hotel" in Munich-Germany and "Raffles Royal Monceau" in Paris-France. In the last quarter of 2015 beginning of 2016, two Matsuhisa properties opened, the Matsuhisa Munich located at the "Mandarin Oriental" Munich and the Matsuhisa Paris at the "Raffles Royal Monceau" in the Golden Triangle of Central Paris bringing the total number of Matsuhisa Restaurants in Europe to five with Mr. Ioannidis as the Managing Partner.

In 2011, Mr. Ioannidis oversaw the development and operation of the Food and Beverage Operation of the newly opened 78-room "New Hotel" located in the centre of Athens, which included a new generation Espresso Bar & French Bakery under the advisory of the "2008 Paris' Best Baker" (by Gault & Millau) Christophe Vasseur.

An international cooperation began in 2013 with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts combining the Nobu Matsuhisa culinary experience with an exclusive concept consisting of the creation of a new small Japanese restaurant brand under the name Izumi.

Presently Mr. Ioannidis as the CEO of the company that oversees the operation of the Belvedere Mykonos and all the Matsuhisa related restaurants and bars with annual turnover of 25 million € annual and over 400 employees.

CAPT Ketter serves in the U.S. Navy and works at the U.S. Embassy in Athens. Tim grew up in the State of Nebraska and graduated from Scotus Central Catholic High School in 1989. He is a qualified Naval Flight Officer and spent 15 years flying Navy aircraft around the globe, and for the last 11 years has served in Belgium, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, and now in Greece. Tim has over 26 years of experience of leading complex organizations, providing mentoring and leadership training to junior officers and enlisted sailors, and working as a military diplomat. In 1993, CAPT Ketter graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in International Relations and Russian History. Tim has earned a M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from U.S. Naval War College in 2003, and completed an M.B.A. degree at San Diego State University in 2005. He is married to Elisa Ketter for the last 18 years, and they have a daughter who is in 9th grade at the ACS Academy.

Bob Kingman is the Management Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Athens.  He arrived in Greece in August 2019 and was previously assigned to the U.S. Embassy in The Hague. In 2014 he graduated from the National War College in Washington, where he earned a Master of National Security Strategy degree.  His other overseas assignments have included Laos, Japan, Qatar, and Brazil.  Bob is originally from Oregon and is in Greece with his wife and two teen-aged children.

Global CIO, IPG Mediabrands

Demetri Paneras was Webmaster of the MIT Media Lab before managing the Internet presence of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. In 2005, Demetri joined Velti, the Mobile Marketing firm and first company out of Greece to list on the London AIM market (2006) and NASDAQ (2011). As CIO as well as SVP of the Performance Marketing business unit, Demetri managed up to 300 Velti staff while delivering profitability and cost control as the company grew from 60 to 1500 employees in 30 offices around the world. From 2007 to 2009 Demetri took time away from Velti as CTO for the relaunch of the Eleftheros Tipos media group by the Angelopoulos family. Following the 2014 acquisition of Velti’s global assets by GSO (a division of Blackstone) he managed mGage LLC, holding roles as CIO, SVP of Advertising Technology and GM for mGage Athens. In 2018 Demetri was an in-house contractor for SpaceX in Los Angeles, California. He currently lives in New York where he is the Global CIO for the Interpublic Group’s (NYSE:IPG) IPG Mediabrands.

Born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Demetri attended Pinewood and later Anatolia High School in Thessaloniki. He graduated from Ithaca High School in Ithaca, New York. He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University and completed an M.Sc. (as well as ABD Ph.D. work) at Boston University in 1997. Demetri's three children are also members of the ACS family.

Constantine Stergides is a journalist by trade, but now manages his own company which specializes in "wine communications" (i.e. wine-related event management and publications).

Mr. Stergides has three daughters, two of whom are ACS graduates and are now students in the US (University of Washington and Bard College). His wife, Nathalie, is an architect, a contemporary dance instructor and, currently, a somatic-psychoeducation therapist.

Mr. Stergides' educational background includes: B.A. University of Washington, Political Science; M.A. University of Paris XII, Urban Planning; D.E.A. (Pre-doctorate) University of Paris XII, Urban Trasportation; M.A. University of Paris Sorbonne, Journalism (Foreign Correspondence).

Effie Tsiotsiou is the Executive Director and Director of Education of the Onassis Foundation. She is responsible for the supervision of all operations of the Foundation’s Athens office, as well as for the planning, management and evaluation of its permanent programs, special initiatives as well as short-term projects that revolve around the pillar of Education worldwide: Grants to non-profit organizations and projects of special interest; Scholarships’ programs; Partnerships with foreign and Greek academic institutions; Educational Programs; the Onassis Library; Special Education; the Cavafy Archive, the Alumni Association of the Onassis Foundation as well as any other ad hoc project or collaboration relevant to educational issues. She serves as the lead spokesperson and public face of the Onassis Foundation’s Pillar of Education representing the organization’s mission and purpose while engaging with colleagues and decision-makers in this field.

As Executive Director, she has supervised the introduction and full implementation of the ERP SAP system to the Onassis Foundation, including the system’s customization and internal business processes and operations. She is also responsible for the consolidation and revision of budgets for the Onassis Public Benefit Foundation's business units, reporting directly to the President and the Board of Directors.  

She is also acting member of the Board of Directors of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens and a key member of the Strategic, Scientific and Project Management Committees formed for the strategic planning, the scientific evaluation and procurement needs of the Onassis National Transplant Center currently under establishment.

Furthermore, she is Vice-President and Treasurer of ARIONA HELLAS SA, the company representing the Onassis Foundation in Greece (since 2006). 

She has studied French Language and Literature and later specialized in Cultural Management and Human Resources Management; she speaks Greek (native speaker), English, French and German and has been with the Foundation since 1994, having held various positions over the years.