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Women in Business Forum

Women in Business. Together to the next level

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Essential Changes & Winning Choices
Women in Business Forum 2025

 

 

For the 11th consecutive year, the Women in Business Forum seeks to creatively explore the concerns and challenges related to the managerial inclusion of women in senior and executive leadership.

As a socially responsible Employer, ICAP CRIF aims through the Women in Business Forum:

  • To inform and educate Women Executives so they can advance in the professional hierarchy and/or take entrepreneurial initiative and action.
  • To inspire through Success Stories.
  • To highlight Best Practices of female leadership in the corporate sector.
  •  To create productive Net Working.

The Forum, as an extended, four-hour interactive experience, will highlight and address the following concerns:

  • What changes are women experiencing in their professional journey?
  • What choices do women make for their career development?
  •  Defend your choices: How do you defend the choices you make in the workplace?
  • Digital transformation & AI: How is technology and AI changing the way we work and shaping our choices?
  • So much work, so little time: How can work-life balance be maintained when work compresses life?
  • When the body changes: How do pregnancy and menopause affect our professional path?
  • Personal branding: how does our personal image create value and express our uniqueness?
  • It’s a family affair: can professional growth coexist with family harmony?

Participants — Business Executives, Freelancers, and Individuals — will have the opportunity to engage with Senior Executives and Industry Professionals, learn about the Initiatives and Programs taking place in our country, and of course, take part in the highly successful Networking Session, with cocktails, surprises, and gifts.

Agenda

16:00 – 16:30 ARRIVAL
16:30 – 16:45 INTRODUCTION
16:45 – 16:55 WELCOME ADDRESS Domna Michailidou, Minister of Social Cohesion & Family, Ministry of Social Cohesion & Family *invited
16:55 – 17:05 “What changes do women experience in their career paths?”
17:05 – 17:20 “What choices do they make for their professional development?”
17:20 – 17:35 Personal branding: how personal image creates value and expresses our uniqueness
17:35 – 18:05 WOMEN CEO PANEL
18:05 – 18:25 WOMEN’S HEALTH PANEL
18:25 – 18:40 BREAK
18:40 – 19:00 Digital transformation & AI: “How is technology and AI changing the way we work and shaping our choices?”
19:00 – 19:20 It’s a family affair: can professional development coexist with family harmony?
19:20 – 19:40 PANEL Defend your choices: How do you defend the choices you make in the workplace?
19:40 – 20:00 PANEL So much work, so little time: How can work-life balance be maintained when work compresses life?
20:00 – 20:15 SPEECH
20:30 CLOSING REMARKS
20:30 – 22:00 NETWORKING COCKTAIL

Speakers

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Zeta Douka
Actress,
Founder of the NGO ANASA

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Thomas C. Efthymiou
Automotive
Journalist

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Roh Filiou
Head of Marketing Int. Exports Markets,
I.TOTTI’S-BINGO AEBE

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Dimitra Gounari
PCI Parent Coach®
Creating Supportive Workplaces for Parents

Magda Kazoli

Magda Kazoli
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Consultant

Katsarea-Maria

Maria Katsarea
Director, Corp. & MarComm,
ICAP CRIF

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Angela Katseni
Social Media Director, VLM Greece,
Instructor, Knowcrunch

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Nikitas Konstantellos
President & Chief Executive Officer,
ICAP CRIF

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Daisy Maniatopoulou
MSc Counseling Psychology & Psychotherapy
Founder of “Zise me Armonia”

MairaPassia CCDPowerList

Maria Passa
Sustainability & Corp Communications Director,
Motodynamics Group

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    Women in Business forum  (2024) – REAL CHALLENGES
    Πέμπτη 31 Οκτωβρίου, Ξενοδοχείο NJV Athens Plaza

     

    • Ποιες είναι οι πραγματικές προκλήσεις που αντιμετωπίζουν σήμερα, στο πλαίσιο της Διαφορετικότητας και Συμπερίληψης, οι Γυναίκες Manager και Επιχειρηματίες τόσο στο πλαίσιο της πρόσληψης όσο και της προαγωγής ή ανάληψης επιχειρηματικών πρωτοβουλιών;
    • Είναι άραγε οι προκλήσεις αυτές, κοινώς αντιληπτές από Άντρες και Γυναίκες Managers; Πως επηρεάζονται τα εταιρικά αποτελέσματα;
    • Πως βιώνουν τις προκλήσεις οι Γυναίκες της νέας γενιάς, στην Ελλάδα και το Εξωτερικό;
    • Πως σκιαγραφείται το τοπίο της συμμετοχής των Γυναικών στα Διοικητικά Συμβούλια και στο τιμόνι των Επιχειρήσεων, σήμερα στην Ελλάδα;
    • Πως τοποθετείται η ελληνική Πολιτεία και ποιες οι εξελίξεις στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και διεθνώς;

     

    Το 10ο Women in Business Forum, της ICAP CRIF,  θα εξετάσει τα REAL CHALLENGES και θα παρουσιάσει τα SUCCESS STORIES Επιχειρήσεων, Κυβερνητικών Πολιτικών και Επιφανών Στελεχών στον πλαίσιο της Συμπερίληψης και Διαφορετικότητας με άξονα την Γυναίκα Επιχειρηματιά ή Manager του σύγχρονου ελληνικού επιχειρείν.

     

    Το Forum, ως μια διευρυμένη 4ωρη, διαδραστική εμπειρία, φιλοδοξεί μέσα από Ομιλίες, Παρουσιάσεις και Συζητήσεις – Panels:

    • Να εξετάσει δημιουργικά, τους Προβληματισμούς και τις Προκλήσεις, τις Νομοθετικές Πρωτοβουλίες και τις ισχύουσες Πολιτικές αναφορικά της Διοικητικής συμπερίληψης των Γυναικών, στην Ανώτερη και Ανώτατη Διοίκηση.
    • Ν’ αναδείξει ανατρεπτικές (διεθνής) ιστορίες νέων και περισσότερο έμπειρων Γυναικών Στελεχών και Επαγγελματιών, που έχουν επιτυχημένα τολμήσει, να προκαλέσουν το επαγγελματικό κατεστημένο και να ξεπεράσουν την στενωπό των φυλετικών διακρίσεων στην Εργασία.
    • Να φωτίσει εταιρικά Case Studies Γυναικείας Ηγεσίας, σημαντικών Εταιρειών στην Ελλάδα αλλά και διεθνώς.
    • Να προσφέρει πλούσια όσο και ενδιαφέρουσα Ερευνητική πληροφόρηση, βασισμένη σε πρόσφατες Μελέτες και Έρευνες για τις σύγχρονες και μελλοντικές συνθήκες των επιχειρήσεων, των οργανισμών αλλά και των κοινωνιών.
    • Να προκαλέσει δημόσιο διάλογο με Στελέχη και Προσωπικότητες από ένα ευρύ φάσμα αμφιλεγόμενων  Επαγγελμάτων, Ειδικοτήτων και Κλάδων Δραστηριότητας.

     

    Οι συμμετέχοντες, Στελέχη Επιχειρήσεων, Ελεύθεροι Επαγγελματίες και Ιδιώτες θα έχουν την ευκαιρία να συνομιλήσουν με Ανώτατα Στελέχη και Επαγγελματίες του χώρου, να πληροφορηθούν για τις Πρωτοβουλίες και τα Προγράμματα που επιτελούνται στην χώρα μας και βεβαίως να συμμετάσχουν στο πολύ πετυχημένο Networking Session.

     

    Το Women in Business Forum, θα τιμήσει την εμβληματική Ελληνίδα Σοπράνο, Μαρία Κάλλας,
    σε συνεργασία με το ομώνυμο Μουσείο.

     

    Υποστηρίζουμε τη ΜΚΟ: 

    Πρόγραμμα

    16:00 – 16:30 REGISTRATION
    16:30 – 16:45 INTRODUCTION – WELCOME
    16:45 – 16:55 SPEECH
    Anna Mani – Papadimitriou, Deputy Minister of Development, Ministry of Development
    16:55 – 17:05 LECTURE “Women in positions of power: a European challenge”
    Professor Maria Gavouneli, Director General, ELIAMEP
    17:05 – 17:15 LECTURE “The work – life balancing act: a journey, not a destination”
    Agni Mariakiaki, Research Psychologist
    17:15 – 17:55 PANEL
    “WOMEN CHALLENGING THE MEN’S WORLD”
    Moderator: Agni Mariakaki
    Triantafyllos Alexopoulos, CHRO, Teleperformance Greece
    Andreas Mitropoulos, Country Manager Adhesives Technologies Greece & Cyprus, Henkel Hellas
    Dionysis Tsitos, Managing Director, Volton
    17:55 – 18:05 Speech “Financial resilience as a tool for women’s empowerment”
    Stella Kasdagli, Founder & CEO, Women on Top
    Roulis Christopoulou, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture, Alpha Bank
    18:05 – 18:15 Speech “Through the eyes of those who know”
    Konstantinos Tsapralis, Head of Marketing, Lafarge – Heracles G.C.C.
    18:15 – 18:30 Break
    18:30 – 18:40 ΟΜΙΛΙΑ “In a man’s world”
    Aglaia Schiza, ICE Performance Design Engineer, Redbull Racing & Red Bull Technology
    18:40 – 19:20 PANEL
    “WOMEN CHALLENGING THE WORLD – FEMALE CEO’S BEYOND BOUNDARIES”
    Moderator. CEO, ICAP CRIF group of companies
    Christina Tetradi, CEO, Zante Hospitality Group
    Maria Ioannidou, CEO, Hellenic Duty Free Shops
    Lambrina Barbetaki, President and CEO, AbbVie, Greece, Cyprus, Malta
    Dionysia Leshopoulou, CEO, Athenian Star Enterprises
    19:20 – 19:30 SPEECH “A success story”
    Dimitra Katsafadou, Founder/Owner of LA VIE EN ROSE BY DIMITRA KATSAFADOU KALYNTIKA S.A.
    19:30 – 20:10 PANEL
    “THE CHALLENGERS: WOMEN IN NEW FRONTIERS”
    Moderator. Dr. Maria Gianniou, Corporate Trainer | DE&I Facilitator | Leadership Coach, Founder of Lead From Within
    Maria Gkuma, Marketing & Commercial Director, Hellenic Football Federation
    Zeta Ziova, Director of Human Resources & Corporate Relations, Sfakianakis Group
    Vivi Koliopoulou, President, WISTA Hellas
    Elina Papathanasiou, Director of Human Resources, Domestic Marketing, EKO ABEE
    20:10 – 20:20 “A WOMAN THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD”
    Maria Florou, MARIA KALLAS MUSEUM, Head of Museums, Technopolis, Municipality of Athens
    20:20 – 20:30 CLOSE OF WORKSHOPS
    20:30 – 22:00 NETWORKING COCKTAIL

    Χορηγοί

    Distinguished Sponsor

     


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    Ομιλητές

    Triantafyllos-Alexopoulos-web

    Triantafyllos Alexopoulos
    Chief Human Resources Officer, Teleperformance Greece

    Gavouneli-Maria

    Professor Maria Gavouneli
    Director General
    ELIAMEP

    Gianniou-Maria-web

    Maria Gianniou, PhD
    Corporate Trainer | DE&I Facilitator | Leadership Coach
    Founder of Lead From Within

    Gkouma-Maria

    Maria Gouma
    Marketing & Commercial Director
    Hellenic Football Federation

    Zeta-Ziova-web

    Zeta Ziova
    Group CHRO & Corporate Affairs Director
    Sfakianakis Group

    Ioannidou-Maria-web

    Maria Ioannidou
    CEO & Country Manager
    Hellenic Duty Free Shops

    Kasdagli-Stella-2024-web

    Stella Kasdagli
    Co-founder Women On Top & inc.lude, Writer

    Katsarea-Maria

    Maria Katsarea
    Director, Corporate Marketing & Communications
    ICAP CRIF

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    Dimitra Katsafadou
    Founder/Owner of LA VIE EN ROSE BY DIMITRA KATSAFADOU ΚΑΛΛΥΝΤΙΚΑ Α.Ε.

    Koliopoulou-Vivi

    Vivi Kolliopoulou
    President, WISTA Hellas

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    Nikitas Konstantellos
    President & Chief Executive Officer,
    ICAP CRIF

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    Dionyssia Leschopoulou
    Co-Owner, CEO & Head of Sales
    Athenian Yachts S.A.

    Anna Mani-Papadimitriou-web

    Anna Mani-Papadimitriou
    Deputy Minister of Development

    Mariakaki-Agnes-web

    Agnes Mariakaki
    Research Psychologist

    Mitropoulos-Andreas-web

    Andreas Mitropoulos
    Country Manager
    Adhesives Technologies Greece & Cyprus

    Labrina Barmpetaki
    President and Managing Director
    AbbVie, Greece, Cyprus, Malta

    Papathanasiou-Elina-web

    Elina Papathanasiou
    HR Director Domestic Retail (EKO)
    HELLENiQ ENERGY

    Sxiza-Aglaia-web

    Aglaia Schiza
    Performance Design Engineer
    Redbull Racing & Red Bull Technology

    Tetradi-Xristina-photo-web

    Christina Tetradis
    CEO, Zante Hospitality Group

    Tsapralis-Kostas-web

    Constantinos Tsapralis
    Marketing Manager
    HERACLES Group

    Tsitos-Dionysis-web

    Dionysis Tsitos
    Managing Director
    Volton

    Florou-Maria-web

    Maria Florou
    MARIA CALLAS MUSEUM
    Head of Museums, Technopolis

    Christopoulou-Rouli-web

    Rouli Christopoulou
    Ηead of Corporate Social Responsibility and Art Collections
    Alpha Bank

    Φόρμα Συμμετοχής

    Δείτε τις φωτογραφίες εδώ

    The 9th Forum “Women in Business|Together to the next level”, for Female Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the current era was successfully held on Thursday, October 19th at the NJV Athens Plaza hotel. The event was moderated by Katerina Gkagkaki, Communications Specialist and Deputy Mayor of Social Solidarity and Civil Society at the Municipality of Athens.

     

    For the first time, it was conducted both in person and online, also including a special professional training session on the topic of “Resilience and Adaptability in Crisis Management“.

     

    For more information, you may read the Press Release (available only in Greek).


     

    The acknowledgment and support of the female capital have been a perennial issue in the Greek business and political scene, affected of course by the challenges and changes in the global institutional framework. ICAP CRIF has been consistently participating, since 2011, in the relevant public dialogue of Companies, Institutions and the State, mainly through its two focused annual initiatives, Women in Business:

     

    Through these initiatives, ICAP CRIF, as a Socially Responsible Employer,:

    • Systematically highlights the Best Practices of female leadership.
    • Showcases the respective Success Stories of Female Senior Executives.
    • Informs and trains Women-Executives so that they can advance in the professional hierarchy and/or take business initiative and action.

     

    Together for Prevention / Honoured NGO “Alma Zois“.   

     

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    Agenda

    15:00 – 16:00 Professional Training (online)
    Resilience and Adaptability in Crisis Periods
    Stella Kasdagli, Founder & CEO, Women on Top
    17:00 – 17:30 Welcoming
    17:30 – 17:40 Opening Remarks
    Katerina Gagaki, Communications Specialist, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Athens
    17:40 – 17:50 Zefi Dimadama, Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights, Ministry for Social Cohesion and Family
    17:50 – 19:00 CEO Panel
    From Vision to Action. Successful policies and interventions to strengthen Female Human Capital in the Corporate Environment
    Co-ordinator: Nikitas Konstantellos, President & CEO, ICAP CRIF Group
    Eleni Vrettou
    , CEO, Attica Bank
    Efi Dikastopoulou, Managing Director, Wunderman Thompson & GroupM Greece
    Antigoni Lymperopoulou, CEO, Hellenic Development Bank of Investments S.A.
    Marilia Tompra, Country Director, Sephor
    19:00 – 19:10 Maria-Nikoleta Mpouka, CEO, MMBS
    19:10 – 20:25 HR & COMMUNICATIONS HEADS PANEL
    Diversity & Inclusion: Success Stories of HR and Communication Strategies
    Co-ordinator: Elena Mathioudaki, Ηuman Capital Executive Director, ICAP CRIF Group
    Maria-Eleni Arampatzi, VP of Human Resources, AΒ Vassilopoulos
    Irene Panagiotakopoulou
    , Chief Human Resources Officer, Deloitte
    Lena Plaiti, Communications Director, PAPASTRATOS
    20:25 – 20:30 Closing Remarks
    20:30 – 22:30 Networking Cocktail

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    Coordination - Speakers

    Katerina-Gagaki-web

    Co-ordinator

    Katerina Gagaki
    Communications Specialist
    Deputy Mayor of Social Solidarity and Civil Society of the Municipality of Athens

    Konstantellos-Nikitas-web

    Nikitas Konstantellos
    President & Chief Executive Officer
    ICAP CRIF

    Arampatzi-Maria-Eleni-web

    Maria–Eleni Arampatzi
    VP of Human Resources
    AΒ Vassilopoulos

    Vretou-Eleni-web

    Eleni Vrettou
    CEO
    Attica Bank

    Dimada-Zefi

    Zefi Dimadama
    Secretary General for Equality and Human Rights
    Ministry for Social Cohesion and Family

    Dikastopoulou-Efi-web

    Efi Dikastopoulou
    Managing Director
    Wunderman Thompson & GroupM Greece

    Kasdagli-Stella-web

    Stella Kasdagli
    Founder & CEO
    Women on Top

    Lymperopoulou-Antigoni-web

    Antigoni Lymperopoulou
    CEO
    HDBI

    Mathioudaki-Elena

    Elena Mathioudaki
    Executive Director of Human Capital
    ICAP CRIF Group

    Bouka-Nikoleta

    Maria-Nikoleta Mpouka
    CEO
    MMBS

    Panagiotakopoulou-Eirini-new-web

    Irene Panagiotakopoulou
    Chief Human Resources Officer
    Deloitte Greece

    Plaiti-Lena-web

    Lena Plaiti
    Communications Director
    PAPASTRATOS

    Tobra-new-web

    Marilia Tompra
    Country Director
    Sephora Greece, LVMH Group

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    Professional Training

    More about Professional Training with Instructor Stella Kasdagli.

     

    Resilience and Adaptability in Crisis Management
    How can we manage uncertainty, anxiety, and obstacles that we encounter on our journey without losing our ability to make decisions, bounce back, adapt to changes, solve problems, and become agents of positive change? In this seminar, using tools such as self-awareness, effective communication, and self-leadership, participants will cultivate resilience and adaptability. They will also learn to build supportive communities so they can effectively manage any unexpected personal or broader crisis that disrupts their work routine or any preconceived plan.

     

    Through small theory modules, plenary whole-group discussion, and activities in smaller groups, we will explore:
    – The concepts of resilience and adaptability
    – The five stages of grief
    – Discovering our personal vision
    – The importance of “support circles”
    – The three levels of adaptation

     

    The training is supported by the organization ‘Women on Top’ and it’s conducted by Stella Kasdagli

     

    It is addressed to employees, self-employed people, and people who are looking for a job, regardless of their age, experience, or hierarchical level.

     

    A Certificate of Attendance is provided.

    An established, annual event for Female Leadership / Management following the unique Business Edition «Leading Women in Business», which presents Women Entrepreneurship and highlights top success stories of C-level female Entrepreneurs & Executives.
    An established, annual event for Female Leadership / Management following the unique Business Edition «Leading Women in Business», which presents Women Entrepreneurship and highlights top success stories of C-level female Entrepreneurs & Executives.
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