Yiannis Troulis is the CEO of the specialized consulting firm TTMI Business Consulting Ltd., supporting technology transfer, innovation and marketing of technologies in private, public and social sector organizations.

He worked with Intermas Consulting Ltd , for 10 years, following his return from Canada in 2000, being involved in technology marketing projects in Greece and Black Sea countries, managing research projects for Greek Research Institutions and companies, supporting technology transfer offices of Research Institutes, as well as supporting the formation of regional and thematic research consortiums and networks and their subsequent activities.

He is involved in regional development projects, SME innovation endeavours and business development support services, business development, industrial marketing, business reorganization, sectoral and spatial development, business plans, international marketing and trade.

During the last 21 years the business sectors with the more intense involvement include:
a) ICT Innovation uptake by manufacturing and trading SMEs and Clusters, b) agrifood innovative projects, c) pharmaceutical R&D projects for innovative products, d) marine aquaculture development for for the largest Research Centre in Greece, the Hellenic Centre of Marine Research, e) regional/sectoral development support for development institutions (Chambers of Commerce, Municipalities) as well as private businesses.

Previously, he acquired sixteen years of entrepreneurial experience in Canada as founder, owner and general manager of foodstuff international trade/packaging/distribution companies.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in International Finance & a minor in International Business from Concordia University, Canada. He has attended courses in Organizational Management within the graduate program of McGill University, Canada and in MBA- Quality Management of Leicester University UK. He holds an MBA from the Open University of Cyprus.

He is presently General Secretary of the Canadian-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and has served for a three-year term, as Greece’s business representative, at the Business Chamber of the Enterprise Policy Group, a policy consulting body of the Direction General (DG) Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission.

Since 2016 he teaches Technology Transfer at the Interinstitutional Program of Postgraduate Studies in Bioentrepreneurship, by the University of Thessaly and the National Hellenic Research Foundation.

With many years of experience as an administrative and financial assistant and having studied at the School of Dentistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Nour Hammad currently works as a Consultant for TTMI, with special emphasis on technology transfer and development projects, investment support and the implementation of European projects for companies and organizations.

She holds a Cambridge International Diploma in Business Organization and Environment, Effective Business Communication, Marketing, and ICT.

Maria Constanti is a Graduate Engineer from the School of Production Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete as well as a Master’s Student in Operation Research and Decision Making with a focus on Analytics and Decision Making.

Kostas Ledakis was born and raised in Chania. He studied Business Organization and Management at the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE). He started as an assistant accountant at Vianex S.A. and then worked for a decade as a chartered accountant at Grant Thornton Greece.

Ηe also served as the CEO of Ecosoft SA, Mind Solutions SA, and Financial Deployment Services SA. In 2014 he obtained the license of a real estate broker and founded Real Estate Consulting. In addition, he was the Director of the Chania Development Company (ETAN) for 1 year. He specializes in real estate investments and speaks English and German. In addition, he is an experienced user of computer tools as well as the IDEA program (data processing and control program). Finally, he is a member of SOEL. (Body of Certified Public Accountants).

Panagiotis Papantonopoulos has been practicing as a business consultant since 1990. For the last 10 years, he has been involved in the identification/evaluation, documentation/certification, and commercialization of state-of-the-art technologies, research and academic centers of the former Soviet Union, as well as building infrastructure. etc.) for the support and development of leading companies mainly within the framework of World Bank and European Union programs.

His consulting experience also includes restructuring companies within the framework of projects financed by the World Bank (5 years), studies of Organization of Project Management Offices for Greek companies (2 years), and investment studies-business plans for expansion of Greek Companies abroad.

He has 12 years of experience working in engineering consulting companies (Canada – Greece) in the defense industry and in high technology companies (Greece – Armenia).

He has taught for 3 years as a Full University Professor at the School of Management Studies (UQAM-Montreal) and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Montreal), a Master’s degree in Structural Environmental Design (Montreal), and a degree of Architectural Engineering (Architect).

Elpida Tsitsiridi is an Economist and Business Consultant in TTMI Business Consulting Ltd.. As an executive in the banking sector, she held the position of analyst in the Risk Management Unit of the Cooperative Bank of Chania.

In 2014, she became an advisor to the Mayor of Chania on economic and development matters. She has also served as Vice Mayor of Chania responsible for the Office of Organization and Planning, IT and EU Funding Programs, the Office of Tourism and the Office of Culture.

Since 2021 she has been a business consultant with a particular interest in new investment projects, Market Analysis, and Risk Management. Mrs Tsitsiridi holds a degree in Economics from the Demokriteio University of Thrace, and a Master’s degree in Organization and Business Administration from the Technical University of Crete, Department of Production and Management Engineering.

During her studies, she was a member of the Financial Engineering Laboratory, while she co-authored publications in prestigious international journals and for scientific conferences. She is also a trainer in various Vocation Training Centers.

Othon Charalampakis holds degrees in History and in Mass Media & Communication.

He has extended experience in public management, having served as manager in public entities (NHS hospitals and local government).

He has also served as ministerial advisor (Ministry of Health and Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) responsible for the implementation of the agreements between the Greek Government and the tripartite scheme E.U. – E.C.B. – I.M.F. during 2009-2011.

Dr. Nikos Stefanakis is an Associate Advisor for Energy, Sustainability, and Innovation. He received the Dipl.-Ing degree in Chemical Engineering (2002), and his PhD in Process Analysis & Plant Design (2009) both from NTUA.

Dr. Stefanakis has extensive experience in design, modelling and optimization of engineering processes (with an emphasis on solar energy exploitation processes).

Over the last 20 years, he has collaborated with various companies, research institutes and universities in a wide range of European and National Research and Development Programmes (FP5, FP6, FP7, HORIZON2020, INTERREG, HM-EOX, NSRF) and has participated in more than 40 projects in various roles (coordination, management, scientific contribution, exploitation of results).

He is co-author of 14 scientific articles and has authored numerous technical/scientific reports and deliverables. He has taught computer programming, solar energy harvesting technologies, and life cycle analysis in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Natasha Hanzis is a Business & HR consultant. She holds a Bachelor from the School of Business and Communication at Ithaca College, NY since 1998.

Since 2004, she holds a Master degree in Human Resources Management from AUEB, since 2022 a Master degree in Drama in Education from the University of Peloponnese and  currently she is a PHD Candidate in the field of Organizational Behavior in AUEB.

In addition, she is an accredited  trainer from EOPPEP (national system of vocational certification), a certified professional Change Management Practitioner from the APMG International Institute, a  NeuroLinguistic Programming Practitioner  from the NLP Foundation, an Accredited Practitioner in Intercultural Management and Corporate Culture from Hofstede Insights,  a Gestalt Coaching Practitioner in Organisations, from the Gestalt Foundation and a certified PRINCE2 Project Management expert from AXELOS.

Professionally, she has twenty two years experience in human resource management, mainly in the banking and commercial sectors, holding senior HR and Management positions in Greece and abroad.  She has a proven track record of experience in successfully plan, organize and carry out change management processes, in line with corporate policies and regulatory requirements, and a specialization in policy writing & implementing, budget/forecast, HR analytics, compensation & benefits and workforce planning.

The past  years she works as an independent contractor, holding projects in Business transformation and organizational development. In parallel, she teaches at Master Level in NY College and AUEB as a visiting lecturer and as a trainer in various Vocation Training Center in Greece.