Former Owner | IBS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SERVICES

Entrepreneur, advocate of diversity and inclusion. In 1980, together with two partners, Irene founded ibs International Business Services, a Business Centre and Translation Agency, offering  serviced office accommodation and multi-lingual  translation and interpreting  services, to Greek and International corporations and individuals.

At the same time represented the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) U.K. organizing promotional and educational activities, coordinating two-way trade missions between the U.K., Greece and Cyprus for exporters, importers, chefs and trade press.

From 2021 specializing in translation, localization and interpreting services from and into Greek covering a wide range  of languages and subject matter, as well as text editing  and creative writing.

Marketing Consultant in the Food and Beverage industry for trade between the U.K. Greece and Cyprus.

In 1985 first woman to be elected to the Board of Directors of the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, serving as British President from 2000-2011, is now Honorary President and continues as an elected Board Member.

Managing Director | ENERGEAN OIL & GAS S.A. / Country Manager Greece

Dr. Katerina Sardi joined Energean in 2021 as Managing Director and Country Manager in Greece.

Katerina claims 25 years of experience as an energy expert.  She started her career in energy consulting in London working on coal gasification to synthesis gas for Hitachi.  She joined the Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) in 2002 and in 2011 she became the Head of RAE’s Energy Planning and International Affairs Department.  Since 2015, she has worked as an energy expert, advising companies and consortiums on implementation of the overall EU legal and regulatory energy framework and claims not only specialized but also cross-sectional understanding of all aspects of EU energy and climate policy. 

Her scientific work has been published in archive journals and presented in peer reviewed conferences. She has contributed into several prominent technical assistance projects in the EU, Egypt, Turkey, and other countries.  She has also been teaching postgraduate courses at Greek academic institutions for over a decade on topics related to climate change, emissions trading and numerical modelling of flows and turbulent combustion.

Katerina holds a Ph. D. in Fluid Mechanics and Natural Gas Combustion for Power Production, Mechanical Engineering Department, Imperial College, London and a Dipl. Eng. Mechanical Engineering Department, Artistotle University of Thessaloniki.

President & CEO | CANA LABORATORIES

London born, Kosta Kanaroglou grew up in the UK from the age of 11. He has a BSc in Biology and a MBA. He is very keen on Family Business Management and has attended seminars at Harvard and other institutions on that subject. With the help of other business families, he founded Family Business Network (FBN) Greece.

His professional career evolved in the areas of Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare in general since 1997. He has held several roles in AstraZeneca Spain, both locally as well as on international projects, before moving to Greece in 2007. Since, he has worked in Cana Laboratories, a Greek pharmaceutical company established in 1928 by his grandfather, assuming the role of CEO in 2012 and President of the Board in 2018. Since 2017 he has been actively pursuing opportunities in the Medical Cannabis market as he believes it is the next big thing in medicine.

Kosta is fluent in Greek, English, Spanish and French, loves spending time with his wife and two daughters and is passionate about being a racing driver.

Managing Partner | RECO EXPORTS LTD (BSc Hons, MBA, ILM)

London Area, United Kingdom

Innovator, effective communicator and entrepreneur with over 25 years' experience in business development and leadership, Antonis is passionate about everything that brings new challenges and creates business opportunities. Experienced in all aspects of business formation, operation, finance and management, he has either founded or been part of numerous successful businesses and projects around the world. In most of his professional life so far, he has been involved as a director or a business partner and shareholder in various profitable business ventures, but he was also fortunate enough to hold key leading roles in both the Public and Private sector in the UK. His main passion though was, is and will always be, Food & Drink. He indulges every moment of it, whether is viewed as business or pleasure. And a sales and marketing professional he is totally driven by connecting demand with supply.

After all, the way he views and lives his life, has always been led by the following three phrases:

• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary – Steve Jobs
• If You Always Do What You've Always Done, You'll Always Get What You've Always Got – Henry Ford
• I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who – Rudyard Kipling

EXPERIENCE

• RECO EXPORTS, Managing Partner (March 2007 – Present)
• ALEXANDER GROUP, Founding Director (October 2006 - December 2009)
• NEWPORT & GWENT ENTERPRISE, Business Development Manager (January 2003 - April 2008)
• ARTISAN FOOD CO, Business Partner (March 1998 - January 2006)
• JOURNEYS LTD & JOURNEYS CLUB LTD, Founding Director (January 1999 - November 2004)
• BT, Regional Sales Manager (March 1998 - December 2003)
• WELSH FEDERATION OF HOUSING ASSOCIATION (National Assembly for Wales), Event Marketing Strategist (November 1994 - December 1997)
• BT, Customer Service Representative (October 1990 - August 1993)

EDUCATION

Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
• Master's degree, Business Administration and Management,General · (1997 - 1998)
• Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Banking, Corporate,Finance · (1994 - 1997)

University of the West of England
• Economics, Business/Managerial Economics · (1990 - 1993)