Speaker

Akis Skertsos

Minister of State, Hellenic Republic, Greece

From 2014 to 2019 he served as the general manager of SEV, the leading non-profit organization of business representation in Greece, with an aim to enhance its outreach, domestically and abroad, in all fields of doing business. Within 5 years the federation increased its membership by 70%, revenues by 14% and publicity by 130% and achieved the biggest increase in Public Issue's Trust in Institutions Index, moving up SEV’s approval ratings by 7 points from 2015 to 2018. Fields of expertise: Political Strategy, Project Management, Policy Research, Policy Implementation, Policy Monitoring and Evaluation, Team Management, Political Analysis & Research, Election Campaign Management, Party Politics, Issue Advocacy, Message development, Speech-writing, Media relations, Political marketing and advertising.