We’re thrilled to announce that Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will likely be becoming a member of us at our upcoming StrictlyVC occasion in Athens, co-hosted with Endeavor, on Thursday night time, May 8, on the beautiful Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
For those that won’t be accustomed to his background, Mitsotakis brings an interesting mix of experiences to the desk. Before getting into politics, he labored at each McKinsey and Chase Investment Bank, giving him firsthand expertise within the enterprise world that many operators all through the startup ecosystem can respect. The youngest of 4 kids, he additionally has some Silicon Valley-esque tutorial credentials – he headed to Harvard, then to Stanford for a grasp’s diploma in worldwide relations, and eventually nabbed an MBA at Harvard Business School – and says his schooling has lengthy formed his imaginative and prescient for Greece’s future.
Mitsotakis has additionally been championing Greece’s tech transformation for a few years. In reality, after navigating the nation by means of the pandemic, he has doubled down on positioning Athens as an rising tech hub, not too long ago introducing initiatives to draw worldwide expertise, together with tax incentives and reforms geared toward slicing bureaucratic purple tape for brand new companies.
The Prime Minister comes from a political household — his father was prime minister and his sister was mayor of Athens — however he has carved out his personal popularity as a reformer centered on modernizing the Greek economic system. His administration has been significantly involved in how tech may help diversify famend conventional Greek strengths like transport and tourism.
StrictlyVC occasions are constrained by design to present attendees a novel alternative for buyers, founders, and ecosystem builders to interact straight with energy gamers just like the Prime Minister, so if you wish to ask about his authorities’s imaginative and prescient for Greece’s tech future, and the way the nation suits into the broader European innovation panorama, this could possibly be your probability.
You can try extra particulars right here to be taught extra concerning the agenda and different audio system (you can even purchase tickets whereas they’re nonetheless accessible). Registration is now open for what guarantees to be a enjoyable night, full of illuminating discussions, however this chat — with considered one of Europe’s most attention-grabbing political leaders about Greece’s rising expertise narrative — is certainly one you received’t need to miss. Register in your StrictlyVC Greece ticket right here.
