We’re thrilled to announce that Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis might be becoming a member of us at our upcoming StrictlyVC occasion in Athens, co-hosted with Endeavor, on Thursday evening, Could 8, on the gorgeous Stavros Niarchos Basis Cultural Middle.
For many who won’t be acquainted with his background, Mitsotakis brings an interesting mix of experiences to the desk. Earlier than coming into politics, he labored at each McKinsey and Chase Funding Financial institution, giving him firsthand expertise within the enterprise world that many operators all through the startup ecosystem can recognize. The youngest of 4 youngsters, he additionally has some Silicon Valley-esque educational credentials – he headed to Harvard, then to Stanford for a grasp’s diploma in worldwide relations, and eventually nabbed an MBA at Harvard Enterprise College – 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 actual fact, after navigating the nation by way 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 chopping 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 targeted on modernizing the Greek economic system. His administration has been notably focused on how tech might help diversify famend conventional Greek strengths like transport and tourism.
StrictlyVC occasions are constrained by design to provide attendees a singular alternative for traders, founders, and ecosystem builders to interact instantly 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 may try extra particulars right here to be taught extra concerning the agenda and different audio system (it’s also possible to 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 one in every of Europe’s most fascinating political leaders about Greece’s rising know-how narrative — is certainly one you received’t need to miss. Register on your StrictlyVC Greece ticket right here.
