Team
Costas Vamvakas
Managing Director
Costas is the owner and managing director of VK PREMIUM Business Consultants LTD.
Before that, Costas worked for Coca–Cola in Ireland, Switzerland and Greece in various managerial positions in Sales, Operations, Supply Chain & Production.
He also worked as Operations & Supply Chain Manager for Alumil Milonas an Aluminum Extrusion Company (turnover €200mil) in charge of the operations (production facilities & logistics Centers) in 13 countries.
Costas is a Chemical Engineer (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece) with an MBA (Strathclyde University, Great Britain).
Since January 2016, Costas is President of the Greek Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce.
Fotini Makradima
European Programs Manager
Fotini built her career in consulting companies, working on Structural Funds and EU Programs for SME, Horizon 2020, Europe Aid and FP7.
She has extensive experience in elaborating and managing business plans and feasibility studies managed under the Investment Law L.3299 / 2004, L.3908 / 2011, the Regional Operational Programs (ROP) and the Operational Programs "Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship".
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Deree College in Greece, majoring in Accounting and Finance.
She has been working for VK PREMIUM since 2010.
George Mantzavelas
Sales Manager
George for more than 20 consecutive years, was an executive at Avon Cosmetics where he held the positions of Marketing Manager and Head of Sales.
George is an Electrical Engineer with a degree from the University of West Attica.
He has been working at VK PREMIUM since 2021 as a Sales manager.
Manolis Kontolios
Marketing Manager
Manolis is a marketing and sales professional with more than 15 years of experience in FMCG & B2B companies.
Having an 360° extensive marketing experience, he has worked as an executive in major multinational commercial and advertising companies such as Philip Morris, Vitex - Yannidis Bros, Leo Burnett, Affichage.
He is responsible for VK PREMIUM's marketing strategies and the implementation of marketing activities, applying a “win win” spirit with internal and external stakeholders.
Manolis holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing, from Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.
He's been a member of VK PREMIUM team since 2019.
Nektarios Palaskas
European Programs Supervisor
Nektarios has many years of experience and knowledge of the NSRF, Development Law, EKOME, Finance & reporting programs (P&L, budgeting, expenses reporting, cash flow analysis etc).
He has been involved in the preparation of Monitoring Trustee studies for companies with a turnover of over € 18m each, in the elaboration of Operational Restructuring studies as well as in the elaboration of Due Diligence studies.
He is a Second Class Accountant (Member of the Chamber of Commerce and soon a First Class accountant).
Nektarios is a graduate of the Department of Accounting & Finance, Technical University of Thessaly.
He has been working at VK PREMIUM since 2020 as an European Programs Supervisor.
Paraskevi Tsompa
European Programs Consultant
Paraskevi has many years of experience in the development and management of co-financed investment programs of the European Union, and in the preparation of economic and technical studies.
She is a graduate of the Department of Business Administration and Management of the University of Macedonia of Economics and Social Sciences while she is in the process of obtaining a postgraduate degree in Management of Cultural Units (MSc) from the Hellenic Open University.
She has been working at VK PREMIUM since 2019 as a subsidize project consultant.
Anastasia Pappa
Investment programs Consultant
Anastasia is a graduate of Political Science and Public Administration from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
As a member of the Programs Management department, Anastasia deals with the perfect, immediate and effective service of the company's customers in order to complete their investment plans and the rapid disbursement of their aid.
She has been working at VK PREMIUM since 2021 as an investment program management consultant.
Zoe Vassiliou
Senior Financial Analyst
Zoe is equipped with over 20 years experience in analyzing and valuing companies in a wide range of business sectors in Greece, holding senior management positions in various brokerage firms.
From 2009 to 2011 she worked as a special adviser to the Minister of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping and later to the Minister of Labor and Social Security. Her portfolio indicatively included: overseeing sectoral economic policies, numerous restructuring plans and she served as the project manager for the reform of the Investment Law, which is the national institutional framework for regulating investment incentives in Greece. While at the Ministry of Economy she dealt with the reform of the institutional and administration framework of the Pension Funds and other social policy reforms.
She has also served as a member of the Investment Committee at the Hellenic Pension Mutual Fund Management Company and for 2 years was appointed by the State, independent, non-executive member of the Board of Directors of United Textiles Co. where she oversaw its restructuring plan under State guarantee. Zoe holds a degree in Economics from the University of Athens and is a certified Portfolio Manager by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission.
She has been working for VK PREMIUM since 2016.
Costas Georgikopoulos
Associate
Constantin is a former Coca-Cola HBC, DIAGEO, BEBELAC executive for Human Resources-people development, Commercial and other departments for more than 25 years.
He has developed and implemented executive coaching projects & programs in countries such as Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria.
He was in charge of designing and implementing Organizational Development, Performance Management & Development Systems for the Coca-Cola HBC Group (25 countries).
Constantin is an Economics & Business graduate, with an MBA in Marketing Management.
He's been a member of VK PREMIUM team since 2008.
Antonis Antoniadis
Senior Consultant, Logistics
Antonis is a Supply Chain professional for more than 20 years and has significant experience both in Greece and internationally (Germany, UK, Italy, France, Netherlands and Romania).
He has worked as an executive in major commercial and 3pl companies such as SARANTIS, KOTSOVOLOS, PLIAS, DIAKINISIS. As a consultant he has adviced significant companies such as SIEMENS, JTI, BSH, BEINOGLOU, SARMED, LAMDA DEVELOPMENT, etc.
Antonis has also conducted many training courses in Supply Chain & Operations topics to middle and high level executives.
He is a Licensed Mechanical & Industrial Engineer (BEng, NTUA, Athens, Greece). He is the owner of linkedin group named “GREEK LOGISTICIANS’ NETWORK & SCW” counting 900 members.
He's been a member of VK PREMIUM team since 2008.