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1 ANNUAL REVIEW amcham.gr 0 13 The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce strives for continuous improvement of American-Hellenic commercial and financial relations, through increased membership and through the organization of top-quality events, exhibitions, fora, seminars, and congresses on both sides of the Atlantic. AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

2 Executive Committee President Anastasopoulos Simos N. PETSIAVAS S.A. Vice President Bakatselos Nikolaos PYRAMIS METALLOURGIA A.E. Vice President Karayannis Angelos KARAYANNIS K. GROUP OF COMPANIES Secretary General Panayotopoulos Litsa BOSTON HAMILTON LTD. Treasurer Papadopoulos Thanos CHEVELLAS S.A. Counselor Canellopoulos Paul AIG GREECE Counselor Kyriacou Marios KPMG CERTIFIED AUDITORS Counselor Mamidaki Eleftheria MAMIDOIL-JETOIL S.A. Counselor Saracakis John SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A. Executive Director Elias Spirtounias AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Board of Directors Alexopoulos George HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. Antonakou Peggy MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A. Antoniades Vassilis THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP Apostolides Pascal ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALS S.A. Bacacos George P. BACACOS, CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS CO. S.A. Costopoulos Alexandros FORESIGHT STRATEGY & COMMUNICATIONS Coustas John DANAOS SHIPPING CO. LTD Kafatos Vassilis DELOITTE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A. Kartsanis Georgia CEO CLUBS GREECE Kokorotsikos Paris EUROCONSULTANTS S.A Kosmatos Makis JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER S.A. Kostas Stavros Economist Kouidis Marilena KOUIDES A.P.L. S.A. Koussia Venetia MANPOWERGROUP S.A. Koutsoureli Eftychia QUEST HOLDINGS S.A. Kyriakides John KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM Lazaridis Socrates EXCHANGE Lekkakos Stavros PIRAEUS BANK S.A. Manos Alexandros PIRAEUS BANK S.A. Mytilineou-Daskalaki Sophie MYTILINEOS HOLDINGS S.A. Nordkamp Erik PFIZER HELLAS A.E. Papadimitriou Pythagoras HEWLETT-PACKARD HELLAS E.P.E. Papalexopoulos Dimitri TITAN CEMENT COMPANY S.A. Papazoglou Panagiotis ERNST & YOUNG (HELLAS) S.A. Passaris Despina PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLAS M.E.P.E. Stylianopoulos Andreas NAVIGATOR TRAVEL & TOURIST SERVICES LTD. Thomas Athanasios DOW HELLAS A.E. Tsamaz Michael HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. (OTE) Tsiboukis Antonis CISCO HELLAS S.A. Xenokostas Panagiotis ONEX S.A. Zanias George NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. Committees AGROTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Argiriou Notis Bezergiannis Stella Chriss Dimitrios Efthymiadis Thymis Karagiorgos Nikolaos Katsaros Georgios Kouides Antonis Kouimtzis Athanasios Koukakis Athanasios Michailides Ekaterini Nakas Ioannis Vergos Evangelos Coordinator Nikos Tsavdaroglou AUDITORS COMMITTEE Felonis Athanassios Kerameas George Sabatakakis Kyriacos Coordinator Andriana Chadjianagnostou CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Chair Papacostopoulos Constantine Apsouris John Charalambous Yiangos Dimou Ioannis Hadjisotiriou Paula Iliadaki Sassa Petalas Apostolos Shiamishis Andreas Theodoulidou Maria Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE Alexiou Maria Constantelis George Iliopoulou Sissy Katsouli Katerina Lolas Vassilis Macheras Alexia Menidiati Manina Vrachatis Ioannis Zevgoli Nafsika Coordinator Angela Boyatzis ENERGY COMMITTEE Chair Karayannis Angelos Alexopoulos George Desypris John Ekaterinari Rania Peristeris George Rigas Mathios Stassis George Coordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia GREEK ECONOMY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Chair Αnastasopoulos Simos Antoniades Vassilis Bacacos George Mamidakis Eleftheria Coordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair Poulidas Spyros Antonakou Peggy Galani Agathi Kolokotsas Dionisis Monokrousos Antonis Moraitis Andreas Papadimitriou Pythagoras Peppas Nikolaos Sabatakakis Kyriakos Tsiboukis Antonis Coordinator Georgia Mamali

3 INNOVATION, EDUCATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMITTEE Chair Panayotopoulos Litsa Darda Dimitra Lelakis George Makios Vassilios Papadakis Georgios Pateraki Evangelia Persidis Andreas Pilitsis Loukas Printzos Michael Raptopoulos Manos Rizopoulos Yannis Tsiboukis Antonis Tsoukalis Alexandros Coordinator Katerina Tzagaroulaki INSTITUTE ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND PUBLIC GOVERNANCE President Yanos Gramatidis Steering Committee Kotsalos George Koussia Venetia Mina Zooullis Nordkamp Erik Van Pappelendam Robert Executive Officer Angeliki Dikeoulia INSURANCE, SOCIAL SECURITY & LABOUR MATTERS COMMITTEE Chair Kremalis Konstantinos Abatzoglou Theodore Andriopoulos Stavros Apostolopoulos George Berti Alberto Canellopoulos Paul Christidou Agni Ioannou Christos Kikilias Elias Kollas John Konstantinidis Theodore Kouskouna Froly Koussia Venetia Lisseos Panayotis Lyssimachou Triantafyllos Michos Stathis Oikonomopoulou Antouaneta Pelidis Manos Perpinia Antigone Poulias Alkiviadis Prountzos Michael Sarantopoulos Dimitris Spyrakos Fotios Spyropoulos Rovertos Tompras Theodossis Tzotzos Apostolos Vafeiadis Ioannis Vlassopoulos George Coordinator Voula Tseritzoglou IPR COMMITTEE Ailianou Andromahi Economou Alexandra Galanopoulou Katerina Kargarotos Iakovos Kyriakides John Makris Antonis Michos George Paparrigopoulos Xenophon Zachou Dora Coordinator Daphne Constantinidou LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE Chair Miropoulos Artemis Kalligeros John Katsivelis Pavlos Kerastaris Antonis Kofinas Kyriakos Mamidakis Eleftheria Mavropoulos Michael Olympios Spyros Panteliadis Aristotelis Rabbat Vassilis Raptopoulos Emmanuel Roussos Michalis Saracakis Alexandros Vlachos George Coordinator Ritana Xidou LEGISLATIVE REFORM COMMITTEE Chair Kyriakides John Alexandris Panos Alexandris Spyros Margaritis Evangelos Scorinis George Tsibanoulis Dimitris Coordinator: Daphne Constantinidou MEDICAL DEVICES & DIAGNOSTICS COMMITTEE Chair Liakopoulos Theodore Anagnostopoulos Stefanos Anastassiou Yannis Baracos Christos Boulougouris George Christopoulou Martha Deligiannis Konstantinos Derkos Kalogridis Hoffman-Luecke Manuela Krinos Gregory Maroutsis George Nikas Dimitris Politis George Strouzos Anastasios Coordinator: Voula Tseritzoglou NORTHERN GREECE COMMITTEE Chair Bakatselos Nikolas Alexopoulos Charis A. Gigilinis Alexandros Kafatos Vassilis Kanelakis Ioannis Katsaros Georgios Kokorotsikos Paris Kouides Antonis Kouimtzis Athanasios Koukountzos Konstantinos Vlachos Panos Coordinator Nikos Tsavdaroglou PHARMACEUTICAL COMMITTEE Chair Pascal Apostolides Vice Chairman Filiotis Dionysios Ahmad Haseeb Capone Carlo Charalampidis Savas Commissaris Jeroen Dakas Christos Filiotis Spyros Frouzis Konstantinos Gerassopoulos Marcos Greco Roberto Kefalas Nikos Lakatos Matyas Lorge Emmanuel Nordkamp Erik Pateraki Evangelia Tarou Iphigenia Coordinator Voula Tseritzoglou PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Canellopoulos Paul Kyriacou Marios Papadopoulos Thanos Saracakis John Coordinator Xidou Ritana TAXATION COMMITTEE Chair Stavros Costas Achilas Ioannis Altiparmakis Christos Ampeliotis Evangelos Anastasiadis Harris Desipris Antonis Doucas Spyros Filippopoulos Dimitris Gigantes Stavros Govaris Vassilis Kanellatou Athena Kerameus George Kyriakides Stelios Laskaratos Panagiotis Leventis Thomas Lianopoulos Themis Mitsios Stephanos Nasiopoulou Maria Panagiotidis George Papadatos Eugene Papandreou Cristina Pothos Panagiotis Samothrakis George Savvaidou Katerina Savvas Evangelos Sfakakis Konstantinos Spyriouni Litsa Stavrides Vassilis Stavropoulos Ioannis Tapinos Grigoris Trakadi Maria Tsakonas Yannis Yiannacou Sofoklis Coordinator Katerina Tzagaroulaki TOURISM COMMITTEE Chair Stylianopoulos Andreas Ananiadis Tim Argiri Byron Fokas Makis Marriott Carol Mavropoulos Michael Panayotopoulos Panos Van de Winkel Bart Vrachatis Ioannis Coordinator Angeliki Dikeoulia WOMEN IN BUSINESS (WIB) COMMITTEE Chair Kartsanis Georgia Adamopoulou Efi Anagnostopoulou Popi Athanassoulas Elena Dimou Maria Katsou Nelly Kazakopoulou Betty Labrou Marica Milona Martha Panagopoulou Varvara Tzimea Deppie Velliotou Peggy Coordinator: Angela Boyatzis AHEI-AMERICAN HELLENIC ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE Executive Officer John Moisoglou

4 Activities 2013 January 24 AMERICAN SCHOOL OF CLASSICAL STUDIES Leadership Forum 2013: Talent & Mobility: Redefining Leadership in Greece January 24 Chamber launches Breakthrough Greece January 31 ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL New Year s Reception February 11 THE MET New Year s Reception February 21 THE MET Thessaloniki closed luncheon with guest speaker, Takis Athanassopoulos, President, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) March 12 Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos March 12 AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF 2 nd MIW Forum March 15 US Tax Seminar for Americans Living Abroad April 3-4 ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL DEWO-Exposec Conference April 17 9 th Athens Tax Forum April 24 Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker, Alexis Tsipras, President, SYRIZA May 16 WIB Luncheon with Elizabeth Filippouli, Founder & CEO, Global Thinkers & Global Thinkers Forum, UK

5 May 21 Public Affairs luncheon with guest speaker, Christos Staikouras, Alternate Minister of Finance June 4 Taxation Committee Luncheon with E.U. Commissioner Algirdas Semeta June 5-6 NEW YORK THE PLAZA HOTEL 2 nd Investment Forum in cooperation with Athens Stock Exchange June 13 WIB Seminar: Building Networks to Build Business June 14 Public Affairs Committee Luncheon with Kostis Hatzidakis, Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport & Networks June 17 AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL 2 nd Agrotechnology Conference June 26 Annual General Assembly Elections 2013 June 3 MEGARON KARATZA Press Conference for the announcement of the Institute of Economic Policy and Public Administration June 19 KING GEORGE HOTEL Pharmaceutical & MD & D Committees Luncheon with guest speaker, Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Health July 23 EXCHANGE Launching of the 2 nd MIW Competition July 24 Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker, Yannis Stournaras, Minister of Finance September 13 CONFERENCE CENTER I. VELLIDIS How to Do Business in U.S. Seminar

6 September LEDRA MARRIOTT HOTEL 12 th HealthWorld Conference September 26 WIB Luncheon with Marijo Bos, President, EPWN October 10 ANATOLIA COLLEGE 3 rd MIW Forum October 11 Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Minister of Administrative Reform and E-Governance November 4 THE MET HOTEL 5 th Thessaloniki Tax Forum November 5 ALEXANDROUPOLIS How to Do Business in U.S. Seminar November 8 THE MET HOTEL Thessaloniki closed luncheon with guest speaker, George Koumoutsakos, Member of European Parliament, New Democracy Party November 12 Public Affairs Luncheon with guest speaker, Charalambos Athanasiou, Minister of Justice,Transparency and Human Rights November 14 3 rd Labor & Insurance Conference November 18 LEDRA MARRIOTT HOTEL 11 th CSR Conference November 26 LARISSA How to Do Business in U.S. Seminar November 27 Thanksgiving Dinner

7 December 2-3 ATHENAEUM INTERCONTINENTAL The Greek Economy Conference December 13 THE MET HOTEL Thessaloniki closed luncheon with guest speaker, Athanassios Tsaftaris, Minister of Rural Development and Food The magazine of the American- Hellenic Chamber of Commerce 2014 AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE amcham.gr DIRECTORY The Annual Directory of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce

8 Sponsors The Chamber extends appreciation to its sponsors during 2013, without whose generous support the Chamber could not offer high-quality, high-value events to all members. AB VASSILOPOULOS S.A. ABBOTT LABORATORIES HELLAS S.A. ABBVIE PHARMACEUTICALS S.A. ACCENTURE S.A. AEGEAN AIRLINES S.A. AIG GREECE S.A. ALGAE FARMS AMGEN HELLAS PHARMACEUTICALS EPE AMWAY HELLAS L.L.C. ASTRA ZENECA S.A. ATHENIAN BREWERY S.A. WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE COMPANY S.A. ATTICA BANK S.A. AUDIT SERVICES S.A. AXIA VENTURES GROUP BAHAS, GRAMATIDIS & PARTNERS BODOSSAKI FOUNDATION BOSTON SCIENTIFIC HELLAS S.A. BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB A.E. CHATZIGEORGIOU S.A. ALMOND PRODUCTS PERLE CHIPITA S.A. CISCO SYSTEMS HELLAS S.A. CITIBANK INTERNATIONAL PLC. COCA-COLA HELLENIC BOTTLING COMPANY S.A. COLGATE PALMOLIVE HELLAS CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTORS GROUP DEAS S.A. DELOITTE DIAGEO HELLAS DOMAINE BABATZIMOPOULOS DOMAINE GEROVASSILIOU EFG EUROBANK ELTRON S.A. ENERGEAN OIL & GAS S.A. ENERGIZER HELLAS A.E. EPSA EY GE HEALTHCARE S.A. GENERAL FROZEN FOODS S.A. "UNCLE STATHIS" GENESIS PHARMA S.A. GIGILINIS SHIPPING GROUP GILEAD SCIENCES HELLAS GLAXOSMITHKLINE HELLAS ONLINE HELLENIC AEROSPACE INDUSTRY S.A. HELLENIC BANKING INSTITUTE HELLENIC DEFENCE SYSTEMS S.A. HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. (OTE) HOLMES PLACE INTERAMERICAN HELLENIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY S.A. INTRACOM DEFENSE ELECTRONICS ISS FACILITY SERVICES S.A. JANSSEN-CILAG PHARMACEUTICAL S.A.C.I. JAPONICA PARTNERS JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL S.A. JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER S.A. KOUIMTZIS S.A. KPMG KYRIAKIDES GEORGOPOULOS LAW FIRM LASKARIDIS SHIPPING LINKAGE GREECE LOCKHEED MARTIN (INTERNATIONAL) S.A. MACEDONIAN THRACE BREWERY S.A. "VERGINA" MANPOWERGROUP S.A. MARATHON DATA SYSTEMS MATTEL AEBE MAX GROW S.X. HYDROPROCESS LTD. MERCK S.A. MERCK SHARP & DOHME PHARMACEUTICAL, INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME (MSD) METLIFE MICROSOFT HELLAS S.A. MULTITANK MYTHOS BREWERY S.A. MYTILINEOS HOLDINGS S.A. NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A. NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC. NIKAS GROUP NOVARTIS HELLAS SACI ONE9SIX ONEX S.A. ORTHOLOGISMOS PAPASTRATOS CIGARETTES MANUFACTURING COMPANY S.A. PETSIAVAS S.A. PFIZER HELLAS S.A. PHARMASERVE-LILLY SACI PHARMATHEN PHARMACEUTICALS PIRAEUS BANK S.A. PLAISIO COMPUTERS S.A. PORTO ELOUNDA PROCTER & GAMBLE HELLAS M.E.P.E. PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION PWC (PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SA) RANDSTAD HELLAS S.A. REDESTOS EFTHYMIADIS AGROTECHNOLOGY GROUP ROCHE HELLAS RODOPI S.A. SANOFI AVENTIS SAP HELLAS S.A. SARACAKIS BROTHERS S.A. SAS INSTITUTE S.A. SCIENTACT S.A. SIEMENS A.E. SINGULARLOGIC S.A. SOL-CROWE HORWATH STANLEY BLACK & DECKER HELLAS LTD STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY GREECE STAVROPOULOS & PARTNERS LAW FIRM SWAROVSKI HELLAS TEOTEC S.A. THEON SENSORS S.A. TOYOTA MATERIAL HANDLING GREECE TSIBANOULIS & PARTNERS LAW FIRM TSIKAKIS-GIANNOPOULOS S.A. TUI HELLAS S.A. TUVUNU S.A. VODAFONE XEROX HELLAS A.E.E. MEDIA SPONSORS ADBUSINESS ADVERTISING.GR AGGELIOFOROS NEWSPAPER AGGELIOFOROS.GR AGRENDA AGROCAPITAL AGRONEWS BREAKTHROUGHGREECE.GR BUSINESS PARTNERS CFO AGENDA CORALLIA HELLENIC TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS INITIATIVE DIRECTION ELEFTHEROTYPIA EMEA.GR ENERGYPRESS ENET EURO2DAY.GR EUROPEAN BUSINESS REVIEW GLOBAL SUSTAIN GREEN BUSINESS IATRONET INTELLIGENT LIFE IT SECURITY KATHIMERINI NEWSPAPER KATHIMERINI.GR KATHIMERINI-NEW YORK TIMES KERDOS M-DATA NAFTEMPORIKI NEWSPAPER NAFTEMPORIKI.GR NEWS.GR ONDECK PALO.GR REAL FM 97.8 REAL NEWS REAL PRESS REAL.GR SBC SECURITY MANAGER SOFOKLEOUS.IN TVS AMERICAN-HELLENIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE twitter.com/amchamgr HEAD OFFICE: Messoghion Ave., Politia Business Center, GR Athens, GREECE PHONE: , FAX: , BRANCH OFFICE: 47 VAS. IRAKLEIOU Str., GR , GREECE PHONE: , FAX: Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C., Member of the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce