Dr. Constantine “Dino” Kiritsis

Entrepreneur, Professional Trainer, Author, Award-winning training concept developer

Constantine (Dino) is one of the most versatile professionals in business operating as an entrepreneur & consultant in the Business, HR, training & development industry. He is considered a world-class inspirational trainer/presenter having trained and led diverse events for numerous corporations and associations. He has delivered over 17,000 hours of professional training, hosting & presentations in the last 20 years in more than 45 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East mainly to corporate clients.

He is the founder of StudySmart.gr®, a company offering consulting, professional qualifications training mainly for corporate clients. He is also a consultant and International Curriculum Development expert for PwC’s Academy in the CEE and the Middle East. Dino has also done work with PwC’s Global Steering Committee for Private Company Services and has developed curriculum, methodology and mapping procedure for PwC’s Mini MBA program being offered in the CEE region & the Middle East in more than 10 countries. In 2019, he won the Silver medal from the prestigious Boussias Education Awards for his Mini MBA concept based on a Holistic Process Diagram (Flowchart methodology) offered in 12 countries globally through PwC Academies.
He is known for his innovative flowcharting training techniques which have been licensed by a number of organizations and responsible for many of his conference invitations. ACCA named him one of its “tutor gurus’ in 2018, training trainers globally towards their preparation to teach ACCA’s SBL (Strategic Business Leader) exam, while his SBL flowchart has been used by thousands of candidates around the world. Dozens of ACCA students have been regional and world prize winners in the past decade on ACCA P1, ACCA P3 and recently SBL.
As a mentor on select business start-ups, he has donated his services to a significant number of organizations. He is the author of an educational guide offered in Greece from 2004 to 2012 (8th edition), A CIMA Gateway guide (2017) while his new book “Are you serious” was recently published (2019). He has been an active speaker on entrepreneurship, innovation, educational, professional training and business development issues in over 100 events in the past decade. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut (USA), a Masters and a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey (UK), a Diploma in Corporate Governance from the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is an Associate Member (AICA) of the International Compliance Association and a Senior Certified Professional from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM – SCP) USA.

Spyros is a seasoned professional operating in the professional training industry as a Business Coach and a Certified Learning Professional with over 10 years of training experience (6,000 training hours in the classroom). He specializes in the fields of Train the Trainer training, Coaching skills and soft skills training and also Entrepreneurship, Management, and Finance using blended interactive learning methods. He served as the Project Leader and Trainer of the Internal Certification of Trainers of the largest bank of Greece, Piraeus Bank. He has also worked as a Learning Consultant, a University Lecturer and a Trainer on Lifelong Learning Programs and Workshops. He is a Training Associate with StudySmart in Greece & abroad.

Yiannis Megaloeconomou has graduated from Saint Xavier University in Chicago, USA and holds a master’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Within the last 16 years, he managed to become one of the most well-skilled and experienced specialists in the area of Hospitality Financial Management & Accounting. Over the past few years, he has focused his specializations and expertise in the area of Hotel finance & accounting and Revenue Management.

He is a Hospitality and Tourism management expert and holds a BA in Intl Hospitality Management and an MBA from the University of Huddersfield UK, in addition he holds a Hospitality management Diploma and a certification in Hotel Revenue Management from the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institution (AHLEI) USA.
For more than 20 years he has developed a diverse career in various managerial positions in the wider area of the Hospitality industry and educational sector with a vast experience with academic and professional training.

He is the Founder of Anacalypsis Strategy and Marketing Consultants and has 15 years of progressively responsible experience consulting - professional training and advising both small and large corporations in relation to their marketing strategy, implementation, and company growth. Antony holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from National & Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), a Master of Arts (MA) degree from University of Central Lancashire, a Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Marketing from CIM, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from University of Central Lancashire

With more than 15 years of hands on experience, George Chalil has managed to become one of the best skilled and experienced specialists in the area of Hospitality Revenue Management and big data analyst within the industry.
George has developed his career throughout leading the Rooms Division departments and reaching high revenue optimization levels for a number of well-established Hospitality properties and group of hotels in Greece and abroad. Over the past years he has worked as a Revenue manager and analyst for Santa Marina Resort & Villas, A Luxury Collection Resort in Mykonos - Domes of Elounda Autograph Collection Hotels, Crete - Constantinou Bros Asimina Suites Hotel, Cyprus - Hotel Pentelikon, Athens - Grecotel Cape Sounio, Attica.
Currently he is occupied as the Cluster Director of Revenue Management for “Elounda SA” (Porto Elounda – Elounda Peninsula – Elounda Mare Relais & Chateaux) in Crete.
George is highly skilled & qualified and holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the Technological Educational Institute – Department of Tourism Management, - a Master Certificate in Revenue Management: Focus on Hospitality Marketing from “e-Cornell”- and he is certified as a Revenue Management Executive from HSMAI.

Mr. Andreas Toumazatos has dedicated his professional and personal development in the area of Hospitality Operations.
His studies commenced at the National Organisation of Tourism Education and Training – OTET in Nafplio, and continued at the OTET school of Anavyssos. He was appointed at the Head office of the National Organisation of Tourism Education and Training- OTET where he worked at the “International and Public Relations office” and was responsible for liaise with several EU universities and EU programmes and seminars. Through a National Scholarship from the Dundee and Angus Colle received a National Certificate in Hospitality Operations he completed his studies at the Universities of Wales BA (Hons) Hotel Management and Bournemouth MSc Hospitality Management and Tourism
He has developed his career through various hospitality and Tourism Management programmes of in a number of Hotel and Culinary schools such as Le Monde, Glion Institute and Hotel school in Athens, ESH Paris and Paul Bocuse Institute, Lyon, Alpine Center Swiss Hotel School, Cesar Ritz Hotel School in Luzern, Switzerland, BCA - London Metropolitan University as the Ass. Head of the Hospitality Department. He has also worked as the Educational Director of INSETE as well at.

Stéphane Demaeght de Montalay is Doctor (with International Mention) from the University of Granada by the faculties of Education and of Economics and Business Management.
He also holds a Master degree in Engineering and in Business Management (Master Engineer in Business Management) from HEC Brussels Management School (IC-HEC 1989) and a Diploma in Significant Learning from the University Del Valle of Mexico (2011).

He has more than twenty years’ experience in business management as Finance Manager, General management and CEO in various companies and industrial holding companies within the groups “Société Générale de Belgique” and “Suez”.
Since 2014, he is Managing Director of HEC Marbella (Haute École de Commerce et de Gestion Hôtelière) and Dean of Master Program in BBI-LUX since 2016.

From 2007 till 2013, he was a professor in Accounting and Finance, teaching Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Hospitality Accounting, Financial Management, Entrepreneurship, Performance Management, Research Methods, and Qualitative Techniques.

He has dedicated and developed his career with the wider hospitality industry. His experience has been driven through many managerial positions within the hotel Sector as working for a few global and national hotel leading companies such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and YES! Hotels. Philippos studied Hotel management at the Alpine Swiss Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management Studies and awarded a Diploma in Hospitality Management and received a BA Hons In International Hospitality Management from the University of Huddersfield UK

Theodore has been consulting Hoteliers since 2012 in Online Revenue Optimization, Online Sales & Distribution, Hotel Direct Booking Strategies, Hotel Digital Marketing and the Implementation of Innovative New Technologies. Theodore holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Hospitality & Tourism Management, from Purdue University (USA) - (CHRM Certification, AHLEI, Distribution, Revenue & Demand Management, ESSEC Business School, ROW2WIN, Revenue Optimization, Florida International University, Digital Marketing Practitioner, Excelixi SA, Center of Sustainable Entrepreneurship)