Board of Ambassadors Club Of EBEN

 

Voting members:

Honorary President Dr. Nikolaos Tsakonas
President Antonis Spanos
Secretary General Gelina Karella
Board Member Nikolaos Malliaris
Board Member Dr. Dimitrios Patras

 

Board of Directors – Curriculum Vitae — Ambassadors Club of EBEN

Dr. Nikolaos Tsakonas

Honorary President ACE

 

 

ACE / Ambassadors Club of EBEN (President)
BOD Member EBEN Greece (RME Senior Auditor / Founding Member & Certified Auditor)
INRETED Investments (C.E.O / General Manager)
Athenian Sea Carriers (Corporate Responsibility Officer – Budgeting Manager / Director of Governance & Responsibility Control – Head of Budgeting)
MAROX HELLAS (Financial Advisor)
AVIN OIL TRADER & VARNIMA INTL (Planning & Budgeting Officer – Financial Analyst)
Port of London Authorities (Training Member)

Doctorate & Master’s in Business Administration (University of California / Doctorate in Management Systems)
Postgraduate in Corporate Governance (Tulane University)
AICPA Professional Certification in COSO Internal Controls
Postgraduate in Port & Shipping Administration (University of Wales)
Postgraduate in Shipping Finance (Cambridge Academy of Transport)
Professional Certificate in Exporting & Shipping (Institute of Export)
Internal Auditing Specialty Degree (University of Athens)

Anthony Spanos

President ACE

 

 

Anthony born 1949 in Athens, is an accredited Excellence Expert and advisor by the European Foundation for Quality Management. Sustainability and ESG expert certified by GRI and EBEN. Invited speaker in Greek and Overseas Universities. Has designed the EFQM version for the Marine Sector. Ex auditing expert for Insurance Authority of Abu Dhabi. Writer of Books for Universities, the official CSR manual for the Government of Cyprus and the Excellence infrastructure for the Gov. of Lebanon. Has worked as assessor/ advisor in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. Accredited expert of the Business Excellence Institute Ireland and associate of the KPI Institute Australia. Has worked for major Greek and Cypriot Insurance Companies.

He is one of the first EFQM assessors in the world with an experience of 32 years. Has assesses more than 200 companies in approx. 35 countries, Has assessed or supported many hospitals sa the Ippokratio Hospital in Athens, the Onasseio Cardiac center, NSMRC the biggest hospital of Asia in Kazakhstan, the Childrens Cancer Hospital in Beirut and the Hotel Dieu in Beirut.

Gelina Jos. Karella

Secretary General
ACE

www.gkarella.gr

 

Gelina Karella was born in Athens. She graduated from the Department of French Language and Literature of the Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds an Msc master’s degree in Marketing and Communication from the Athens University of Economics and Business. She is a certified Senior Assessor for the international quality standard EFQM (Brussels) as well as for ISO quality systems (ISO 9001, ISO 1435, ISO 22000). Association Francaise de Normalisation AFNOR) and Belgium (EFQM).

She worked for many years as a Quality Manager in a subsidiary in Greece of the Aeronautical Group Dassault Aviation (manufacturer of fighter aircraft company MIRAGE, RAFALE, private jets FALCON, etc.). He has collaborated with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Unit of Panteion University as a Mentor and has collaborated with ELOT (HELLENIC ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION) for the creation of ISO 1435 for Communication Companies. Since 2007 she has been providing Consulting Services for the development of Public and Private Sector Organizations as well as for the elaboration of a strategy and the planning of Social Responsibility actions.

She is the General Secretary of the international organization EBEN (EUROPEAN BUSINESS ETHICS NETWORK GREEK CHAPTER) as well as of the AMBASSADORS CLUB OF EBEN GREECE. She is a member of the Advisory Committee of INBIAN (INSTITUTE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT) which is the national representative of the International Organization EFQM EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT) based in Brussels, which certifies Organizations of the Public and Private Sector around the world according to the EFQM Standard of Excellence .She participates as a speaker in international conferences in collaboration with Ministries such as the conference of the GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF NATIONAL DEFENCE POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE in April 2021 on “the management of hybrid threats and crises”. She speaks English, French and German.

Nikolaos Malliaris

Member ACE

 

Nikolaos Malliaris is an Economist (CIA, EUCIP, Diploma, MSc) with long-standing experience in accounting and financial analysis departments in the shipping industry, having specialized, among other things, in the organization and implementation of information systems for data analysis.

His academic certifications include, among others, an MSc in International Transport, an MSc in Business Finance, a Diploma in IFRS, and Certified Internal Auditor, while he has also been certified through extensive seminars in Project Management using Artificial Intelligence, Power BI, Power Apps, Advanced Web Development, SQL, Python, KNIME, R language, GDPR, and as a Shipping Analyst.

He has actively participated in the creation of the model of the international organization EBEN (European Business Ethics Network – Greek Chapter) and has also served as an EFQM Validator. His main professional focus is the application of Artificial Intelligence in various work fields, operating in parallel with, and not to the detriment of, employees.