Greek Internat ional Women AwardsCeremony Programme

Presented by Ms. Alexandra Pascalidou & Mr. Alexandros Kostalas

6.30pm Arrivals

7pm Ceremony begins with welcome remarks by Mrs.SofiaKonstantopoulou-Papadopoulos,GIWAFounder&Chair Mr.ThanassisKaragiannis,InvestmentManager,AphroditeHills

7.30pm Presentation of GIWA Awards Arts&Design Entrepreneurship Fashion ΦΦΦΦΦΦΦ Finance Hospitality Science Shipping SocialResponsibility SocialScience Sports YoungStarAward18-23

The Recipient of the GIWA Lifetime Achievement Award is Mrs. Hélène Glykatzi-Ahrweiler

8.15pm Reception

10.30pm Closing

Musical performances this evening by: Mr.MichalisIskas,Viola Ms.KalliopiMitropoulou,Violin Mr.IñigoMikeleiz-Berrade,Accordion LeonofAthens DJAvgoustinos,HellenicNightsLondon

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WELCOME

Dear GIWA supporters, honourable guests, esteemed friends, journalists, GIWA finalists and Awards winners 2017,

WearedelightedtowelcomeyoutonighttotheBritishMuseum for thevery first Greek InternationalWomenAwards (GIWA) Ceremony. The GIWA awards aim torecognizeGreekprofessional femaletalentworldwideand to identify the opportunities and challenges thattheseoutstandingwomenhavefacedinthefulfilmentoftheirdreams.

The GIWA awards honour the accomplishments ofwomenofGreekorigininthefieldsof:Arts&Design,Entrepreneurship,Fashion,Finance,Hospitality, Science, Shipping, Social Responsibility, Social Science, Sports and as wewanttoencouragetheyoungergenerationsofwomentofulfiltheirdreams,wealsohavetheYoungStarAward18-23.

Aristotlehashighlightedthat“Wearewhatwerepeatedlydo.Excellence,then,isnotanact,butahabit”.Accordingly,GIWA’saimistoencourage,motivateandinspiremoreGreekwomentoachievetheirgoalsandtomaintaintheirambitionsuntiltheyarefulfilled.

Inthisregard,theGIWAawardsarecreatingadynamiccommunityofinfluentialwomenwhoaredeterminednotonlytobuildprofessionalandpersonalrelationshipswithonean-other,buttoalsobeadvocatesforanexcitingnewgenerationofleadershipandinfluentialtalent worldwide.

Our efforts have been marked and supported by the eminent professor Mrs. HélèneGlykatzi-AhrweilerwhohasgraciouslyacceptedtheLifeTimeAchievementAwardMrs.HélèneGlykatzi-Ahrweilerhasbeenleadingbyexampleandherpersonality,careerandethicsconstituteaninspirationforGreekprofessionalwomen.

Wewouldliketoexpressourgratitudetoourjudges,sponsorsandsupporters.Wetrustthatthiseveningisjustthebeginningofwhatwehopewillbecomeaninstitutionhonour-ingGreekwomenandtheirachievementsinyearstocome.

Let’ssupporteachother,foramoreunitedGreece.Iwishyouallamemorableevening.

Mrρs. Sofia Konstantopoulou-Papadopoulos, GIWA Founder & Chair

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CHRISTINAFOTINELLI

GEORGIAGAVRIILIDOU

NAYABOLTETSOU JOANNAGALANIS

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MARIASYRIGOU

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A newawardisborn.Itisamulti-dimensionalandopenventure,whichhighlightsandpromotes

Greekwomenataninternationallevel.

Iwarmly supported it from thevery beginning be-cause GIWA has a great significance for womenthemselves,fortheGreekidentityandthechalleng-esofthemodernworldandparticularlyofGreece.

IcordiallycongratulateSofiaKonstantopoulou-Pa-padopoulosandtheGIWA committeefordreaming,daring, working with enthusiasm and creating thiswonderful initiative,theGreekInternationalWomenAwards.Ialsothankallthosewhobelievedinthise

ortandbecamesupportersorsponsorsofthisinitiative.

ItispraiseworthythatGIWAisalreadyaccomplishingitsobjectivesfromitsveryfirstedi-tion;thatis,promotingdynamicGreekwomenwhoconstantlykeepcreatingandaccom-plishinggreatthingsacrosstheworld.Thisislivingproofoftheoutward-thinkingnatureand the universality of the Greek spirit. GIWA helps to enhance the legacy of Greece,which isparticularly importantasthecountry isatacritical turningpoint intermsof itsdirectionandinternationalimage.

GIWAshowcasesandhonourstheworkofwomen,whichhistoricallylacksvisibilityandrecognition.Itpromotesthemasbrightexamplesofself-confidenceandsuccesstowardsotherwomenandacrosssocietyasawhole.

IwouldliketoexpressmyadmirationandmywarmcongratulationstoallthenomineesofGIWAandespeciallythefivefinalistsineachcategory.GIWAprovesthatallGreekwomenrepresenta tremendoushumanpotentialwhichcanbecapitalised inorder to facethecurrenteconomicandpoliticalturbulenceofGreeceandbuildabetterfuture.

Finally,GIWAalsogivestheopportunitytoallthesewomenwithrichexperiencesfromdifferentprofessionalbackgroundsandgeographiclocationstomeeteachother,tocoop-erateandtodevelopsolidarityamongthem.Itisimportantthatthisnetworkevolvesintoanopendialogueaboutourcivilresponsibilityandourroletowardsacommontrajectorywithotherpeople.Hence,morewomencanleavetheirmarkonthenewworldthatwearecurrentlybuilding.

Bestofluckforallfutureendeavours!

Rodi Kratsa FormerFirstVice-PresidentoftheEuropeanParliamentPresidentoftheInternational

AssociationforthePromotionofWomenofEurope(AIPFE)

Congratulations to the winners of the2017 Greek International Women Awards

The Seleni Institute is dedicated to empowering women by ensuring that they have the emotional health support that they need. With our partners, we treat, train, support, advocate and provide research funding.

No matter where you are in your journey, whether you are planning for a baby, have been trying for a while, are adjusting to new parenthood, or coping with a loss - you are not alone. We are here to help. At Seleni, we believe that when we strengthen the emotional health of one person, we strengthen the entire community.

The Seleni Institute is dedicated to empowering women by ensuring that they have the emotional health support that they need. With our partners, we treat, train, support,

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Alexandra Pascalidou

AlexandraPascalidouisaGreek-Swedishjournalist,writ-er,producer, playwright and actress. Alexandra migrat-edtoSwedenwithherfamilyattheageofsix.Shegrewup inthepoorestsuburbofStockholmandwas thefirstin thefamily tostudy inauniversity.AftersomeyearsatStock-holmUniversityshewasalsooneofthefirsttore-ceiveanErasmusScholarshipfromtheEUtostudypolit-icalscienceattheUniversityofRethymnoinCrete.AsanactivistsherepresentedSwedenintheEuropeanCouncilCampaignagainstracismandxenophobia.At25shehadherfirstownweeklyTV-show,Mosaic, inSwedishNationalTV.Since thenshehaspresentedandproducedaplethoraofTV-programsrangingfromOlympicGamesinAthens2004toEurovision,Morning-shows,Galas.She’sbeencontributingwithherarticlesinthebiggestnewspapersinSwedenthelast20yearsandher5bookshavebeencriticallyacclaimed.Twoofherbooks,theautobiography“Beyondmum’sstreet”and“Taxi”havealsobeentranslatedtoGreek.Alexandrahasreceivednumerousawardsthroughtheyears-fromEuropeanoftheYear2015toFeministoftheYear.MostofallshehasbeenawardedandpraisedforherghtforHumanRightsandEquality.

AlexandraworkedinGreece2004-2006whenshepresentedtheElectionPollsnightatAlphaChan-nel,theFridayNightPrimeTimeShowinERT“OnedaywithAlexandraPascalidou”whereshespentonedaywithamongothersHeleneAhrweilerinParis,IsabelAllendeinSanFrancisco,RogerMooreinNewYorkandDiegoArmandoMaradonainAthens.

2005Alexandrapresentedtheweeklyshow“Euromania”andthenEurovisionSongContestsinbothSwedenandGreece.AlexandrawasthepresenterandcommentatorwhenGreecewonthecontestforthefirsttimeinthehistoryofthecontest.2006shepresentedamorningshowinStarChannelbeforesheturnedbacktoSwedentododocumentariesonhumanrights.Sincethenshe’sdoneasuccessfuldocumentaryontheGreekCrisis“What’swrongwiththeGreeks?”andwrittenthebook“Chaos-aGreekdictionaryoftheCrisis”.

ThisyearAlexandrawrotetheplayandactedinher“AlexandrasOdyssey”wheresheand20actorscapturedthecomplexityofthemultipleEuropeanCrisis-fromfinancialtopoliticaltorefugeecrisis.

Shewas recentlyawardedanErasmus-prizeat theEuropeanParliament inStrasbourgby theEUCommissionandJeanClaudeJunckerforhercontributionsinEurope.

Nowtravellingtheworld,lecturingondemocracyandhumanrights,soonpublishingthefirst#MeToo-bookonthecampaignthatrevealssexualharassmentandabusebehindthescenes,doingradio,TVandwritinginnewspapers.HerlastarticlebecameviralwhensheinterviewedaNazithatdroppedoutandaskedhertoforgivehimforsendingherdeaththreatsduringmanyyears.

Alexandros Kostalas

BorninAthens,Greece,withadegreeinEconomicsandFrenchLiteratureIhaveworkedforERT,GreekPublicTele-visionandRadio.

Asaproducerofculturalprograms(music,dance,theArts)andasapresenter-commentatorofmajorevents(24hoursBach, 24 hours Mozart,The Millenium, live broadcast ofOperaandDance,SummerandWinterOlympicGames).IhavebeenamemberoftheAdministrativeCouncilofThe

NationalOpera,theKalamataInternationalDanceFestival,theAthensFestivalAdvisoryCommittee,theEuropeanBroadcastingUnionMusicandDanceCommittee.

Ihavecollaboratedwithmajornewspapersandmagazineswritingaboutmusic,artorhavinginter-viewswithfamousartists(tonamebutafew,Bejart,AlvinAiley,MayaPlisetskaya,AgnesBaltsa).

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Michael Iskas – Viola

MichaelIskasisaGreekviolaandviolinperformerappearinginvariousEuropeanvenueswith several orchestras (e.g. English National Ballet,OrpheusSinfonia),chambermusicensemblesaswellaswithtraditionalandpopularmusicbands.Heisalsoviolin/violateacherforchildrenandadults.MichaelisfoundingmemberofDiphononDuo(Viola-Accordion)withtheaccordionistIñigoMikeleizBerrade,performingawiderangeofreper-toirefromBaroqueto21stcentury.DiphononDuowaschosentobetheOpenAcademy/Wigmore Hall Learning Fellowship Ensemble for theyear2017/18.

HestudiedviolinatUoMGreece(BMus),MDWinViennaandherecentlyobtainedhisMAdegreeinViolaPerformancefromtheRoyalAcademyofMusicinLondon,wherehestudiedwithJamesSleigh.HecontinueshisPGADstudiesatTrinityLabanConservatoireforMusicandDancewithRogerChase.HeisascholaroftheAthenaScholarshipandStavrosNiarchosFoundation.

Iñigo Mikeleiz-Berrade - Accordion

Bornin1994inBarañáin(Navarra),IñigogainedhisBachelorDegreeinMusic fromtheConservatoryofMusic inNavarrawithNekane IturriozandhisMasterofArtsdegreeattheRoyalAcademyofMusicinLondonunderProfessorOwenMurray,withwhomhecontinueshisAdvancedDiplomastudies.IñigohastakenpartinconcertseriesandfestivalsinSpainandtheUnit-edKingdom,includingtheBBCPromsandAldeburghFestival,aswellasperforminginvenuessuchasElgarRoom,WigmoreHall,ColstonHallandGlyndebourneOperaHouse.Heenjoyscollaborationswithcontemporarycomposers,whichhaveled

tothepremièreofnewworksfordifferentinstrumentalcombinations,includingtwoaccordioncon-certos.AmongtheinstrumentalensembleshehasparticipatedwitharetheBBCScottishSymphonyOrchestra,GlyndebourneYouthOpera,DecoandRiotEnsembles.IñigoismemberoftheSouthernConeQuintetandDiphononDuo,alongwithviolistMichaelIskas.

Kalliopi Mitropoulou - Violin

KalliopiMitropouloucomesfromAthens,Greece.ShestudiedMusicolo-gy,ViolinandClassicalSingingthereandcontinuedwithhermastersde-greeinGermanywithHelgeSlaatto.Shehasplayedinnumerousyouthorchestras(EUYO,AnimatoYouthOrchestras,MUO,GTUOetc),modernensemblesandrockbands.ShestartedhercareerwithplayinginGuer-zenichOrchestraCologne,AthensStateOrchestra,andnowshehasabusy freelance life inLondon,wheresheplayswithmanyensemblesandorchestrassuchasSouthbankSinfoniaandLondonPhilarmonicOr-chestra.ShehasherownpianotrionamedPsychéTrio,shewritesmusicfortheatreandlms,workedwithdjs,sangintheOperaofThessalonikiin

theroleofPapagenainMagicFlute,singsinaRenaissanceensemblebasedinAthensnamed‘Con-certdansL’oeuf’andenjoysteachingandleadingcreativeworkshops.

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Leon of Athens

London-basedGreek indie-popexperimentalistLeonOfAthens is re-leasinghis forthcomingalbumXenos,producedbyDavidKosten (BatForLashes,EverythingEverything),dueoutonFebruary9th.Thealbumfollows the highly acclaimed release of his 2015 debut album Global,whichwaschampionedbythelikesofTheGuardian,NME,Q,NewYorkTimes and more.The albumXenos is a beautiful, thoughtful piece ofwork, informed by the Syrian refugee crisis, Brexit, but also personalupheavals:fracturedrelationships,lostfaith,youth,freedomanddeath.Fromtheupliftingindie-popofprevioussingles‘Aeroplane’and‘FireIn-sideYou’,tothedarkcreepingelectronicsofthetitletrackand‘Serpents

Egg’,LeonOfAthensproveshimselfanintriguingandexcitingforce.Therearedelicatemomentsonthestarkpianoledballadsof‘LettersToMyFather’and‘FinalMoment’,whilethealbumcloseswiththejoyousodetohisfavouriteplaceintheworld‘Corfu’.

“Brainy pop inspired by Bernardo Bertolucci, inflected with electronic, folk and other flavours” – The Guardian

“Leon of Athens has mastered the art of electronica-tickled, melodic pop.” – NME

“The Greek god of indie-pop” – Wonderland“In this place where tragedy was invented, the song was joyful and sadly cathartic” - New York Times

Avgoustinos Galiassos, DJ Avgoustinos

BornandraisedinAthens,Greece,Avgoustinosgrewupinafamilywithapassionateloveformusic.BeingintroducedtoDJingatanearlyagebyhisfather,often,hewouldbefoundonthemixer,experimentingwithhisfather’simmensecollectionofvinylrecords.In2003,AvgoustinosmovedtotheUKtopursuehisMaster’sDegreeinSupplyEngineeringandLo-gistics atWarwick University. He continued to DJ regularly at studentpartiesaswellasGreekpartyeventsinLondonalongwithhisstudies.InJuly2005,AvgoustinosbecameafoundingmemberofHellenicNights,theteambehindthemostsuccessfulGreeknightsinLondon.TogetherwithHellenicNights,AvgoustinoshasbeenhostingtheLon-dontoAth-ensPartyannuallyinGreecesince2006atSt.GeorgeLycabettusHotel

andatBaraondaClubfrom2010aswellastheAthensNYEpartiesatHotelPentelikon,OdionAthinonandGothamClub.HehasalsoorganisedhisowneventsinAthensatthemembersonlyclubSalonDeBricolageandappearedinvariousGreekprestigiouseventsinLondonsuchastheannualHellenicBankersassociationballatClaridges,JumeirahandMandarin,theHellenicEngineersAnnualBallatTheDorchester,theGreekCharityOrthodoxOrganizationattheLandmarkhotelaswellastheOi-noussianballattheSavoyHotel.FurthertohisLondonandGreekresidenciesAvgoustinosregularlyvisitsMonaco,MonteCarlowhereheplaysmusicattheMonacoYachtClubandHotelHermitage.

HehasperformedregularlivesetsonVFMandhadhisownradioshowonLondonGreekRadioontopofbeingfeaturedontheStarChannelEveningNewsinAthenstwiceandTheNetGreekNationalTV.

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Born in Athens in August 29, 1926. Her father, Nikolaos Glykatzis was a merchant and her mother was Callirhoe, born Psaltidi. She was married to Jacques Ahrweiler (†), they have a daughter. She graduated from the 4th High School of Athens and went on to study at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens (Faculty of History and Archaeology). She continued her studies in France in the École des Hautes Études, where she ob-tained her doctorate in History (1960) and became Doc-teur des Lettres in 1966. In 1955, she started working as a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Studies (CNRS). In 1964, she was named director of the CNRS. She was elected Professor at the Sorbonne, Fac-ulty of Arts, in Paris, in 1967.

She served as director of the History Department and Chairman of the Research Committee of the School of Philosophy of the University of Sorbonne (1969-70), she was visiting professor at the University of Harvard (1973-1974), Vice-Principal (1970-1973) and Principal of the University Paris I (1976-1981, honorary principal since 1981), Rector of the Academy and Chancellor of the Universities of Paris (1982-1989), Vice-President (1976-1989) and then President of the Centre Georges Pom-pidou (1989-1991), President of the American Museum of Art (France), Vice-President of the Danielle Mitter-rand, Foundation “France-Libertés”. Scientific advisor for social and humanitarian sciences of the UNESCO, President and then Honorary President of the University of Europe, Honorary President of the International Com-mittee of Byzantine Studies (1975 to date), Secretary

General of the International Union of History Science (1980-1990), President and then Honorary President of the Mouvement Universel de la Responsabilité Sci-entifique (MURS), President of the National Theatre of Greece (1999-2012), President of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi (1993 to date) and the International As-sociation ‘Dmitri Chostakovitch’.

She is a corresponding member of the British Academy, the Academy of Athens, the Royal Academy of Belgium, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Hu-manities, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She holds a number of honorary doctorates from various institu-tions such as the Universities of London, Harvard, Bel-grade, New York, the University of Athens, the American University of Paris, the University of Fribourg, the Uni-versity of Thessaloniki, the University of Crete.

Honors: Golden Cross of the Legion and Brigade of Honor of the Republic of France, Golden Cross of the Brigade of the Academic Phoenix of the Hellenic Re-public, Commander of the Légion d’honneur, Com-mander of the Ordre National du Mérite, Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Commander of the Ordre des Palmes académiques, Brigadier of many Bri-gades (Germany, Luxembourg, Iceland, Austria Mexico, Italy, Portugal).

Publications (selection): Byzance et la mer (1966), Etudes sur les sructures administratives et sociales de Byzance (1971), Idéologie politique de l’Empire Byzantin (1975), Byzance: les pays et les territoires (1976), Geo-graphica byzantina (1981), Héritage culturel et moder-nité (1990), Μοντερνισμός και Βυζάντιο (1992) (eng. Modernity and Byzantium), Προβλήματα ελληνικής συνέχειας (1998) (eng. Problems of the Greek conti-nuity), Studies on the internal diaspora of the Byzan-tine Empire (1998) in cooperation with Angeliki Laios, Ελληνισμός και Ευρώπη (1999) (eng. Hellenism and Europe), Les Européens (2000) in cooperation with M. Aymard, The Making of Europe (2000), Τα 600 Μολύβια (2005) (eng. 600 pencils), edit. Anna Grimani, Γιατί το Βυζάντιο (2009) (eng. Byzantium, why?), Σας μιλώ για το Βυζάντιο (2014) (en.g I am referring to Byzantium) , Πόσο Ελληνικό είναι το Βυζάντιο(2016), How much Greek is Byzantium? Από τον Δία στον Χριστό (2017) From Zeus to Christ.

Poetry: Ελληνική Συνέχεια (1998) (eng. Greek continui-ty), Μέμφομαι τον αιώνα (2001) (eng. I blame the strug-gle), Le Roman d’Athènes (2004), Το άγνωστο Βυζάντιο (2006) (eng. The unknown Byzantium), Μαραθώνια και Εθνικά (2010) (eng. For Marathon and the Nation), Τα ΄Εμμετρα (2012) (eng. In verse).

Hélène Glykatzi-AhrweilerRecipient of the GIWA Lifetime Achievement Award 2017

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Theconceptandgoalofourdesignistocreatea fresh Icon, sodistinct, souniqueand femi-nine,abletohighlightthepassionofeachandeverywomanforlife,progressandsuccess.

Ourvisionfortheseemblematicdesignsistomanifestandinspiretheinnovative,confident,balanced and dynamic side of each womanleading towards excellence and success, to-wardstheApex,towardsyourRise!

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