It was conducted for the first time in October 2007 as part of the three-day Forum on Business Excellence. It was established as a new top annual event, addressing CEOs.
The CEO Summit deals with the problems and opportunities of the CEOs on a daily/tactical as well as on a strategic/future level. In addition to that, it offers the opportunity for idea exchange and it presents successful case studies from abroad.
This year’s event took place on the 3rd of December 2009 analyzing Leadership in the new world. Two very important speakers Jeremy Rifkin and Roger Flynn spoke about how the world is changing and about the new leadership paradigm. The event also included two roundtable discussions with Greek CEOs, as well as the presentation of the research “The CEOs Barometer” which run specifically for the Summit. The opening speech was given by Mr. George Papakonstantinou, Greek Minister of Finance.
About the Hellenic Management Association (HMA)
Hellenic Management Association (HMA) was founded in 1962. It is a notfor- profit organisation, which aims at the dissemination, development and promotion of the principles, methods and practice of contemporary management.
Today, HMA counts 4000 members, 400 of which are enterprises and organisations, while the rest are individuals, mainly chief and senior executive officers, businessmen, university professors and others.
HMA nowadays incorporates five institutes dealing with specific management operations and three sectors that deal with subjects of general business interest: The Hellenic Institute of Marketing, The Institute of Financial Management, The Institute of Production and Operations Management, The Hellenic Institute of Information Technology Management, The Institute of Human Resources Management, The Women’s Sector of Managers and Entrepreneurs, The Sector of Management of Public Administration and Local Authorities and the Leadership Sector.
Apart from its central offices in Athens, HMA has also regional branches in Macedonia, the Peloponnese and Western Greece, Crete and Thessalia. In late 2004, the “Cyprus Management Association” (CMA), a not-for-profit organisation, was founded under the initiative of HMA and the Employers and Industrialists Federation.
By: N. Peter Kramer
