Antigoni Michalopoulou studied Economics at the University of Finance in Athens with postgraduate studies at the University of Leicester (MBA in Employment Relations) and at Panteion University in Organizational Psychology faculty. She has 30 years experience in the field of Human Resources and other “Chief” Administration positions starting her professional career in 1989 managing complex global HR functions through periods of significant change and re engineering. She has been Group Director of Human Resources in companies in the hotel industry – hotel Athens Ledra Marriott, the Athenaeum Intercontinental hotel, in Transport and Logistics industry – Kuehne Nagel company, in Retail sector at the group Marinopoulos SA (Carrefour, Starbucks, Gap) and in support services of economic crises in grant-making organizations as leader of Merger and Acquisitions, due diligence and active negotiations and transfer of ownership.