We’re thrilled to announce that Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will likely be becoming a member of us at our upcoming StrictlyVC event in Athens, co-hosted with Endeavor, on Thursday evening, Could 8, on the gorgeous Stavros Niarchos Basis Cultural Heart.

For many who won’t be accustomed to his background, Mitsotakis brings an interesting mix of experiences to the desk. Earlier than getting into politics, he labored at each McKinsey and Chase Funding Financial institution, giving him firsthand expertise within the enterprise world that many operators all through the startup ecosystem can recognize. The youngest of 4 youngsters, he additionally has some Silicon Valley-esque educational credentials – he headed to Harvard, then to Stanford for a grasp’s diploma in worldwide relations, and eventually nabbed an MBA at Harvard Enterprise College – and says his training has lengthy formed his imaginative and prescient for Greece’s future.

Mitsotakis has additionally been championing Greece’s tech transformation for a few years. In reality, after navigating the nation by way of the pandemic, he has doubled down on positioning Athens as an rising tech hub, lately introducing initiatives to draw worldwide expertise, together with tax incentives and reforms aimed toward chopping bureaucratic crimson tape for brand new companies.

The Prime Minister comes from a political household — his father was prime minister and his sister was mayor of Athens — however he has carved out his personal fame as a reformer targeted on modernizing the Greek economic system. His administration has been notably fascinated with how tech might help diversify famend conventional Greek strengths like delivery and tourism.

StrictlyVC occasions are constrained by design to provide attendees a novel alternative for buyers, founders, and ecosystem builders to interact immediately with energy gamers just like the Prime Minister, so if you wish to ask about his authorities’s imaginative and prescient for Greece’s tech future, and the way the nation suits into the broader European innovation panorama, this could possibly be your likelihood.

You may check out more details right here to be taught extra in regards to the agenda and different audio system (you can even purchase tickets whereas they’re nonetheless accessible). Registration is now open for what guarantees to be a enjoyable night, crammed with illuminating discussions, however this chat — with certainly one of Europe’s most attention-grabbing political leaders about Greece’s rising know-how narrative — is unquestionably one you received’t wish to miss. Register for your StrictlyVC Greece ticket here.