Costas Anastassiadis Email & Phone Number

London, London, Gb

London, London, Gb

London, London, Gb

- Built from scratch the BD function. - Led and owned a multilingual business team covering NA, Europe, and Asia across sales and account management. - Achieved growth in working capital solutions for e-commerce sellers for marketplaces such as Amazon, BackMarket, Cdiscount, Mirakl powered platforms.- Over $500M of receivables financed.

Kea, Cyclades, Gr

Having grasped early on the possibilities offered by the ascending vacation rental marketplaces and having experimented with a couple of my properties, I co-founded a boutique property management business on the island of Kea. We are crafting the Greek hospitality experience of the 21st century.

Athens, Gr

• Conceived, crafted, and disseminated the new narrative of IKH.• Converted value propositions of tailor-made software and automation solutions into compelling narratives.• Content writer: produced and built content for social media and web (organic LinkedIn engagement on par with company pages that have 7-times as many followers and bigger budgets).• Collaborated with business development teams to come-up with persuasive messaging and integrated it into digital media and company presentations.• Coached employees, trained junior and senior members on story structure and persuasive delivery.• Established a communication rhythm that defines the organization’s culture.• Co-led the cultural integration of ΙKnowHow & Innora.

• Led the transformation of a research-based private institution into a provider of innovative solutions for the in-shore domain.• Worked in tandem with engineers to come up with a compelling value proposition for the shipping industry. Researched and identified the ‘pains’ of shipping companies. Brought on board DANAOS - one of the largest independent container-ship companies - to provide the test-bed and valuable insights on underwater visual inspection; interviewed the technical directors of shipping companies and conveyed their feedback to our engineers.• Conceived the go-to-market strategy for the magnetic crawler under development. • Coached employees, trained junior and senior members on story structure and persuasive delivery.

Built and expanded a prêt-a-porter company selling wholesale garments to the 35+ women’s market segment reaching € 3 million sales (2007) under the brand name DANILO. The company went through two transformations over the stated period starting as a men’s knitwear manufacturer to become a pronto-moda women’s wholesaler.2009-2011Developed strategies to navigate the credit squeeze, the consumer demand collapse, and the on-going political instability fueled by the Greek defaulto Shifted the garment collection towards higher valued merchandise o Steadily eliminated credit lines and increased cash paymentso Acquired the management of defaulted POSo Implemented cost cutting across all functionsReduced costs by closing Europlexis ShPk (see below) and creating a new 15 people unit operating the CAD, making the samples, storing the raw materials and distributing work to selected local outsourcees. Over 40% realized benefits as soon as the unit became operational2003-2009Transformed the company into a pronto moda (off the rack trade) operation in 2004 o Eliminated the traditional pre-order, long-lead time, quality knitwear business, and established an on demand women’s cash & carry line with a lead time of 14-20 days from inception to saleso Strengthened the distribution end of the value chain, since our weekly stock service offerings became the independent retailers’ on demand warehouse, thus enabling them to compete with the large retail chains o The high fashion component of the items combined with quick turnarounds enriched the bottom line o Co-established a buying office in Istanbul importing garments to Greece1999-2003Co-operated with the second largest Greek department store chain in setting up five shop-in-shop corners carrying our branded merchandise Built up the knitwear exports in Finland, Denmark, Germany and Israel o Sold directly to POS in Denmark, such as Magasin du Nordo Total knitwear exports reached a peak of €200Κ in 2002

Athens, Gr

• Taught, coached, and consulted close to 75 participants on their submitted business ideas.• Developed BCC’s business methodology; incorporated & adjusted the Business Model Canvas methodology to the realities and needs of non-tech Greek start-ups; produced original teaching materials.

The Albanian Ministry of the Economy and the Greek partner formed this joint venture employing at its peak over 120 workers specializing in the assembly of garments. It operated as Interplex’ in-house outsourcee for 15 years• Negotiated with party officials on the establishment and various property issues of the joint venture• Negotiated with the local labor unions• Oversaw the management of the plant• Introduced IS into the accounting function

The gallery quickly became one of the two most important young galleries in Greece representing emerging and established artists. Its clientele includes all the preeminent Greek collectors as well as numerous renowned international collectors.

Gb

• Developed a Country Corruption Index for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company.• Participated in a downsizing project for an Oil & Gas joint venture between two Fortune 500 companies.• Co-developed a direct product profitability model for a Fortune 500 beverage company.• Worked on numerous sales proposals for companies in industries ranging from pharmaceutical to oil & gas.

Ba, Economics

High School