The Revolution and Evolution of Elevating Greece

Global Greek Influence

Michael Dritsas, CEO of ‘Elevate Greece’, the Hellenic Republic’s national start-up platform and in-depth information resource on the Greek start-up Ecosystem, is the Head of the Cabinet of the Deputy Minister for Development and Investments under Research and Innovation. Mr Dritsas discusses:

• boosting organisational and corporate synergies to heighten Greece's innovation environment and knowledge transfer with institutional tools,
• balancing the attraction between excellent global entrepreneurial talents and start-ups and brain (re)gain,
• advancing the entrepreneurial spirit and mentality away from metropolitan areas and better harness new talents,
• overcoming the reduction of technology investments in the case of a global-regional-national recession,
• his transition from business administration and marketing to entrepreneurship and innovation, and considering his greatest achievement 5 years from now.

Michael Dritsas is a Chartered mechanical engineer and economist (MSc in Operational Research, Engineering Economics & Management Science- National Technical University of Athens, Greece, MBA- Lancaster University in the UK) with experience and expertise of over 30 years in leading management positions in both the private and public sectors.

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