Yiannis Xirogiannopoulos has more than 30 years of professional experience as Senior Executive in Greece and abroad in Marketing, Corporate Communications, Strategic Planning, Business Development, Merchandising and General Management. Since 2013, he has been working as a freelance Business Consultant on Corporate and Business Strategic Planning, international markets development as well as leadership, coaching, communication, customer service and executive training through in-company or open programs. In 2017 he founded his own consulting firm "YX Consult ICE". He teaches strategy, marketing, sales and development in international markets. From 2015, he is a partner of GSEVEE for Innovation and Mentoring, and since 2016, he serves as International Adviser of EBRD. He is a graduate of ASOEE and holds two postgraduate degrees in Financial Management (Poitiers University - France) and Marketing Management (Sorbonne University of Paris - France).