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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

It is with great pleasure that we wrap up the second annual issue of the COMPASS
Report by the Council of Competitiveness of Greece, which is a multi-stakeholder
mechanism that interactively and interdependently brings together the country's
entire production and business fabric, with the sole aim of enhancing competitiveness
in order to accomplish substantial economic growth, bolstering creativity and social
progress.

I would like to thank the editorial team of the COMPASS report. Namely, Chara
Kaffe and Vasilis Panagoulias from BCG; Yiannis Valvis, Marina Giorgalla and Thanos
Spiliopoulos from Deloitte; and Konstantinos Thanaskos and Tasos Iosifidis from EY, for
Dr VENETIA KOUSSIA their vital contributions to the analysis and development of the report.
Executive Director
Similarly, I want to thank the study groups, who shared with us their experience and

knowledge. In particular, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kostas Fragkogiannis, the Secretary-
General for Tourism Policy and Development,
Vicky Loizou; the Secretary-General for Demography and Family Policy and Gender
Equality, Gianna Hormova; mayor and President of the Central Union of Municipalities
of Greece (KEDE), Dimitris Papastergiou; Professors Georgios Doukidis and George
Pagoulatos as well as Christos Ioannou from SEV; Christos Cabolis, Chief Economist at
the IMD World Competitiveness Centre; Eftichia Kasselaki from EY; Vassilis Kilikoglou
from NCSR Demokritos; Olympios Papadimitriou, SFEE President and General Manager
at Novo Nordisk Hellas; Giota Paparidou, SEPE President; Annie Triantafillou, Dean

of the School of Business and Economics at the American College of Greece; and
Panagiotis Hassapis, SEVE Executive Vice President.