Niki Siropoulou

Niki Siropoulou is a well-respected business strategy expert and community leader with vast experience in building networks, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She is the director of the SingularityU Greece Summit and previously served as Executive Director of the P&G Alumni Network. With experience in business development, marketing strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship, Niki has worked with notable companies like P&G, Estee Lauder, Philips, Carlsberg, and The Coca-Cola Company, to name a few. Additionally, she has been recognized with several awards, including the "Breakthrough Product of the Year Award" in the USA in 2007 for product development for Estee Lauder. Niki is a Harvard Business School alumni with extensive executive education in innovation, new business ventures, leading product development, and digital strategy, among others. She also holds an MBA in Marketing Strategy from The University of Texas at Austin.

In 2010, Niki founded the highly acclaimed TEDxAcademy Forum in Greece, a think tank on innovation, technology, and social capital. Through the forum, she created a community of 50,000 followers, 300+ speakers, 50 organizers, and advisors, as well as 50 participating companies, 600 volunteers, and 3.3 million viewers. She has also founded the Rising Stars Mentoring and Entrepreneurship Program, which supports young entrepreneurs with the help of prominent business executives, participating corporations, technologists, investors, and entrepreneurs with strong connections in Silicon Valley and major US research institutes.