Venetia Koussia

During her longstanding career, Dr Venetia Koussia has acquired senior management positions in companies of various industry sectors, leading them successfully through highly volatile market conditions by designing and implementing socially responsible growth strategies.

Having an active role in employment issues on a national, European and international level and through her dynamic engagement in esteemed institutions, she participates in the development and implementation of initiatives aiming to improve the competitiveness of the Greek economy, including:

- Strengthening an entrepreneurial ecosystem for sustainable growth.

- Improving the Board of Directors of businesses, organizations and non-profits. 

- Optimizing the Greek labor market.

She received her BSc in Business Administration from Deree, the American College of Greece. She also received an M.Phil in Agricultural Marketing and Market Research as well as a Ph.D. in Corporate Strategic Planning for Banking Services from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. Since 2013, she has been an elected member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Employment Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

Believing in the power of doing she devotes some dozens of hours annually from her personal time in assisting people to unleash their potential. In 2016, she founded the webpage VenetiaKoussia.net and has since acted as a trusted advisor to Boards and CEOs to resolve issues around people, operational processes, and partnerships. 

In February 2017, she became an Advocate for LifeLong Learning and obtained the Financial Times Diploma (Level 7) for Non-Executive Directors (NED) being among the first certified NEDs in Greece. In November 2018 she was appointed Director General of the Council on Competitiveness of Greece – CompeteGR.