Who’s who at Horasis India Meeting 2024 in Athens

Horasis India Meeting convened its 16th annual meeting on September 15th-16th in Athens, Greece. The meeting gathered over 250 global leaders from business, government, civil society, international organizations and academia, at a crucial time for global economic recovery.

Given all the excitement at the event, let’s take a look at some participants at this year’s event.

Vijay Sambamurthi, Founder and Managing Partner, Lexygen, Singapore

Vijay is an Indian corporate/securities lawyer with more than 27 years experience advising VC/PE and other funds, start-ups and high-growth corporations on their legal and complex transactional needs and partnering with them on their growth strategy.

He has experience leading some of India’s most complex transactions in the areas of Private Equity, M&A, Technology, and Infrastructure and regularly advises market-leading names in industry on their Indian transactions and on their Indian operations.

Angelos Tsavdaris, President, Hellenic – Indian Chamber of Commerce and Economy, Greece

The Hellenic-Indian Chamber of Commerce and Economy is one of the leading organizations in Greece, and was founded in order to promote the development and expansion of economic relationship between Greece and India. Angelos Tsavdaris leads the organization as its President.

Dimitris Papastergiou, Minister of Digital Governance, Greece

Kyriakos Pierrakakis is the Minister of State and Digital Governance in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a Greek computer and political scientist and politician. In 2007 he earned a Master in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and in 2009 he earned a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from MIT.

Horasis Chairman and Founder Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter

Beloved founder of Horasis, Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter started the organization in 2005. Horasis is an independent, international think tank, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland that is committed to fostering innovation and promoting the sustainable development of emerging markets.

Vinod Kumar Wuthoo, President, India SME Forum, India

The India SME Forum, founded in 2011, is India’s largest Small & Medium Business Movement. Vinod Kumar Wuthoo leads the organization as its President.

Kostas Fragogiannis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Greece

Konstantinos (Costas) Fragkogiannis was born in 1959, in Northern Greece(Kavala), where he completed his basic education. Following his graduation from the British Institute of Marketing (HND), he continued his studies in the U.S., earning a BS in Business Administration and an MBA in International Management & Computer Systems from the University of San Francisco. In June 2023, his term was renewed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, with the portfolio of Economic Diplomacy and Openness, an office he has held since July 2019.

Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, Prime Minister’s Envoy for the Ocean, Greece

Dr. Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, MP, is a leading politician in Environmental and Climate Law and Policy in the Mediterranean Region. Avgerinopoulou served as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 2009 to 2014. She has served as the Deputy Secretary of Volunteer and NGOs for the New Democracy (Greece) Party and Deputy Head of Environmental Policy Sector.