Graduation ceremony of the second class of Alba Graduate Business School’s Thessaloniki Future Leaders Lab

On Wednesday, November 12, the graduation ceremony of the second class of the Thessaloniki Future Leaders Lab programme took place at the Tellogleion Fine Arts Foundation of AUTH. It is an educational initiative of Alba Graduate Business School’s Executive Development department, which is provided free of charge under the auspices of the Region of Central Macedonia, with support from companies with a significant footprint on the city’s economy, such as TITAN, MEVGAL, ELVAL-HALKOR, GEORGAKI LAW FIRM, DEI, OTS, HYATT REGENCY THESSALONIKI, EUROBANK, ACCENTURE HELLAS, and LIDL HELLAS to public university students of the city. These companies, besides the financial support of the initiative, are actively involved in shaping and teaching the content, as well as the learning process. Thus, the programme combines academic excellence with entrepreneurial coherence.

This initiative aims to provide students with horizontal skills that they will be able to utilise in their academic and professional life, as well as opportunities for networking and co-creating knowledge. The programme consists of the following modules: Leadership and Self-leadership, Sustainable Development, Innovation and Digital Economy, and Entrepreneurial Thinking and Entrepreneurship. The teaching modules combine contemporary theory, applied knowledge, interdisciplinary learning, and a series of actions that facilitate the connection between students and the companies that support the programme and their executives. Alba’s intention is to continue the programme through the next years, offering future leaders the ability to combine the in-depth knowledge the University offers them with horizontal skills and stimuli from the world of business.

The graduation ceremony was honoured by the presence of representatives from the companies whose cooperation made the programme a reality: ms. Christina Georgaki, Founder and Managing Partner of the GEORGAKI & PARTNERS Law Firm, who taught part of the programme addressed the event briefly, ms. Anna Kotoula, Senior Partner of Education & Development, DEI S.A., ms. Eleftheria Pampoukidou, Human Resources Manager, OTS, ms. Giota Lepida, Manager of the OTS Academy, ms. Athina Agatzioti, Head of Financial and Administrative Services, TITAN Thessaloniki factory, mr. Pavlos Vagionas, Head of the ELVIAL factory, ms. Maria Karafoulidou, Human Resources Manager, ELVIAL, ms. Athina Nousiopoulou, Communications Manager, ELVIAL, mr. Panos Kardasis, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, EUROBANK, ms. Sophia Demetriou, Education Manager, ELVIAL, ms. Matina Nikita, Personnel Manager, Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki, and ms. Sophia Palamidou, Legal Advisor and Human Resources Manager, MEVGAL.

Article written by Christina Georgaki, originally published on Thestival