Managing Director/Senior Partner, Linkage Greece
Expertise
Artemios Miropoulos joined Response, a Greek origin human resources consultancy as a partner in 2000. Since then he has led a business consulting division, the HR and training teams and led the company’s SE Europe expansion. Within a 6 year period he established HR Development offices in Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria. At the same period, he also established local offices for Stanton Chase Executive Search operations, supporting the formation of local teams of consultants, business development and participating in selected assignments of senior leaders’ selection, change culture initiatives, and Organizational and HR Development.
As an executive coach, Artemios has a business background and this shows in his approach during coaching assignments. He strongly believes that by supporting individuals achieve more within their operational duties they develop a stronger sense of self confidence and optimism. This impacts positively in their communication and relationships towards their boss, peers and subordinates and in turn conveys to their private lives. He is a Linkage accredited professional coach and in this capacity has supported a number of senior managers of various industries and functions in Greece and abroad.
Professional Background
Artemios worked a total of eight years in the Sales and Marketing departments of Johnson & Johnson Consumer Goods and as National Sales Manager with Beiersdorf in Greece. During this period, he actively contributed to a changing European retail environment participating in global task teams on European Price Harmonization, International Account Planning and Efficient Consumer Response initiatives. He has lead several negotiation teams in local and regional agreements with key European retailers and set up distribution networks for various product categories.
Since 2008 he has been working on the establishment of Linkage Inc. in Greece, the world’s fastest growing Leadership and Organizational Development corporation. At 2009 he was member of the Faculty of the “Global Institute of Leadership Development” (G.I.L.D.) that took place in San Diego, as a team leader.
Artemios holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Athens, a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, London and a MSc in HR and Performance Management from the University of Leicester. He lives in Athens, he is married and has three daughters.
Clients & Professional Activities
Artemios has recently worked on various assignments and project in Greece with Astir Hotels, ΔΕΗ, Fage, Friesland, Galenica, Intersports, Johnson & Johnson, Marfin Bank, Mercedes Benz, Motorola, Nireas, Papasotiriou, Piraeus Bank, Renault, Roche, Sarantis, Vodafone, Wilo. He has initiated the foundation of the Hellenic Association for Customer Service and leads AmCham’s Leadership Committee.
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