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Economist Conferences – Greece

Alexandros Costopoulos

Alexandros Costopoulos

Chair

With over 25 years of experience in U.S.-Greece relations and global affairs, Alexandros Costopoulos is a strategic communications architect and thought leader in transatlantic economic, business, and institutional engagement. 

Alexandros is the co-founder and chairman of the U.S. Greece Trade and Investment Council, an organisation dedicated to strengthening and advancing economic, commercial, and investment relations among Greece, the United States, and countries in SE Europe and the eastern Mediterranean. He is an elected member of the Board of Directors of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, having served as the secretary-general and a member of the Executive Committee. He is the founder and CEO of FORESIGHT, a premier strategic advisory and communications firm at the forefront of shaping high-impact strategies that strengthen economic, business, and institutional ties between companies, organizations, and governmental entities and the U.S. ecosystem at the highest level. 

Over the years, Alexandros has built collaborations with leading U.S. corporations, universities, think tanks, and government institutions. In 2011, he created Repo(we)r Greece, an international public diplomacy alliance dedicated to reshaping Greece’s global perception in the global economic and investment circles. He has served as the director for Greece of American Citizens Abroad and he has worked extensively with Greek-American organizations and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. 

He is the author of two books, “Bridges of Cooperation – The Marshall Plan and Greece” and “Bridges of Liberty – American Philhellenism in the 18th and 19th Centuries”.