Economist Conferences – Greece
Theodore Tryfon
President, PanHellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industry (PEF), BoD member, Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), BoD executive member, Medicines for Europe
Theodore Tryfon was born in Mytilini, Lesvos. He graduated from the Athens College of Greece and earned his BSc in economics and business administration from the University of Southampton in UK. He continued his studies by earning an MBA from City University of London Business School.
In 1992 he joined Elpen Pharmaceutical Co. and presently is the vice president and co-chief executive of ELPEN Group. In 2024, ELPEN Group had a turnover of € 430,000,000€ and is currently occupying more than 1.600 employees in Greece and abroad exporting to over 90 countries.
Since 2014, Mr Tryfon has been elected as president of the PanHellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industry (PEF), an association which represents 49 companies with 45 production sites throughout Greece. In 2019 he became a member of the board of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) as well as a member of the board of directors of Medicines for Europe, the European Association representing the European generic and value added medicines industry.