New Vice President for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Stanton Chase International

According to Panos' plans, one main area of focus will be the geographic expansion. There are areas of untouched opportunity which need to be tackled soon. The finalization of the establishment of Stanton Chase's presence in Russia through an office in Moscow is the first such development, while new offices in countries like Portugal, Egypt and Qatar are in line for the near future.

The region of North and Central Africa, the Levant and the broader Middle East area are additional points of interest for the International map of Stanton Chase.

The second main pillar of Panos' strategy will be the reinforcement and assistance of the existing offices, both the ones that have joined Stanton Chase relatively recently, as well as the older ones that, still, would need further support.

Besides his new international role, Panos is the Managing Partner of the U.A.E. He has been a member of Stanton Chase since 2003 when he started as General Manager of the Bucharest office and became Managing Partner in 2005. He is one of the shareholders of Stanton Chase in Romania, Bulgaria and United Arab Emirates.

Before being elected as Vice-President for EMEA region, he was the Global Practice Leader in Consumer Products and Services practice group with responsibility over 65 offices in 45 countries and approximately 25% of the Global Revenue of the Firm.

During his professional career, he has also served as Chief Administrator of the University of Wales Swansea and the Managing Director of IKRP Rokas and Partners, one of the largest regional law consulting firms with offices in 12 Southeast European countries.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Politics and International Relations (American University of Athens), a Master's degree in Diplomacy with Distinction -University of Lancaster- and a Ph.D specializing in International Law and Relations. He is a graduate of the Council of Europe of the American European Academy in Austria and the European Academy in Sweden, Junior Chamber International where he served as a National President for Greece in 2003. He also holds a postgraduate diploma from the Officers Academy, Ministry of National Defence with focus on Economics/Strategic Defence.

Panos has multiple professional associations worldwide. He was awarded, as CEO, the 'Best Consulting Company of 2000 in Romania' award and the 'Young Entrepreneur Award' for three consecutive years.

He has also published over 100 articles internationally on financial and business issues, participated in more than 35 Global and regional Financial and HR Conferences as a key note speaker and contributed to a number of TV and Radio presentations in several countries . Under his management, the Stanton Chase Romanian office has been awarded globally 'Office of the year' for 2006 and 2007.