Effie Tsiotsiou

Effie Tsiotsiou served as the Executive Director and Director of Education at the Onassis Foundation, where she was responsible for overseeing all operations of the Foundation's Athens office and for the planning, management, and evaluation of its permanent programs, special initiatives, and short-term projects focused on the pillar of Education worldwide. As the lead spokesperson for the Foundation’s Education Pillar, she represented the organization’s mission and engaged with colleagues and decision-makers in this field.
She also held roles as a board member of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens and was a key member of the Strategic, Scientific, and Project Management Committees, which focused on the strategic planning, scientific evaluation, and procurement needs of the Onassis National Transplant Center. In addition, she was the Vice-President and Treasurer of ARIONA HELLAS SA, the company representing the Onassis Foundation in Greece.
She has studied French Language and Literature and later specialized in Human Resources Management; she speaks Greek (native speaker), English, French, and German.