Effie Tsiotsiou

Effie Tsiotsiou is the Executive Director and Director of Education of the Onassis Foundation. She is responsible for the supervision of all operations of the Foundation’s Athens office, as well as for the planning, management and evaluation of its permanent programs, special initiatives as well as short-term projects that revolve around the pillar of Education worldwide. She serves as the lead spokesperson and public face of the Onassis Foundation’s Pillar of Education representing the organization’s mission and purpose while engaging with colleagues and decision-makers in this field.She is also acting member of the Board of Directors of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens and a key member of the Strategic, Scientific and Project Management Committees formed for the strategic planning, the scientific evaluation and procurement needs of the Onassis National Transplant Center currently under establishment.

Furthermore, she is 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.