Let me introduce myself...

I come from Chania, Crete. The island's rich nature shaped my personality. I lived in Athens for 5 years where I studied English, French and Spanish. My love for languages and my desire to discover other cultures resulted in me moving to the UK with a scholarship from the Greek State. I obtained a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Manchester, Department of Computational Linguistics. I lived in the UK for 14 years. I worked in multinational companies undertaking various roles in SAP training, project coordination and change management. I then continued my cultural exploration in Geneva, Switzerland. I worked in customer service, corporate communications and events organisation. 

All my life I have observed people and have been fascinated by their power and diversity. Developing myself and boosting people who want to evolve turned into my main focus and passion.

Today I am a Soft Skills Trainer, Transition Coach and Consultant in Professional Development. 

When you work with me, you

- Create quality "me-time" for yourself.

- Handle personal and professional transition with confidence.

- Impress differently by being yourself, through the multiple facets of your intelligence.

- Connect with your leadership (yes, everybody is a leader inside).

- Revisit your values.

- Face your fears and handle your emotions. 

- Are more strategic.

- Sharpen your visionary skills.

- Grow through team dynamics.

- Promote collective intelligence.

Qualifications

• Master NLP Practitioner, NLP University/Robert Dilts, California - Yodelei Training, Coaching and Consulting Center, Geneva 
• Certified Professional Coach, Wakan School of Coaching (accredited by the International Coaching Federation), Geneva, Switzerland 
• Reiki Master, Centre d'Etudes et de Formation en Reiki (accredited by A.S.C.A.), Geneva, Switzerland
  
• Ph.D.: "Politeness Issues in Natural Language Generation", University of Manchester, UK (UMIST)
  
• M.Sc. in Machine Translation, University of Manchester, UK (UMIST)
• Ptychion (BA) in English Language and Literature, University of Athens, Greece, School of Philosophy.
  

Training and Seminars

• Coaching Teams, Wakan School of Coaching, Geneva, Switzerland
• Equicoaching on Presence, Leadership and Intuition, Areion Professional Coaching with Horses
  
• Intuition: Making Strategic Decisions, Wakan School of Coaching, Geneva, Switzerland
  
• Intuition: Discover your Personal Myth, Wakan School of Coaching, Geneva, Switzerland
  
• Coaching and Consciousness, Wakan School of Coaching, Geneva, Switzerland
  
• Basics of Chinese Acupuncture, Centre d'Études et de Formation en Reiki, Geneva, Switzerland.

Awards

• Learning & Performance Institute, UK (previously Institute of IT Training): Trainer of the Year, Finalist (2004) 

Activities

Previously Mentor and co-Coach for Aspire for Equality, UK (voluntary work via skype), empowering women leaders in English and Spanish to further improve their leadership skills, be more strategic and achieve work-life balance.