Giannis Papachristou was born in Greece in 1970. He began his studies at the National Technical University of Athens as a Chemical Engineer and later completed his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Geneva.
In 1996, he started his professional career in the Marketing department of Johnson & Johnson Hellas, where he advanced to the role of Marketing Manager.
In 2000, he took on the position of Marketing Director at L’Oréal Hellas and later moved to the company’s global headquarters in Paris, where he worked as Marketing Director for Europe Zone 10. From 2006 to 2013, he served as General Manager for the L’Oréal Mass Market Division across three countries (Hungary, Greece, and Russia).
In 2014, he moved to Coca-Cola HBC Russia and in 2016 returned to Greece as Country Manager for Greece and Cyprus at Coca-Cola 3E.
In September 2020, he joined Chipita as Deputy CEO of the Group. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Bespoke. Since October 2022, he has been the CEO of ANTENNA Group.
He is the General Secretary of the Board of Directors at the Hellenic Association of Senior Executives (EASE) and the Head of the team supporting entrepreneurship.
