Sophia Papageorgiou

Current
Past
  • Assistant Marketing Manager at Helliniki Legrand
  • Paralympic Games Administrator at Athens Olympic Games Organising Committee
  • Internship/Placement Student (1 year) & Freelancer (2 years) at Bayer AG
Education
  • University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
  • Loughborough University
Connections
41 connections
Industry
Furniture
Websites

Sophia Papageorgiou’s Summary

Sophia Papageorgiou’s Specialties:

banking, pharmaceuticals, sport event management, electrical supplies


Sophia Papageorgiou’s Experience

  • Head of Marketing

    COCO-MAT

    (Furniture industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

  • Assistant Marketing Manager

    Helliniki Legrand

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    April 2005May 2008 (3 years 2 months)

    - Product management, i.e. product launches, product support activities (catalogues, brochures, software)
    - Analysis and evaluation of market data, budget preparation, customer analysis
    - Management of extranet and internet websites
    - Support to sales and pre-sales department

  • Paralympic Games Administrator

    Athens Olympic Games Organising Committee

    (Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Sports industry)

    January 2003September 2004 (1 year 9 months)

    - Monitoring and controlling of marketing activities (sponsoring,licensing and ticketing)
    - Project management of the programme “ERMIS – accessible choice”
    - Responsible for the Medal Ceremonies of the Paralympic Games
    - Volunteer training and management

  • Internship/Placement Student (1 year) & Freelancer (2 years)

    Bayer AG

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    July 1999July 2002 (3 years 1 month)

    - Evaluation and analysis of secondary statistical data on markets, competitors, brands/products, active ingredients and product forms
    - Target group oriented preparation of qualitative and quantitativestudies, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data
    - Research

  • Bank Trainee

    DEXIA (Banque Internationale a Luxembourg)

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)

    October 1995September 1997 (2 years )

    - Courses in Accounts I & II, Exchange, Stocks & Bonds, Means ofPayment, National & International Credits, Sales Techniques, BankAccounting I & II, and Banking English
    - Practical work experience in the departments of Fond Management, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Credit Back-Office, Marketing and in a Branch


Sophia Papageorgiou’s Education

  • University of Manchester - Manchester Business School

    MSc , Marketing , 20012002

  • Loughborough University

    BSc , Management , 19972001

    Activities and Societies:
    As a founding member of the LSU Hellenic Society, I held the post of thesecretary for three years. Within this time, the society organised variouscultural, social and athletic events and meetings.

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Sophia Papageorgiou’s Interests:

management, marketing, prediction markets, reading, cooking


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