COMPANY PROFILE OF HAZLIS & RIVAS CO. LTD

Hazlis & Rivas Co. Ltd was established in 1994 and is the exclusive and official representative of the Economist Conferences, holding the full responsibility of their organisation both in Greece & Cyprus.

All our conferences have the pleasure of hosting high-level speakers from all over the world, enhancing Greece´s image as ´the meeting place for leading personalities´.

Economist Conferences and Hazlis & Rivas focus their meetings on all sectors of the industry. Our objective is to enhance the significant role that Greece can play in the region, while we aim to conduct a fruitful and stimulating dialogue between the chairman, the speakers and the audience.

The ´Roundtable with the Government of Greece´ has been organised for 11 consecutive years, in which political and business leaders from all over the world meet in Athens with the Greek Government, the Opposition and the most prominent businessmen of south-eastern Europe. The Greek Roundtable has always been associated with global prestige and it is considered as one of the most successful and fruitful meetings that the Economist Conferences and Hazlis & Rivas organise every year.

The Economist Conferences and their official representative Hazlis & Rivas in Athens, Greece, have had the pleasure and honour to host leading personalities from abroad at their high level summits that have taken place in Greece:

• ALMUNIA Joaquin, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
• BABIUC Victor, President, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
• BARROSSO Jose Manuel, President, European Commission
• BEN AMI Shlomo, Fmr Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel
• BOAGIU Daniela, Minister of European Integration, Romania
• BYRNE David, Fmr EU Commissioner for Health and Social Protection
• BRITTAN Leon Sir, Fmr Vice-president of the European Commission
• BURBANO Fernando, Fmr US Undersecretary of State
• BURNS Nicholas, Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, US Department of State
• BUSH George, Fmr President of the United States of America
• COHEN William, Fmr Secretary of Defence of the United States of America
• CRZEVENKOVSKI Branco, President of F.Y.R.O.M.
• DAUKORU Edmund, Secretary General, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC)
• DESCAMPS Olivier, Business Group Director, Southern and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• DONAHUE Maura, Chair of the Board, US Chamber of Commerce
• FISCHER Joschka, Fmr Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany
• FUKUYAMA Francis, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced Studies, Johns Hopkins University
• GENSCHER Hans Dietrich, Fmr Vice-Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
• GENUARDI Gerlando, Vice-president, European Investment Bank
• GEORGIEVSKI Ljubco, Fmr Prime Minister of F.Y.R.O.M.
• GORBACHEV Mikhail, Fmr President of the Soviet Union
• GORE Al, Fmr Vice-president of the United States of America
• ISARESCU Mugur, Governor of the National Bank of Romania
• KOHL Helmut, Fmr Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
• KOLEV Kamen, Vice-president, Bulgarian Industrial Association
• KRUGMAN Paul, Economist, Princeton University
• KUNEVA Meglena, Minister for European Affairs, Bulgaria
• MANDIL Claude, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
• META Ilir, Fmr Prime Minister of Albania
• MIREL Pierre, Director, Directorate B´ Candidate Countries, DG Enlargement, European Commission
• MUNDELL Robert, Professor of Economics, University of Columbia, 1999 Nobel Laureate
• NAGY Zsolt, Minister of Communications & Information Technology of Romania
• NANO Fatos, Fmr Prime Minister of Albania
• ORESHARSKI Plamen, Minister of Finance of Bulgaria
• OWEN David Lord, Fmr Minister of Foreign Affairs, UK
• PAPΑDOPOULOS Tassos, President of the Republic of Cyprus
• PERES Shimon, Vice Premier, Minister for the Development of the Negev and Galillee
• PRIMAKOV Yevgeny, Fmr Prime Minister of Russia
• REHN Olli, European Commissioner for Enlargement
• ROBERTSON George Lord, Fmr Secretary General of NATO
• ROCARD Michel, Fmr Prime Minister of France
• RODRIGUES Ali, Dr, Fmr Secretary General of OPEC
• RULI Genc, Minister of Economy, Trade and Energy, Albania
• SCHLESINGER Helmut, Fmr President of Bundesbank
• SCHMIDT Helmut, Fmr Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
• SOLANA Javier, EU High Representative for CFSP
• STANISHEV Sergei, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• STIGLITZ Joseph, Fmr President of The World Bank
• TOMOV Alexander, Fmr Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• VEDRINE Hupert, Fmr Minister of Foreign Affairs of France
• WALT Stephen, Academic Dean & Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• YANEVA Anna, Deputy Minister of Economy and Energy of Bulgaria
  

From Greece, the Greek Government and Opposition honour us with their participation, top businessmen are always part of our events, but also personalities from the fields of art and sciences are always included in our list of high-level speakers.

In addition, Hazlis & Rivas throughout the year organises industry specific conferences, examining the most recent developments that have taken place in the following fields of business:

• banking
• retailing
• telecommunications, e-commerce, e-government
• shipping
• tourism-development
• healthcare-social security
• pharmaceutical
• aerospace industry
• energy-natural gas-electricity
• automotive industry
• public-private partnerships (PPP)
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• franchising
• real estate

During the last few years, Hazlis & Rivas has been in close cooperation with a significant number of companies from the public and private sector, banks, universities, institutions, associations and the press for the organisation of conferences that mainly promote Greece, but also the development of business and cultural cooperation between the Balkan and Mediterranean countries.

Moreover, Hazlis & Rivas has a gifted graphic design department that designs the documentation and the advertisements for all the conferences taking place in Greece & Cyprus, including logos, banners, folders, booklets, brochures, cards and official invitations.

Hazlis & Rivas has also designed promotional literature for many prestigious companies, banks and institutions, enhancing their company profile.

President: Nicholas G. Hazlis
Managing Director: Nectaria E. Passarivakis