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Afroditi Panagiotakou has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of culture and communications. Afroditi started their career in 1998 as a Communications, PR, Media, and Consulting professional at various organizations including Cheek by Jowl, Royal Opera House, and Hellenic Centre. From 2004 to 2006, they worked as a PR and Communications Consultant for the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and also served as the Editor in Chief at Highlights magazine during the same period. In 2006, they joined the Greek National Opera as the Head of Communications and was responsible for managing the organization's communication activities until 2009. Afroditi then joined the Onassis Cultural Centre Athens as the Director of Communication and Marketing in 2009, a role they held until 2017. Since 2017, they have held the position of Director of Culture at the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation.
From 1998 to 2011, Afroditi Panagiotakou attended City, University of London, where they pursued their studies in Cultural Management / Aesthetics. No specific degree name was provided.
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Onassis Foundation’s mission is and will always be human centric. Since 1975, focusing on the fields of culture, health and education, it creates the conditions, explores the ideas and triggers the discussions that lead to a better society. Releasing the potential οf artists, scholars and scientists, it has supported Greek programs in universities around the world; has granted more than 7,0 00 scholarships and research fellowships for postgraduate and doctorate studies; has continuously supported Special Education; has acquired the Cavafy Archive to ensure its openness and accessibility to researchers and the wider public; has rare book collections in the Onassis Library; has built and donated to the Greek State the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre (OCSC) and is currently building the much needed Onassis National Transplant Center in Athens; has established Onassis USA (NY & LA), and last but not least, Onassis Stegi in Athens, a cultural center which hosts performances and activities across the whole spectrum of the arts from theatre, dance, music, cinema and the visual arts to the written word, with an emphasis on contemporary cultural expression. The Onassis Foundation believes in active citizens with bold ideas and optimistic dreams, and embraces the process, research, study, experimentation, as well as the values of freedom, democracy and human rights.