CEOs and Cigars

Our interview with Dr. Anastasia Psmaildi with SOTL Global part 1 and 2 is HERE!!! I've saved this for now for a few reasons: She is an amazing woman who has crushed barriers She is an awesome woman of faith who helped me in this interview. A little about Dr. Psmaildi:   Anastasia Psomiadi , holding a Ph.D. in Social Psychology & a Μaster of Αrts in Theology,  is a self created entrepreneur who embraces social innovation. Due to her origins of a Pontiac benefactor family (with influence in society, education, religion factors), she has always been very sensitive about issues of cultural heritage, Greek-pontiac identity  and business ethics. She is the founder and president of APSON CSR, the first and pioneer company in Greece that specializes in Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility  redefining it since 2007 and promoting Public Private Partnerships. Keen to share  knowledge, she is ESG specialist &  also  lecturer and head of the educational programs in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability  and in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in post graduate programs at   universities.   As a scientific supervisor in Responsible Entrepreneurship for youth and start uppers and Communication Advisor for Sustainability  she has a wide range of activities, creating innovative mechanisms of fruitful partnerships  between Public and Private sector.   Being a woman of nonstop initiative and vision, she is also the founder and the head of the first Centres in Greece for supporting Women in Business (www.womanitee.gr) under the auspices of the Ministry of Development and Investment and the Central Union of Greek Munitipalities.Εnvisioned a world in which people have the strength to break the stereotypes, she is the founder and  leader of a global social organization “Sister of the Leaf Global Movement”.   Driven from her passion to build bridges and connect with people, she is a public speaker and she also participates as an instructor/facilitator in Conferences, Seminars and Workshops thus promoting Social issues, Business Ethics, Female Leadership,  Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, CSR and Sustainability. She has a strong presence in both, publishing articles about the new trends and directions of CSR, as well as on  television and radio interviews. She has been a communication consultant and project manager representing and repositioning companies as well as organizations. As an organizer of cultural and scientific conferences, she has participated in several worldwide - U.S.A., Canada, S. Africa, Egypt, Germany, Belgium, and Australia, China.   Anastasia, is generally involved in issues regarding ethical and responsible entrepreneurship and she loves to  promote issues for female leadership and Social Innovation Her life’s motto is: “Blissful people are the unchained ones and to be unchained, should be brave”. Thucydides, Pericles' Funeral Oration