Elizabeth Filippouli
Elizabeth Filippouli is an entrepreneur and media & business strategist with particular focus on positive change, social entrepreneurship and visionary leadership. She is the Founder & CEO of Global Thinkers, a UK-based and internationally operating Communications & Business Development consulting firm & Global Thinkers Forum a non-profit initiative bringing together incumbent and future leaders and promoting excellence in leadership and governance. Elizabeth has studied Strategy and Innovation at Said Business School of Oxford University, Transnational Media and Globalisation at London City University and has taken the Harvard Executive Education program on "Shaping Change in the Information Age". Originally born in Athens, Greece Elizabeth's background is in media having worked as a journalist with Greek press and TV and international organizations such as Al Jazeera English and CNN. As a media consultant she has worked among others with the Olympic Games (Athens 2004), the Eurovision, the National Lottery UK, Coca Cola. Elizabeth moved to Qatar in 2005 joining AJE as a presenter and correspondent and since 2007 she lives in London (UK) dedicating a good amount of her time travelling for the needs of GT and GTF. She serves on the Boards of NewsXchange, the International News Safety Institute and is also a member of the Royal Television Society.

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