Stephanos Issaias studied finance and holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School. He has worked for a number of years at leading companies and organizations as C-level management consultant on corporate strategy, with a focus on tourism, mining, health and sports.

Mr. Issaias was Games Promotion and Communications Manager at the Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. He also held the position of Corporate Strategy Adviser at the T. Angelopoulos Group. Mr. Issaias was consultant to the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO), where he advised on strategy planning, development, and the promotion of the Greek tourism.

He is member of the Board of Directors and the Advisory Committee of Intelligence Squared Greece, a non-profit organisation that promotes public debates in Greece.

Stephanos Issaias assumed his duties as CEO at Enterprise Greece (then Invest in Greece) in September 2012.