Angelos Manglis
Founder of Atlantis Consulting S.A. with headquarters in Thessaloniki and branch offices in Athens, Central and Western Greece, Crete, Founder of Atlantis Engineering SA , Founder of Atlantis Cyprus Ltd, Co-founder of HAMAC, Facilitator of HMC, Founder & Manager of Adrion Business Angels Network, Principle Consultant of Technopolis Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cluster, Evaluator of SME Instrument Phase II, Head of the Evaluation and Management Programme of funding thousands of SMEs from Piraeus Bank through the Framework Programme of Support Greece. An honorary member in the HAMAC Association for high contribution in establishing the Hellenic Mobile Cluster and implementation of the HAMAC vision.
With more than 29 years of consulting experience, he has worked with a large portfolio of HiTech/IT Startups and Industrial SMEs. In his career with Atlantis Consulting he has worked with thousands of mainly industrial SMEs providing more than 1 billion euros in funding through EU and National subsidy programs. Member of the Board of Directors of Wadja Ltd and General Secretary in the Greek Diving Center Association. He holds a MSc degree in Technical Chain and Industrial Strategy from the University of Manchester and a Civil Engineer Diploma with specialization in Project Management. He has been coordinator among many other EU funded projects, Euromanagement I and II, Gate2Start, MOBIP and EMMINVEST projects focusing in Access to Finance as well as participated in several relevant EU projects such as GraspInno, SmartInno et.al. He has been coordinator in the supportive project addressed to members of mi-cluster in meeting their investment readiness challenges. Furthermore, he has designed the initiation of programmes such as E-tender, Jobical, E-consulting and Congress Help. He has launched International Venture Capital Events in Greece as well as in other European cities and organized 5 Business Angels Forums in Greece He has been several times appointed Head of big Impact Assessment Studies of EU R&D policies in Europe and in Greece as well as judge and mentor to many innovation competition and acceleration programmes. He is extremely known for his ethos, hard work and excellent managerial capabilities.
