The Mentors of KYKLOS365

Leaders from business and academia

who actively contribute to shaping the content, deepening the topics, and connecting theory with practice.

Stathis Sahinis

Business Strategist with over 25 years of experience across business development, marketing, sales, and executive management.

A pioneer in digital transformation, e-commerce, and digital marketing, with a proven track record of driving business growth through strategic planning, product marketing, and team leadership.

His experience spans multiple industries, where he has led high-performing teams, designed innovative marketing strategies, and implemented data-driven solutions to optimize business performance.

As a certified expert in communication and management, holding an MBA from Boston University, he brings deep insight into market dynamics, consumer behavior, and emerging trends.

Passionate about knowledge sharing, he actively participates in and organizes talks and conferences, delivering practical, actionable insights on market trends, innovation, and business strategy.

He is the founder and curator of KYKLOS365, a future-oriented thought-leadership initiative and dialogue platform focused on strategy, leadership, sustainability, and human-centric transformation, bringing together executives, academics, and innovators to turn ideas into action.

His goal is to inspire and empower professionals and organizations to adapt to change, leverage digital opportunities, and achieve sustainable growth—while advocating for a healthy, balanced life.

Nikolas Dimitriadis

Dr. Nikolaos Dimitriadis has been applying neuroscience to business and education for the last two decades.

He is the Head of the EY Applied Neuroscience Lab in Greece, offering cutting-edge Neuromarketing, NeuroHR, Neuroleadership and Neurosafety services.

He has scanned more than 9,000 brains from 25 countries globally. He has co-authored the books “Neuroscience for Leaders” and “Advanced Marketing Management”, both for Kogan Page Publishing, London. He has worked with international brands such as IKEA, IBM, JTI, Nestle, Johnson&Johnson, AstraZeneca, CISCO, SAP, Pierre Fabre, Coca Cola, T-Mobile, Dixons, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, Societe Generale, Unicredit, Microsoft, VMware, Raiffeisen Bank, DELL, USAID and others.

Dr. Dimitriadis is a Professor of Practice at The University of York Europe Campus, Greece, where he leads the MSc in Neuromarketing. He is also a Visiting Professor at the School of Economics and Business of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and at the Fribourg School of Management, Switzerland.

Dr. Dimitriadis received the Greek Excellence Award 2022 from the Hellenic Institute for Customer Service for the global impact of his work.

Xenia Kourtoglou

An entrepreneur, a Market Research Specialist, with 35+ years of experience in human/consumer behavior studies and business consultancy.

A passionate mentor with a sharp business perspective and a deep human understanding, Xenia has enriched her studies with an MSc. in Psychotherapy at the Strathclyde University and recently launched her personal brand as a Resilience Expert in life and business.

Her teaching experience includes 14 years at Panteion University, numerous sessions at postgraduate students of Business, Economics, Marketing and Communication studies, and currently belongs at the faculty of the first MSc. in Corporate and Executive Coaching offered in Greece by Bolton University/NYC. Her first bestselling book on personal development was published by DIOPTRA in 2018.

An evangelist of Customer Experience as the main mission of every business, Xenia’s vision is a society with more happy, creative and accountable people, and an authentically human and planet centric business community.

Dimitris Dimitriadis — Futurist, TheFutureCats

Futurist and AI Innovator bridging strategic foresight, design innovation, and policy-aware technology across enterprises, government, and academia.

Dimitris Dimitriadis is Co-Founder & CIO of TheFutureCats Innovation Consultancy, an award-winning AI company he founded in 2018. With academic roots in Design Innovation (BA, University of the Arts London; MA in Design Interaction, Royal College of Art) and specialization in Strategic Foresight from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, he bridges cutting-edge technology with real-world application in regulated environments.

TheFutureCats developed Cogniveil.ai — a policy-aware intelligence layer that ensures compliance, transparency, and full auditability for enterprises operating under strict regulatory frameworks.

As a Researcher at the Special Secretariat for Strategic Foresight of the Greek Government Presidency, Dimitris helps shape long-term public policy informed by mega-trends, weak signals, and technology convergence. He has taught Data Analytics & AI at CITY College, University of York Europe Campus for several years.

Author of 2049 — Instructions for the Futures of Humanity (KEY BOOKS), he challenges readers to embrace uncertainty as a catalyst for progress.

A keynote speaker active across 74 countries and 4 continents, he has spoken for Fortune 500 brands including HP, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, L'Oréal Paris, Philip Morris International, and Johnson & Johnson, as well as institutions such as the U.S. Department of State, the European Commission, and TEDx stages across Europe and North America. His work has been featured in the Herald Tribune, El País, Fortune Global, and Esquire.

For 12 years, he has been training a personal AI model to one day advise his niece when he's no longer around — a living proof that technology should serve human relationships and the transmission of knowledge across generations.