The key to the development of the Chamber of Herakleion is the activation o
f the female population providing them with information
and support in their attempts.
«I have been at this post for the last 2,5years, after the retirement of my female predecessor. It is not, therefore, the first time that the Director of the Chamber of Herakleion is a woman», clarified to «In-On» magazine, the Director of the Chamber of Herakleion Mrs. Katia Tzanaki.
The key, then to the development-she continued – of the Chamber is the activation of the female population in the prefect of Herakleion in all levels such as the staffing of the Organization as well as entrepreneurship. Our attempts also aim at the financial development of the female population.
Question: How much has the female perspective contributed to the development of the Chamber of Herakleion?
Answer: The female perspective can make the difference, for that reason the female presence should be strengthened in any field. We, at the Chamber of Herakleion try through various actions to attract the women’s interest in order to be involved in business, providing them with information and support in their attempts. Women have clearly proved that are able to achieve a lot because we are more organized and we stay calm in difficult situations. Oddly, in the Chamber of Herakleion, the majority of the employees are women. I am not absolutely sure, though if its good organization is due to this fact, however, it is certain that professionalism and high sense of responsibility towards our business people classifies our organization among the most active Chambers of Greece.
Question: Tell us about the new actions since you took over the direction.
Answer: I have been at this post for the last 2, 5 years, after the retirement of my female predecessor. Actually, this is not the first time that the Director of the Chamber of Herakleion is a woman. What we try to do in every way is to respond directly and effectively to the needs of our members-businesspeople, especially during these times that are hard for entrepreneurship. The issue of the necessary written material, the information on funding projects, exhibitions and suggested co operations, the organization of events and projects are some of the fields that we give particular emphasis on, so as the business people of our prefect are assisted to overcome competition and strengthen their extroversion.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Katia Tzanaki was born in Herakleion in 1968. Her parents were from Crete and Asia Minor. She is a graduate of the Economics Department at the University of Crete specialized at Economic Development and the Economics of Renewable and Exhaustible Natural Recourses as well as Agricultural Economy. She is also a student at the post-graduate department of the Business Administration Department of the Open University of Cyprus.
She speaks English, Spanish and Italian.
She is the Chairman of the Service Board of the Public Law in the prefect of Herakleion. She has been a member of the Economic Chamber since 1992.
She has been Head of the Division of the Chamber of Herakleion since 2010.
She participates in many events and exhibitions in Greece and abroad as well as in all European projects by the Chamber of Herakleion as a member of the project team.
She has attended lessons in puppetry, dried flowers, mosaic and stained glass in Renata Georgantopoulou’s art laboratory and has also participated in a group exhibition in 1998.
She belongs to the corps of Volunteer Rescuers of the Greek Red Cross since 2007. She is an Organ Donor since 1987.