Antonia Kiriazis MA
General Manager
In 2002, when Konstantinos Lazarakis obtained the title of Master of Wine, and together with John Trypkos they shared with me their vision to establish world-class wine education in Greece, focusing on its application in the real market, I did not hesitate at all. I stepped down from the pharmaceutical industry and began zealously implementing this great idea! Besides, that was my job: to set up products in the market. Today – almost 20 years later, looking back at the course of WSPC and the Greek wine market, I feel proud of what we have created, but also equally as eager and with the same vision for everything we will achieve in the future together with our invaluable collaborators and our enthusiastic students!
Antonia Kiriazis was born and raised in Piraeus.
She obtained her bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Deree College (American College of Greece)
and in 1996 she completed her master’s degree in England, in Human Resource Management.
She worked for the Arcadia Group of Companies in London for two years.
From 1998 – 2003 she held the executive position of Group Product Manager in the Greek pharmaceutical market.
Since 2004 she has held the position of General Manager at WSPC, while also coordinating the marketing and development departments.
In January of 2009 WSPC was awarded the highest distinction of “The Wine Educator of the Year Award” as the best educational provider in the world and has since steadily maintained a ranking amongst the 10 to 12 best approved program providers internationally, among 74 countries.
She is married and she has a son.