Lena Papalexopoulou

Ms. Papalexopoulou holds a B.A. with honors in Economics and Business from Lafayette College, a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and an Advanced Executive Management degree from IMD. In 2023, she received American College Greece’s Social Impact Award.

She is the Vice-President of Desmos Non-Profit Foundation, a pioneering hub for charitable giving in Greece. Passionate about education, she is the Chair of Tufts University’s International Board of Advisors, a Trustee of College Year in Athens and a Board Member of the Phylactopoulos Foundation. She has served two terms on Columbia Alumni Association’s board in New York and has Presided over CAA Greece for another two. She has served on the Boards of Directors of the Hellenic Retail Business Association, the Hellenic-Spanish Chamber of Commerce, and Repositioning Greece. She has held positions of increasing responsibilities at the European Union, Merrill Lynch, Johnson & Johnson as well as Concept SA, where she was President and CEO.