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  Ioannis VentourakisChairman of the Board

  Architect (National Technical University of Athens - School of Architecture).
  Ioannis Ventourakis was born in 1947. He is one of the two principals of BETAPLAN S.A., which he co-founded in 1972. He has been in charge for the design, management, permitting procedure and construction supervision of a large number of major cultural, healthcare, education, transportation, hospitality, residential and sports projects, as well as of smaller projects dealing with ancient monuments. He has wide experience in project management and coordination, including the entire range of administrative and contractual issues. He is an expert in the architectural aspects of the restoration, renovation and maintenance of traditional buildings and monuments.
  
  He is also very experienced in the collaboration with foreign architectural firms for some of the most prominent recent projects in Greece. His projects include the design of some of the most significant venues for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the permitting, preparation of the Law and bidding procedure for the New Acropolis Museum, the design in collaboration with Cooper Robertson and Partners and in particular the coordination of the local team of experts involved in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center project and the preparation of the Law ratified for this specific project, as well as the full design in collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop, along with a big team of foreign and local consultants, the permitting and bidding procedure and the construction supervision of Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
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  Panagiotis TavaniotisManaging Director

  Architect, born in 1947. He is a partner and managing director of BETAPLAN S.A., which he co-founded in 1972. He obtained a Certificate of Specialization in Healthcare and Welfare Buildings (ACTIM, Paris, 1983). He has wide experience in the management of the design process and the construction supervision of various types of buildings and building complexes, such as, hospitals, theatres, housing, offices, cultural centers and monuments. He is a highly qualified expert in healthcare strategic planning and operational policy, design management for health facilities and welfare buildings, as well as accessibility for the disabled. He has participated as a member in several technical committees and was a visiting lecturer at the Postgraduate National School of Public Health between 1994 - 2002.

Associates

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  Thomas AmargianosPrincipal Architect

  Highly qualified expert in the design, coordination and supervision of a large number of Projects including: Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Office Buildings, Transport facilities (Airports, Railway Stations, METRO Stations and Depots), Sport Installations, Restoration of Historical Buildings and Monuments, Hotels, Factories, Housing Complexes, Landscaping, etc.
  Among the projects he worked as architect in charge are included the 7 Regional Airports of Greece, the Metro Red Line South Elevated & At-Grade in Doha, Qatar, the Lazaristes’ Theatre & Cultural Center in Thessalonica, the Athens Olympic Games Weight Lifting Stadium, the Athens Olympic Games Sports Complex (in collaboration with Santiago Calatrava), the Lyric Theatre of Corfu, the International Airport of the Island of Kos, the new Metro (13 stations) in Thessalonica, a Tourist Resort and Golf Development in Messinia (Costa Navarino), the International Airport of Heraklion, Crete and the Airport of Ioannina.
  He was also a Senior Design Architect for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (National Opera and National Library),Principal Architect for the design of the New Buidling for the Association of People with  disabilities, theVisitors’ Center and currently for the Riviera Galleria shopping center for the “ELLINIKON” development by LAMDA.
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  Eleni TzanouPrincipal Architect

  Mrs Tzanou is an architect and an associate with BETAPLAN S.A. since 1990.  She has a Master of Arts in Architectural Building Conservation from De Montfort University in Great Britain. Mrs Tzanou is very experienced in the collaboration with foreign architectural firms for some of the most prominent projects in Greece. Her projects include the coordination of the design of some of the most significant venues for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the Municipal Athletic and Recreational Park of Kallithea.
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  Eleni KoghilakiPrincipal Architect

  Mrs Koghilaki is an architect graduated from the National Technical University of Athens and an associate with BETAPLAN S.A. since 1980. She has in depth experience in the design of projects and she is actively involved in the design and supervision of public and private developments including the preliminary, final design, tender documents and construction supervision stages. She has wide experience in various types of projects, which include healthcare facilities, building conservation, urban design and landscaping, educational buildings etc.
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  Elias ArkoulisSenior Architect - Contract Manager

  Architect/planner/environmental consultant, born in 1948. He is an associate with BETAPLAN since 2001. He studied architecture in Milan, Italy, and town planning in Paris and London. He worked in Great Britain for 22 years as the Planning & Environmental Services Manager with YRM Architects & Planners and then as a free-lance planning consultant. He was also for 7 years a senior visiting lecturer at the Faculty of the Environment of the University of Greenwich. He has wide experience in the planning and environmental aspects of major developments, as well as the management and coordination of international projects. His international professional experience comprises projects in several countries including Great Britain, Portugal, France, China, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He is a member of the British Royal Town Planning Institute.
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  Antonella SolomonidiSenior Project Architect

  Mrs Solomonidi is an architect graduated from the N.T.U.A. with a post-graduate diploma in urban design from Paris - Belleville school of Architecture and an associate with BETAPLAN S.A. since 1992. She has worked for several architectural practices, both in Athens and Paris, before joining BETAPLAN.  She has wide experience in the design management and coordination of major development projects such as the Metro Red Line South Elevated & At-Grade in Doha, Qatar, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, the “Lazaristes Theatre and Cultural Centre” in Thessalonica, the “Athens 2004” Olympic Games Weight Lifting Stadium, the Lyric Theatre of Corfu, The International Airport of Kos.
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  Maria VittaSenior Project Manager

  Mrs Vitta is an associate and project manager with BETAPLAN S.A. She has studied mechanical engineering at the Technical Training Institute of Athens. Before joining BETAPLAN in 1990, she worked for five design consultancies. Mrs Vitta is a highly experienced consultant in all the stages of the design and management of projects, both in Greece and overseas. She has managed a large number of design projects including hospitals, housing, government buildings, offices and cultural centers.
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  Konstantina AndreadouSenior Architect

  Mrs Andreadou is an architect, interior designer and an associate with BETAPLAN S.A. since 1992. She has wide experience in the design and project management of major developments projects. Among the projects, she worked as architect, are included the Lazaristes' Theatre and Cultural Centre in Thessalonica, the Athens Olympic Games Weight Lifting Stadium, the Lyric Theatre of Corfu etc.
  
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  Petros TavaniotisSenior Project Architect

  Architect, born in 1975. He joined BETAPLAN in 1998 and has been an associate since 2004. He studied Architecture in Athens (Diploma in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, NTUA 2001) and Environmental Design of Buildings in Cardiff, Wales (M Sc from the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, 2003). His experience includes the design of several public and private projects of various types, such as hospitals, museums, office buildings, railway stations, theatres, private housing, educational buildings, sports facilities, churches etc. Examples of his experience in Passive Design include the Art Gallery of Arta, the Athens Children Oncology Unit, the Police Academy in Komotini, the Serafio Swimming Pool and Cultural Centre etc. LEED Green Associate since 2013. WELL AP since 2021.
  
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  Margarita VentourakiSenior Project Designer

  Mrs Ventouraki joined Betaplan in 2000 and has since been involved in the design and coordination of several major projects, including the Metro Red Line South Elevated & At-Grade in Doha, Qatar, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, The Museum of Greek Folk Art (ΜΕΛΤ).
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  Andreas VentourakisHead of operations

  Andreas Ventourakis was born in 1984 in Athens. He has studied architecture in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and in July 2018 he graduated with an MBA from INSEAD, Paris. He started his career in 2010 at the architectural practice BETAPLAN, and for 7 years he was a core member of the SNFCC architecture team RPBW/BETAPLAN, following the progress of the project from the design phase until its delivery to the Greek State. Currently, he is interested in the application of new business models in the architectural and construction industry. Andreas has been part of the architecture team in all the international competitions of BETAPLAN, including the awarded competition in Bad Kissingen for which he was the lead architect. Additional to the above he has been involved in other medium-scale projects, including the New Building for the Quality Control Laboratory of Boehringer Ingelheim and the Kallithea Municipal Athletic and Recreational Park.
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  Ourania KaragianniSenior Architect

  
  
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  Marousso ChaniotiArchitect

  
  
  
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  Stavroula CherouvimArchitect

  
  
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• Aris GrammatasArchitect
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