Leadership Team

Spyridon D. Manolopoulos was born in Athens in 1976.  He is a graduate of Doukas School.  He is also a graduate of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and continued his studies with a postgraduate master’s in the field of International Commercial Law (LL.M) at King’s College London (KCL), University of London. His professional activity started in the law firm "Fortsakis, Diakopoulos, Mylonogiannis and Associates" as a trainee lawyer.  He then practiced law maintaining his private law firm and as a legal counselor in corporate organizations gaining experience mainly in the field of commercial law and public procurement law.  He worked in Space Hellas Group as a legal counselor from 2005 until 2011.  Since 2011 he was the Executive Vice President at Space Hellas Group and since July 2013, he is the Executive Chairman at Space Hellas Group, while since January 2021 he is also the Executive Chairman at SingularLogic.

Dr. Ioannis Mertzanis graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (1985 – 1990) and holds a master’s degree MSc (1991-1992) in Telematics with honors from the University of Surrey in Great Britain, having received a scholarship from the English Chamber of Commerce. He also holds a Ph.D. (1995-1999) in “QoS provisioning in Broadband Satellite Multimedia Networks” from the same University, having received a scholarship from the Center for Communications Systems Research.  He started his professional career in 1987 in the company “Mikrologiki”, working in the repair and assembly of computers and in customer service. Between 1990-1991 and 1992-1993, he worked as a research associate at the NTUA Mobile Telecommunications Laboratory in the ESPRIT and ACTS research programs on wireless and mobile communications and participated in radio coverage studies conducted for the first time in Greece, for Panafon. Between 1994-1995, he worked for G-Systems in the department of development of HP test & measurements applications and systems as Product Manager of the HP-VEE platform and as Sales Support Software Engineer. Between 1995 and 1999, during his doctoral thesis, he worked at the Center for Communication Systems Research (CCSR) at the University of Surrey, as a research associate and project manager. He was responsible for the management and technical execution of a large number of European and National (UK) projects in the area of broadband satellite networks, starring in issues related to the evaluation of 3G network performance and simulation of multimedia applications. From 1997 to 1998, he was an adviser to the Inmarsat HORIZONS evaluation committee as an expert on SATCONSULT, UK. During his work at CCSR, he undertook consulting studies on behalf of DERA (Defense Evaluation and Research Agency UK).  He joined Space Hellas in 1999 as Project Manager in charge of European and national development programs, and in the development of new services and products. In 2001, he took the position of Director of Research and Technological Development of Space Hellas Group, with the main role of coordinating the Group's research activity aiming at the developing of innovative solutions and services. In 2003, he was the CEO of Space Net, a subsidiary of Space Hellas Group, specializing in telecommunications, telematics, and high-tech applications.  Since mid-2005, he had the position of General Manager of Services and Applications at Space Hellas and became an executive member of the Company’s Board of Directors, who he remains to this day. From this position, he decisively contributed to the reorganization and transformation of the group in the field of System Integration, as well as its expansion abroad. In July 2013, he assumes the position of Executive Vice President & COO, while since June 2015 he holds the position of CEO at Space Hellas Group, and since July 2021 he has also held the position of CEO at SingularLogic. Dr. Ioannis Mertzanis has published more than 30 publications in international scientific journals and conferences and has participated in the studies of the International Organization for Standardization (ETSI) for Eurozone satellite multimedia networks. He has served as Vice President of the Advanced Satellite Mobile Systems Task Force (ASMS-TF), an expert on the European Commission, and an evaluator of scientific papers IEEE, IJSC and ETRI.

He was born in 1968 in Athens. He is a graduate of the Department of Applied Informatics of the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) specializing in Finance and holds a master's degree "MSc in International Business and Finance" from South Bank University, London. He is a member of the Economic Chamber of Greece and holder of a First-Class Tax Accounting License. He has worked at Space Hellas since 1998 in various positions of responsibility and since December 2007 has held the position of General Financial Director of the Group. In July 2012, he joined the Board of Directors of Space Hellas as an Executive Member and since July 2021 he is also an Executive member of the Board of Directors at SingularLogic, and he also holds the position of the CFO at the company. He has many years of professional experience in the field of Financial Management and Economic Analysis and Strategy.

Stelios Papandreou has more than 25 years of experience in IT Consulting Services, having worked with leading Greek and multinational companies. Throughout his career, he has successfully delivered numerous complex and demanding projects across a wide range of business sectors in both the private and public sectors, in Greece and abroad. He holds a degree in Business Administration and Organization, as well as a master’s in Advanced Information Systems and Services from the University of Piraeus. Since 2021, he has been a member of the senior management team at SingularLogic. In his role as Enterprise Solutions Director, he was responsible for the company's strategic partnerships with prominent international technology leaders. He significantly contributed to the organization's growth by supervising the execution of large-scale projects that incorporated advanced solutions and services. Currently, he holds the position of General Manager at SingularLogic.