Evi Lazou

Biography

Evi Lazou is Chairman of the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation, a private, independent grant-making foundation, working to make a positive difference for people and for nature in Greece and across the Hellenic world. The A.C Laskaridis Charitable Foundation operates entrepreneurially, building and implementing programmes as well as making grants in support of its mission.

Evi is a founding partner and board member of The People's Trust, an organisation that provides business development services and micro-funding to start-ups and small, existing businesses in Greece. She is also one of the founding partners of Greenwood Place, a community of strategic philanthropists.

Evi has broad experience and has worked in marketing and operations, including as Executive Vice President Marketing for Hyatt Regency Hotels and Tourism Hellas S.A.

She holds a BA Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Organizational Behavior and French Civilisation from Brown University, Providence, RI and studied interior design at The New School, Parsons School of Design in New York.