• 1997-2000: Publisher/Pub.Manager, Pearson Education; main role:
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  • the research, preparation, supervision and management of new publications for teachers and learners in Greece, as well as the entire Eastern Mediterranean region
  • partaking in the strategy development, the drawing up and implementation of a publishing plan for the region (Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Arab world, etc.)
  • the identification of appropriate authors, development of manuscripts and conceptualisation of suitable design for all new materials for Greece
  • managing the Longman (now Pearson Education) Hellas editorial and publishing team and being responsible for new books produced by the Greek publishing unit
  • developing and content-editing key titles
  • recruiting, training, managing and appraising an ELT publishing team
  • preparing profit studies, publication proposals and investment documentation for all new titles; managing financials and contractual agreements for my titles
  • commissioning, briefing and managing authors, designers, illustrators and all other professionals in the ELT publishing route
  • post-publication management of most of the Longman title list for the East.Med. region
  • training and liaising with staff in the sales and marketing departments, and running internal and commercial seminars, workshops and presentations
• 1995-1997: Senior Field Editor in Longman Hellas; main role:
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  • field research into all developments pertaining to ELT
  • extensive market research regarding ELT publications
  • specifying new publications and developing manuscripts through feedback to publishers/authors, piloting, author meetings, etc.
  • briefing (or helping to brief), scheduling, developing, content and/or copy-editing and otherwise informing most of the Longman publications of this period.
  • development of all local product or special editions, from specifications to high level editorial and production brief
  • consultancy and teacher training
  • training and liaising with the sales and marketing teams
  • liaison with educational organisations, authors, Ministry of Education, other state institutions, etc.
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• Reported on manuscripts and ran pilots for EFL publishers in Greece: Burlington, Longman.
• Wrote and produced all in-house materials for the Tsetos School of Languages and Computing.
• Author: Think Ahead to FCE Companion, Poporis Publications
• Author: Nelson FCE Course Companion, New Editions/Nelson
• Prepared materials as a collaborating author/consultant for Longman, Heinemann, Burlington, New Editions and other Greek publishers.

Teaching Experience

1985–1995 Teacher, Dir. Of Studies, Translator, Author

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• EFL Teacher and Teaching Director, teaching the whole range of levels from Primary Beginners to Certificate of Proficiency (including task-oriented Adult Courses and ESP classes).
  The Scholar School of Languages, Papagou, Athens
  ABC Centre of Foreign Languages, Athens
  The Tsetos School of Languages, Korydallos, Athens
  SBS College of Business Science, Athens
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• Assistant Teacher, English Literature and Semantics, to SIGs of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.
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• Teacher-training seminars, professional presentations.
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• English-Greek Translator and interpreter; translation work includes complete series of modern English and American novelists, volumes of the TIME-LIFE Encyclopaedia of Earth Sciences, social sciences publications, modern British poetry and novels, (T.S Eliot, James Joyce, etc.), instruction & computing manuals, etc.
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• Early computer programming on DOS, developed pilot material for computer-assisted EFL teaching and school management.
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• Interview Administrator and Composition-Paper Marker for the Panhellenic Association of Language School Owners’ (PALSO) examinations. Was also involved in setting new composition marking criteria (July 1992, June 1994).
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• Contributed articles to the ELT Press, in Greek and International magazine publications and authored/co-authored a number of ELT publications for Greece.
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• Volunteer Radio Broadcasting work.

• Project Management Course, UK Training Consultants, 2000
• Developing manuscripts, Managing freelancers, Time management, TIME/BookHouse/Longman, 1999
• Early Learning, Fiona Davis, 1998
• Leadership in ELT, 1997
• ELT Author Management, ELT Publishing Management, Design and Production, Marketing issues, Longman 1997
• Influencing Skills, Stephanie Herring, On Track agency, 1996
• Content and Copy-editing, distance course, BookHouse, 1994
• A great number of ELT/EFL seminars/workshops, including all main TESOL and IATEFL and other key events of this period.

1989–1992 Post-graduate Education

• MA Literature and Linguistics, Edinburgh University Department of English.
• Computer use and programming studies.

1984–1988 Tertiary Education

• Graduate, BA English Literature and Linguistics, Distinction, Aristotelian University of Salonika Department of English Literature, Philology and Linguistics in Greece.
• Studies include exhaustive study of a wide range of English and American literary texts as well as Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, with particular interest in EFL Teaching Theories, Didactics and Methodology. Wrote a number of academic papers, some of which published.
• Concurrently, attended the Department of Greek Literature and Philosophy on campus and studied Law, Drama, Art History and Cinematography. Also worked with the Cambridge Examinations Syndicate, Salonika, the Linguistics Convention and assisted Prof. of Linguistics St.Efstathiadis.
• Awarded 3 consecutive scholarships by the Greek National Foundation for Scholarships as Best Student; was offered the position of Research Assistant in Michigan State University, USA.

1970–1983 Primary, Secondary Education

• Graduate, Greek Lyceum, with honorary distinction.
• Number of early writings on literature, language and music, some of which published.
• Cambridge F.C.E Examination, Grade A, 1978
• Cambridge C.P.E Examination, Grade A, Michigan Proficiency Examination, Grade A, 1979