Nikolaos (Niko) Kavakiotis

Nikolaos (Niko) Kavakiotis

Woking, England, United Kingdom
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For the past 15 years I have been building up my career in the Energy & Sustainability…

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Experience

  • Enlighted Inc Graphic

    Enlighted Inc

    London, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Frimley, Camberley, United Kingdom

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    Frimley, Camberley, UK --Siemens PLC

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    London, United Kingdom

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    London, United

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Education

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    INSEAD Executive Education

    - Present

    Sponsored by Siemens Plc as part of the Siemens ALP (Advanced Leadership Program)

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    Activities and Societies: - VP Business and Technology Club - Marketing Club

    - Volunteering teaching Greek language in St Andrews Greek Orthodox Church
    - Participated twice in McKloskey's Enterpreneurship Competition with "Catering on Demand" and "Bilge Alert"projects

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    Activities and Societies: - Chairman and founder of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer) student branch, 2000-2003 - Chairman and founder of IAESTE (International Association for the Exchange of students for Technical experience) local committee, 2000-2002

    - Graduated with Honours
    - State scholarship for two continuous years (1998, 1999)

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    The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive framework for understanding both the traditional principles of management inside companies today as well as the alternative principles that are becoming increasingly important. It provides both theoretical and practical perspectives on the nature of management in today’s organisations.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Coach

    Teach First

    - Present 5 years 5 months

    Education

    Trying to influence the life of kids by coaching teachers on their leadership journey. One of the most inspiring and meaningful ways of affecting lives of kids through education. Making our world better one child at a time, by helping their mentors, their guides, their foundation: their teachers!

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    Promoting Science & Technology to young people

    STEM Ambassadors

    - Present 5 years

    Science and Technology

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    Area Director (overseeing Woking, Guildford, Farnham, Camberley, Fluor public speaking clubs)

    Toastmasters International

    - 1 year

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    President - Woking Speakers Club

    Toastmasters International UK & Ireland

    - 1 year 1 month

    Education

    Promote public speaking skills, fostering better communication amongst the human beings

Publications

Courses

  • 7 Habbits of Highly Effective People

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  • Behavioral Based Safety & Effective Safety Leadership

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  • CHALLENGER Sales training programme

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  • Coach @ Siemens - Coaching Training for Managers

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  • Effective Resourcing & Interviewing for Hiring Managers

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  • Executive Education Program- University of Notre Dame

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  • Foundation of Successful Negotiations - Siemens Learning Campus

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  • Franclin Covey Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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  • Implementing Employment Law

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  • Institution of Occupational Safety & Health- Managing Safely

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  • Leading the Digital Business Transformation - Europe - Siemens Learning Campus

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  • Mastering Challenging Negotiations - Advanced Course- Siemens Learning Campus

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  • Powerful 1-2-1 Conversations: Engaging your employee in continuous dialogue

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  • Siemens Management Standards: Managing People Through Organisational Change

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  • Siemens Next Generation Advanced Leadership Program: Developing enterprise-level & enterpreneurial leaders to steer Siemens into the future

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  • Siemens PEOPLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (PBM1) targeting at shaping Managers of Managers and Division Leaders

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  • Siemens PEOPLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (PBM2) ;addressing managers of teams and focusing on how to manage a business function and leading a team effectively

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  • Siemens SENIOR SALES REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAMME (SP2);

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  • St John's ambulance- First Aid at Work

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  • Understanding Commodity Risk (Oxford Princeton Programme)

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Honors & Awards

  • Winner of the Next47 Venture Capital arm of Siemens AG in 2021

    Next47 Siemens Accelerator

    www.next47.com is the Venture Capital arm of Siemens. Niko put together an application and a team and his idea was one of the 12 selected globally out of hundreds of applications from the Siemens AG accelerator for 2021. The idea relates to action automation from insightful analytics, enhancing significantly the customer experience.

  • Golden Winner Siemens UK Annual Champions Awards 2019 - CUSTOMER FIRST CATEGORY

    Juergen Maier (CEO) & Angela Noon (CFO)

    Won on behalf of the team under the category of Customer the Golden Award for the whole of Siemens in the UK. The project relates to a series of energy efficiency projects at the Stoke on Trent City Council

  • Highly Commended Siemens UK Annual Champions Awards 2019 - INNOVATION CATEGORY

    Juergen Maier (CEO) and Angela Noon (CFO)

    Highly Commended (aka Silver) award in the category of Innovation for the project of turning the Siemens site at Congleton into the first carbon neutral facility in the UK through a combination of energy optimisation and energy generation solutions, leveraging 10 different Siemens technologies and businesses.

  • Finalist Siemens Golden Champions Award

    Juergen Maier (CEO) and Maria Ferraro (CFO)

    Finalist in the Siemens Champions Award as a candidate for the Golden Award, for driving innovation through the BPS/SEM (Building Performance & Sustainability/ Sustainability & Energy Management) team in the field of energy & sustainability.

  • Triantafyllou Foundation Scholarship

    Triantafyllou Foundation, USA

  • Fulbright Scholarship for Niko's MBA at the University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

    Fulbright Foundation

  • Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship

    Gerondelis Foundation, USA

  • Hellenic State Scholarship for graduating top of the class

    Hellenic Government - Ministry of Education

  • Hellenic State Scholarship for graduating top of the class

    Hellenic Government - Ministry of Education

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • French

    Full professional proficiency

  • Greek

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Association for Coaching

    member

    - Present
  • Association for Coaching

    member

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    As part of the process of becoming an Executive Coach

  • Toastmasters International - Woking Speakers Club

    Club President

    - Present
  • Association of Energy Engineers

    Member- Certified Energy Manager (CEM)

    - Present
  • Toastmasters International

    Secretary- Woking Speakers Club - Competent Communicator

    - Present

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