Andreas Antonopoulos

Andreas Antonopoulos is the Rector of the University of New York in Prague (www.unyp.cz) and a Partner at Venture Growth Partners (www.vgpartners.io), an investment fund focusing on early stage ventures. Andreas teaches Entrepreneurship related subjects at UNYP as well as in several MBA Programs of partners around the world and regularly gives related seminars and invited speeches. Andreas has almost 30 years of an academic, entrepreneurial, investment and corporate background blend. Before UNYP, he has held executive appointments in academia at Central European University in Budapest as well as a variety of senior and middle management appointments in leading telecom sector companies such as RHK, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks and British Telecom. Andreas has worked and/or lived for short or longer periods in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Philippines, Romania, Spain, the UK and the US, and speaks 6 languages. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University College London, UK and an MBA from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.