The Team
Konstantina Angeletou
Co-Founder & CEO
Konstantina Angeletou was born and raised on the island of Skopelos.
She graduated from the post-graduate programme in Cultural Management: Theatre, Music and Dance of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, which she attended with an ICCMU scholarship. Her first degree is in Business Management, from the Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, with specialisation in Marketing and International Relations.
From a young age she took on seasonal jobs in tourism enterprises, and as a student she worked for Greenpeace Greece. She later worked in cultural organisations, festivals and major events in Madrid, until 2009. She was employed as a production assistant and manager, project manager, and gained significant experience in promotion, communication and public relations departments. (Asociación Cultural Plural Ensemble, IV Festival Commedia Della Arte, El Teatro del Finikito, IV Encuentros de Creación en Maggalia) .
In 2009 she worked for the Alternative Theatre Network of Spain (Red de Teatros Alternativos) as production manager and project manager. This experience was very informative about how cultural networks operate. Since then she has been envisioning the creation and sustainable operation of cultural networks in Greece.
She worked for a number of years in an accounting agency in Skopelos, where she gained useful accounting and financial knowledge. In 2012 she was employed by the Skopelos Municipality, in the tourism committee department, where she also served as a member, and she participated in several international tourism exhibitions (Berlin, Moscow, Bucharest).
She has taken part with presentations and speeches in conferences on cultural management and in 2015 she was invited to present a speech at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid.
She has participated in the following international capacity building programmes: Tandem Turkey Start Create Cultural Change, phase I, 2016 and BECC - ENCC Staff exchange programme by the ENCC while she is also a member of MitOst, IETM, the Cultural Heritage Management Consultants Society (ESDIAPOK) and the Economic Chamber of Greece.
She currently resides in Skopelos on a permanent basis, and travels frequently. She enjoys going sailing and dancing.
Maria Psarrou
Co-Founder, Vice President
Maria Psarrou was born in Athens in 1982. She studied Marketing and Communication at the Athens University of Economics and Business and got her postgraduate degree in Cultural Policy, Management and Communication from the department of Communication, Media, and Culture of Panteion University, where she also preparing her doctoral thesis on the subject of: "Local government as an operator for the promotion of modern Greek culture through the organisation of festivals". Her research interests include: cultural and regional policy, cultural management and marketing, place marketing and branding.
From 2005 to 2010 she gained a broad range of professional experience in the cultural and creative industries (private, public and tertiary sector), as project manager, trainer or scientific associate. In particular, she worked as Organisation and Promotion Manager of the Events Program in the Municipal Development Company of Korthi, Andros, as Special Associate of the Mayor of Keratsini on issues of Culture, Communication and European Programs, and as manager in the Municipal Enterprise for Culture of Keratsini.
She has also presented seminars organised by Public and Private educational organisations on issues of Cultural Management and Marketing, Public Relations, Marketing Research, Economic Theory Elements, Business Organisation & Management.
She has taken part in conferences with announcements and presentations on the subjects of cultural management, cultural marketing and festivals.
She has published articles and academic papers on issues of cultural policy, festivals, cultural marketing and cultural development.
She is a member of the International Scientific Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA), the European Association of Cultural Researchers, the International Festival and Event Association, Europa Nostra and the "Diazoma" association.
She is also a member in academic bodies in the field of marketing and communication and a member of the editing team of CityBranding.gr.
VOLUNTEERS
Plegma consists of a large number of volunteers and friends that support its actions. More than seventy volunteers take part in our various activities, and they increase every year.
