16 Facts About Nikos Mourkogiannis

Nikos Mourkogiannis is a business consultant, lawyer and writer.

Nikos Mourkogiannis is member of the board of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and Honorary Visiting Professor of Practice at Cass Business School.

Nikos Mourkogiannis is known as the author of the book "Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies", which is taught in universities and is considered an important asset for all businesses.

Nikos Mourkogiannis, after graduating as a valedictorian from the Varvakeio Experimental Gymnasium, he received an LL.

Nikos Mourkogiannis pursued PhD studies in Political Economy and Government at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and obtained his MBA degree from Harvard Business School.

Nikos Mourkogiannis developed the curriculum of the first course on negotiations taught at Harvard University, "Cooping with Conflict", which he taught for 5 years.

Nikos Mourkogiannis was a co-founder of the Harvard Negotiation Project and conducted seminars about settling several international conflicts, including that of the Middle East.

Nikos Mourkogiannis made important contributions to the work on the Camp David Accords.

In 1981 Nikos Mourkogiannis joined Westinghouse Electric Corporation, reporting to the President of Europe, Africa and Middle East until 1983, when he moved to General Dynamics where he became the only non-engineer Director of F16 Programs.

Nikos Mourkogiannis belongs to the school of Teleology, according to which, concepts, in the four fields he studies and writes about, can be understood only in connection with what Aristotle called "Telos", which in English is translated as "Purpose".

Nikos Mourkogiannis has been featured in many academic journals of leadership.

Nikos Mourkogiannis has received positive reviews from prestigious publications such as: The New York Times, The Financial Times and The Times.

Nikos Mourkogiannis's work has been praised by several business and thought leaders such as Jacob Rothschild, Josef Ackermann, Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

Nikos Mourkogiannis has authored several articles in publications such as Strategy+Business magazine, Leader to Leader, The Conference Board Review, Leadership Excellence and Ivey Business Journal.

Nikos Mourkogiannis has been invited to write for the Harvard Business Review Online and the Business Week Online.

Nikos Mourkogiannis was married to Janet Sherbow, a professional photographer, from 1983 until her death in 2013.