Sissi Lignou President & CEO, AFEA Congress President, IAPCO (International Association of Professional Congress Organizers) Board Member, Immediate Past President, HAPCO & DES (Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers & Event Specialists) Short CV Born in Athens, Sissi Lignou has accumulated more than two decades of experience within the Meetings & Events Industry. Her professional journey began with her involvement in the Events Department of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (2001–2004). Following this, she joined AFEA, the family-owned business, where she currently serves as CEO and President of the Board. AFEA Congress is recognized as a long-established PCO and Corporate Event Planner based in Greece and operating internationally. Sissi was elected to the IAPCO Council for a two-year term beginning in 2021 and was re-elected in February 2023. She was then nominated and elected IAPCO President-Elect in February 2024, and in 2025, during the IAPCO Annual Meeting & General Assembly, she assumed the role of IAPCO President for a two-year mandate. Since 2010, she has supported IAPCO through a variety of volunteer leadership roles and committee positions. Her commitment to the industry is also reflected in her service to Greece’s National Association of PCOs (HAPCO & DES), where she has been a Council member since 2007, having first served as Secretary General and then as President, elected for a three-year term from 2022 to 2025. She serves as Faculty, Mentor and member of Advisory Boards in national and global committees.