Panos is the Global Marketing Director for Godiva Chocolatier, leading the company’s self treat portfolio in both Global Innovation and America’s activation. Prior to this role he was the Global Senior Brand Manager of Innovation and created the Signature platform, establishing the company’s solid chocolate presence under one sub-brand and also rolled out the Chocolate Domes globally, expanding Godiva’s presence in different segments of Premium Chocolate.
Before joining Godiva, Panos worked for Reckitt Benckiser (RB) where he served multiple different brands. He started at the Health Division as an ABM on Digestive Advantage and then transitioned to the Household Division, where he led the revamp of the “local heroes” Rid-X and Lime-a-way. In his last role at RB he was the Brand Manager of Innovation for Lysol and Dettol across 8 global markets led multiple innovation initiatives in Disinfecting Wipes and Cleaners.
Panos is originally from Greece where he started his pre-MBA career in sales. He has held multiple sales positions including Business Development Manager for the car part distributor AUTO FRANCE and also Export Sales Executive in Middle East for DOMUS S.A.
He has a BA in Finance from the University of Piraeus, a MSc in Marketing from the Athens University of Economics and Business and an MBA from Ross School of Business – University of Michigan.
In his free time, Panos is a motorsports enthusiast; he participates in High Performance Driving Experiences and has driven more than 8k miles in his 2014 Subaru BRZ across race-tracks of the Northeastern US. He is also an experienced jet ski rider with hundreds of hours of wave-running on the Hudson river and NY Harbor, Siesta Key FL and Miami. He also enjoys playing drums and percussion.
