HACCI presents its 2021 Excellence Award winners

The 2021 HACCI Excellence Award winners with the esteemed members of the HACCI board. Photo: Supplied

3 March 2022 7:33pm

The 2021 Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HACCI) Excellence Award winners were acknowledged in an intimate gathering that took place at the Botanical Hotel on 17 February.

HACCI board members welcomed the award recipients and the award partners, long standing collaborators and patrons of the awards, supporting Greek Australian entrepreneurs and businesses.

Harry Stamoulis and the Stamoulis family where there to present the Lifetime Achievement award, while Con Saristavros was there to present the Young Achievers award.
Miltos Michaelas and Theo Kellides from the Bank of Sydney; John and Frank Pandazopoulos from Hellenic Power; John Kallitsas from Salary Masters, as well as Pronia president, Kris Pavlides were among the esteemed members of the Greek Community to give awards to outstanding recipients who excelled in the business categories they ventured into, in spite of a challenging year.

The Young Achiever honours went to designer Zoe Alexiades, in acknowledgement of her work with organisations such as the Red Cross, White Ribbon Australia, and Kingston Youth.

Bank of Sydney CEO Miltos Michaelas presented the Business Excellence Award to young entrepreneur Fotios Tsiouklas.

The 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award went to journalist Niki Savva, who could not attend, but sent a written acceptance speech, which was read by HACCI Chair, Fotini Kypraios.

Also unable to attend, Justice Nola Karapanagiotidis, the first Greek woman to be appointed to the County Court judge, gave her acceptance speech for the Woman of Influence Award via a video message.

The 2021 HACCI Awards Winners. Photo: Supplied

Miltos Michaelas with Fotios Tsiouklas. Photo: Supplied

Zoe Alexiades and Con Saristavros. Photo: Supplied

The Professional Services Award went to Dr Con Giannellis for his decades-long career in intensive care, and the Innovation Award went to neuropsychologist Mathew Staios. Philanthropist Gina Poulos was presented the Community Services Award, and the Sport Award went to the Double Eagle Golf Club, which is active both in sports and philanthropy.

The 2021 HACCI Excellence Awards recipients had been announced online in November, through a series of social media posts, but the easing of COVID-related restrictions prompted the special ‘intimate’ event.

One of HACCI’s youngest board members, Demi Markogiannakis served as the event’s MC, while HACCI Treasurer Peter Zervos presented the awards to the recipients.

The 2022 HACCI Excellence Awards will be announced in November, at the organisation’s annual gala ball, which is taking place again, after being postponed for two years, due to the pandemic.

The nomination process will open during the following months.

The 2021 HACCI Excellence Award Winners