Christos is the Founder & Managing Partner of Iliad Partners, a venture capital firm based in the UAE. Iliad Partners invests in early-stage B2B tech companies in MENA and European startups expanding into the region.

He has over 25 years of investment and operating experience across VC, tech startups, tech corporate and management consulting. He has spent the past 18 years in the UAE, after living in Boston, New York, Washington D.C., and Athens, Greece earlier in his career.

Previously, he was Head of Business Development at Yahoo! in Dubai and an Engagement Manager with the Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) practice at Booz & Company (now Strategy&).

As a tech entrepreneur, Christos has co-founded and exited multiple startups, including GlamBox (Dubai), SloanGear (Boston) and previously held operating roles at Upstream (Athens) and govWorks (New York).

Christos holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.