Maria Zarotiadou is the Managing Director at Plan of Business (www.planofbusiness.eu) and Plan Career by Plan of Business (www.plancareer.eu).
She has served as an Advisor on gender equality issues at the General Secretariat of Family Policy and Gender Equality. Maria is a Certified Business Coach and Strategic Marketing Specialist with a Bachelor’s (B.A. in Business Administration) in Business Administration (Gender Equality specialised), and a Master’s (M.Sc. in Marketing) in Marketing and Gender Equality.
Maria has received training in Women’s Social Entrepreneurship and holds the WISE4Women certification of the corresponding training program by the European Union.
She is a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and has been a mentor for young entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs for more than 10 years.
Maria mentors young entrepreneurs at Women on Top, at Women Do Business, Startab, ACEin at the University of Financial Studies in Athens and at Foundit by Prince’s Trust International and Bizrupt. Her seminars, webinars and workshops are presented, among others, at the actions of Women Do Business, Skywalker.gr and Plan of Business.
You can find her articles published at www.epixeiro.gr, at www.planofbusiness.eu and at www.talentedladiesclub.com
Selected publications or texts
https://www.planofbusiness.eu/blog/posts/toxiko-ergasiako-perivallon-pos-na-to-ksexorisoume-kai-pos-to-antimetopizoume
https://www.epixeiro.gr/article/95529
https://www.epixeiro.gr/article/204445
https://www.epixeiro.gr/article/134247
What’s holding you back at work? A sticky floor or a glass ceiling?
Selected speaking engagements
Keynote speaker, 6th Annual EA&PA global summit 2024
Keynote speaker, 7th Annual EA&PA global summit 2025
DEI Summit speaker, 2024