User:Constantine Adraktas
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( 1 ) BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE
CONSTANTINE EPAMINONDAS ADRAKTAS
59 South Audley Street Grosvenor Square, Mayfair London WIK 2QN United Kingdom
Constantine.Adraktas@MIT-Partners.eu MIT.Partners@gmail.com SouthAudley@alum.MIT.edu
00 - 44 - 207 - 629 . 6229 00 - 30 - 6944 - 314 . 309
1952 – 1958 GREEK GYMNASIUM
Classical studies orientation.n
Finished first with 19.6 out of 20 maximum.
1958 – 1963 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Special program restricted to 5 top students.
Formally with the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
but with complete freedom to choose courses from other departments
and directly at graduate level.
Fellowship of the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Thesis : Mathematical formula for interplanetary travel .
Used by NASA for the first Moon landing and subsequent APOLLO program
expeditions .
Obtained the degrees of Bachelor and Masters of Sciences ,
concurrently , in 1963 .
Finished first with 4.8 out of 5.0 maximum , the highest ever grade
achieved at MIT.
1963 – 1966 GREEK NAVY
Obligatory military service.
National swimming and water polo team.
Concurrently:
DOXIADIS ASSOCIATES
Worked directly for Dr. Constantine Doxiadis.
Developed city and regional planning models which were applied to
projects in the USA and worldwide.
Introduced the concepts and parameters of Energy,Pressure ,
Temperature , Enthalpy , Entropy and Probability
into City Planning and Ekistics.
1966 – 1967 IMPERIAL COLLEGE and LONDON UNIVERSITY
Master of Science and DIC.
Civil and Structural Engineering.
Scholar of the British Council
1968 – 1969 LITTON INDUSTRIES
Economic and Development projects for Greece.
1969 – 1975 N . J . GOULANDRIS and THE ENFIELD GROUP
Negotiated the purchase of Neorion Shipyards, in Syros, Greece.
Chairman, Managing and Technical Director of Enfield Automotive.
Designed and developed the Enfield 8000 Electric City Car ,
the first electric car in the world to win commercial contracts in
competition against Ford, British Leyland and other major car
manufacturers.
The Enfield 8000 , used as a City Car in London for over 4 years was
removed from circulation in exchange for Tanker charter contracts .
The Oil lobby won during the Oil crisis of 1973.
1975 – 1977 STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Opened and directed the United Kingdom office for SRI of Menlo Park
in California.
Provided Management Consulting services to the top management of
International blue chip companies
Emphasis in the Management of Change and Decisions
1977 – 1989 QUANTUM CONSULTANTS INTERNATIONAL
Started as Senior Vice President of Europe , based in London , and
became Senior Vice President worldwide in 1982 ,
with headquarters in Manhattan,
when the European business , starting from 20% in 1977 ,
surpassed the combined American and Japanese business
Continued emphasis in working with the top management of large and
rapidly moving International groups
on the Management of Change , Decision making and
the combination of Business Development - Marketing
1989 - Today MANAGEMENT , INVESTMENT AND TRADE ( MIT )
MIT and MIT Partners continue to supply services as per above
but on an executive advisory capacity and
in the areas of Strategies and Business Development.
The addition of Russia opened new vistas for MIT and the MIT Partners
and a variety of businesses emerged
a. Selling to Russian companies second hand and
reconditioned western factories.
This business was , also , extended to China.
b. Buying from Russia and re-selling to the West
equipment of western origin.
c. Executive Advisors to the President and CEO of KamAZ
a vertically integrated truck producer.
KamAZ became the springboard for serious contacts and businesses
for MIT and the MIT Partners , especially after we secured a $100
million working capital loan from EBRD
Joint Ventures with KKR , Cummins , Tata , ZF etc emerged and
today our deep rooted contacts from the KamAZ “kitchen” include
the top echelon of Gazprom and Gazprombank ,
the owner of the United Financial Group (now DEuSCHE - UFG )
members of the Federal Government ,
the 2004 Patriarch of the Russian businessmen ,
the owner of Russian Aluminium ,
the owners of KKR , the CEO of Novelis etc.
Additionally the above have led and keep leading to very highly
placed contacts in Libya , Iraq , Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan etc and
the financial centres not only OF Moscow
but , also , NY and London.
d. Advisors to the President and Prime Minister of Tatarstan ,
Russian Federation.
f. Etc ( disclosure upon request )
Currently
MIT LTD and MIT Partners LTD are completing a portfolio of
select companies for the benefit of which they will
gear , on a hands on basis , all the above mentioned
accumulated experience , know-how and contacts.
The above , one to one , cooperation relationships
are governed by the Non Circumvention and Non
Disclosure ( NCND ) agreement developed by the
International Chamber of Commerce ( ICC )
