Associates
Konstantinos Polychroniades
Konstantinos Polychroniades was born in Athens, Greece. While at school, he participated in several model United Nations conferences and became involved in social work and environmental protection. Following the completion of the I.B. Diploma Examinations, Konstantinos was admitted to the Management School at the University of Surrey in 1999. As part of his BSc degree in International Hospitality Management, Konstantinos gained valuable corporate management training at the Boca Raton Resort and Club and the Harman-Nickolas Leisure Group at the Golden Coast in Florida. His final year dissertation on Low-Cost Airlines – Emergence and Sustainability received a first class mark. Moreover, Konstantinos and his team were awarded the 3i prize (related to venture capital funding) for their Airline Catering Business Plan at their university competition in 2003.
To satisfy his rising interest in the transport sector and especially in the airline business, Konstantinos advanced his academic knowledge by reading for the MA in Transport Economics at the University of Leeds; having received a scholarship, he successfully completed his studies there in 2004. His thesis on airport accessibility included a feasibility study with primary research and econometric analysis on Stated Preference techniques.
Konstantinos is currently involved in freelance consulting. He participates in a project studying the petroleum industry and its relation with aviation. He has also founded Chilloud Ltd.; this is a market research company that specialises in Mystery Shopping and Total Quality Control & Management with recent interest in the airline and airport markets. He is also engaged in academic work with an article on Reducing Car Use – Reducing Egocentricity where he introduces methods of reducing car use by assisting drivers to reduce their egocentricity. Moreover, he has been observing and analysing business trends as an associate correspondent for international airline, maritime and tourism magazines.
Konstantinos Polychroniades is an experienced user of econometric and statistical software packages; he speaks three languages fluently (Greek, English, Italian) and two at a working level (Spanish, French). He is a member of the Hotel and Catering International Management Association (HCIMA) and the Alternative-EcoTourism Worldwide Club (ECOCLUB) and he is due to join the Hellenic Aviation Society. As part of his extracurricular activities, Konstantinos enjoys a cruise with friends on his sailing boat or a fast windsurf ride.
You may contact Konstantinos by email at konpol@trioptron.org.
