1. Sir STELIOS Haji-Ioannou risk-taker or risk-averse ?

2. contENTS

• Introduction

• How did he develop his capacity to be a leader?

• What leadership theory is best addressed here?

• How is this individual a leader?

• What has the leader accomplished?

• What are the lessons we can all learn from this study?

• References

3. how did he develop his capacity to be a LEADER?

• Broad educational background

• Serial entrepreneurship

• Business pioneer

• Press oriented

• Twice-born

• Innovative

• Willing to win at any cost

• Dynamic nature to improve himself

• Capacity to put visions in place

4. what leadership THEORY is most addressed here?

• Charismatic and Narcissistic Leadership Theory:

• • Favourite business is next one.

• • Steilos is a spirited competitor, says David Magliano,Gos sales director

• • One of his favorite mottoes is still ,if you think safty;s expensive,try an accidents and you know that;s why ever since then I ve been very deeply committed to the safesr possible operations in whateever I do.After eighteen months of the accident he struck out on his own: I had enough of being accused of running an old fleet, I wanted to run a company with modern ships that focused on operating, not buying and selling of assets

• • I dont see myself as an airline chairman,I see myself as a serial entrepreneur

• • It was voluntary and its what I wanted to do fre up my time,in order to concentrate on new business

• • A superbly destructive thinker

5. how is THIS INDIVIDUAL a leader? by what MEANS?

• Sir Stelios is a superstar CEO in GB

• He is an outstanding business leader in the sense of :

• He sees the bigger picture as a business pioneer

• He does not anticipate the future, he creates it focusing on consumer recognition

• He is a visionary as a serial entrepreneur and gives a fresh stimulus to an industry

• He is inspiring people and attracts followers with is charisma

• He gets the job done when he decided to open a new business

• He is an expert in the industry and creates more international competiveness

6. how does He do it ?

• He is charismatic, has charm and is relaxed

• He is a self promoter and independent, big ego

• He is a risk taker and a hard worker

• He is innovative, creative and dedicated

• He is a good learner

• He is a gifted speaker / he knows how to sell his ideas and himself

7. what has the leader ACCOMPLISHED?

• Education

• • Doukas High School, Athens

• • 1984-1987 - BSc Eco n in London School of Economics

• • 1988 - MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School at City University, London

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• Work experience/ Entrepreneurship

• • 1988 - Troodos Shipping Co Ltd .

• • 1991 oil tanker disaster

• • 1992 - Negotiated a $30 million payout from his father and c reated a shipping company Stelmar Shipping at the age of 25; 2001 - Floated Stelmar Shipping on the NYSE; 2005 - Sold Stelmar Shipping for approximately $1.3 Billion.

• • 1995 - Created easyJet PLC

• • 1998 - Formation of the easyGroup , which includes:

• • • 1999 - easyInternetcaf

• • • 2000 - easyCar : offering low cost car rental in 2,000 locations globally;

• • • 2000 - easyValue.com , impartial comparisons for online shopping

• • • 2001 - easyMoney , online financial services, launched with the world's first dynamically personalised credit card

• • • 2003 - easyCinema , low cost movie theatres

• • • 2004 - easyBus: offers low cost bus transportation between airports and city centres;

• • • 2004 - easy4men: male toiletries

• • • 2004 - easyPizza : dedicated to offering more value for less to millions of consumers

• • • 2004 easyMusic : music downloads

• • • 2004 - easyJobs An employment search engine, a partnership with JobSite.co.uk

• • • 2005 - easyHotel: a "no frills super budget" hotel operator in city centres

• • • 2005 - easyCruise: More Luxe for Less claims to introduce a younger age group to cruising in various parts of the world;

• • • 2005 easyMobile: mobile telephony

• • • 2005 - easyWatch - A Swatch-style range of watches made by Zeon

• • • 2007 - easyVan : van rental across the UK

• • • 2007 - easyOffice : (low-cost, serviced office rental for small businesses).

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• Philanthropy

• • 1992 Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Association ( CYMEPA ), $600,000

• • 2005 - Stelios Scholars: 3,000,000

• • 2006 - Greek childrens charity: 730000

• • 2007 - Award for entrepreneurs with disabilities, with a 50,000 prize

• • 2007 - 100,000 for Greek charity, the 'Together for Children' Foundation .

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• Awards

• • Received 4 honorary doctorates from: Liverpool John Moores University, Cass Business School , 2006 - DSc(Hon) from Cranfield University , and 2007 - Doctorate of Civil Law from Northumbria University

• • 2006 Knightwood from Queen Elizabeth II for services to entrepreneurship.

• • 2007 - WISTA Personality Award for advancement in the maritime industry in the fields of management and business development .

11. what are the LESSONS we can all learn from him?

• Self confidence

• Courage to take on responsibility

• Visionary thinking

• Patience

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• 1. http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/06959143452056800553/sir-stelios-haji-ioannou.html

• 2. http://www.easy.com/index.html

• 3. www.stelios.com

• 4.h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRtvj9a1dbU&feature=related

• 5. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0 ,, 687834,00.html

• 6. http :// www.newcastlebusinessschool.co.uk/news-stelios.aspx

• 7 . J. Walters, Making it all look easy, The Observer, Sun. 21 April, 2002, London

• 8. C. Orton-Jones, I`ll have what Stelios is having, The Guardian, 30 August, 2007, London

• 9. M. Thomas, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, GB Magazine, Feb. 2008

• 10. D. Reece, Stelios Haji-Ioannou : The rebel who wants much more than easy life, 14 August 2004

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14. thank YOU!