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Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his New Democracy party won a solid majority in the 2019 Greek national elections, elevating him to the post of prime minister.

Mitsotakis campaigned on a platform of jobs, strong growth, and lower taxes to revive Greece, which had endured the loss of one-fourth of its GDP and the near collapse of its banks following the 2008 global recession. As part of his response, he prioritized foreign direct investment and enhanced the country’s credibility among ratings agencies. Despite the additional burden of COVID-19, Greece’s central bank reported economic growth of seven percent in 2021 and a projected five percent for this year.

Elected to the Greek parliament in 2004, Mitsotakis gained valuable experience serving on committees such as trade and national defense. As chairman of the Environment Committee and later the shadow minister for the environment, he fought to highlight the issue of climate change and advocated for environmentally sustainable growth. Later, as minister of Administrative Reform and e-Government, he led comprehensive national reforms by implementing a functional reorganization of institutions, structures, and processes.

For Mitsotakis, the 2019 electoral victory represented another chapter in his family’s political legacy, which includes his father Konstaninos—the Greek prime minister from 1990-1993—and his great uncle Eleuthérios Venizélos, one of Greece’s most prominent early-20th-century politicians and statesmen.

Before entering politics, he worked for 10 years in the private sector, including as CEO of NBG Venture Capital at the National Bank of Greece.

Mitsotakis holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, a master’s degree from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He and his wife, Mareva Grabowski ’89, have three children, Sofia, Dafni, and Konstantinos, a 2020 ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â alumnus.

With an impressive record of commitment to care and service, Yolanda Lyle is vice president of executive operations, chief of staff to the chairman and chief executive officer, and NYHQ Site Lead at Pfizer Inc., whose pioneering work during the COVID-19 pandemic led to the co-development and manufacture of a vaccine in record time.

 A native of Brookline, Mass., Lyle graduated from ÑÇÉ«Ó°¿â with a bachelor’s degree in sociology before earning a juris doctorate from Boston College Law School. She has nearly two decades of experience providing pharmaceutical company counsel. Prior to her current role at Pfi