Born in Greece, Olga Bornozi graduated from the University of Geneva in Switzerland with a Bachelor’s degree in Political and Economic Sciences. She continued her studies at the Institute of International Studies (H.E.I.), in Geneva and she obtained a Master’s in Political Science and International Studies. In order to enhance her knowledge, she obtained a second postgraduate degree with further specialization in Political Science and International Studies from the Institut d’Etudes Europeennes of Geneva.
Her career began in Switzerland as an Assistant to Professor Claude Dupraz, with whom she worked on a project of Industrial Design which was jointly undertaken by Professor Dupraz and the Greek Government. Later on, she went over to the Press and Information Desk of the General Consulate of Greece in Geneva. Then, she joined the administration of G.I.E. SA Generale Import-Export SA and focused on supporting and marketing issues. For a period of ten years, she worked with the LATSIS family on managerial welfare issues as well as on their personal public relations in Geneva.
In 1988 she came to Greece and worked with LAVIPHARM SA, in Athens coordinating the organization of International Conferences on behalf of Dr. Athanase Lavidas, then President of EENE – Young Presidents Organization. Indicative examples of the Forums successfully organized are: the Greek participation to the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM in Davos, for 3 consecutive years 1992, 1993 and 1994 (it is noted that in 1992 Greece was the host and held a reception for the 5.000 foreign participants in Davos).
From 1998 to 2000 she worked for the Organizing Committee of “Athens Olympic Games 2004” heading the Executive Director’s Office.
Ms. Bornozi first joined Capital Link in 1994. For two years she headed its Public Relations Department in New York and organization of the Company’s Road Shows, Investment Conferences, Company’s presentations and Congresses promoting Greek and European firms to the American investment market. In 1998 she went back to Greece where she founded Capital Link’s Athens’s office, which together with the Company’s New York office, introduced the concept of Investor Relations and the adoption of qualitative criteria and investor relations by the Greek companies listed in the Athens Stock Exchange.
From 2000 to today she is the Managing Director of Capital Link. With its headquarters in New York and presence in London, Athens and Oslo, Capital Link has been active since 1995 in the field of Investor Relations and Financial Communication. (www.capitallink.com). Founded by her brother Nicolas Bornozis, President of the Company, Capital Link is also known for the organization of 17 large scale, high quality Forums and 29 Webinars the majority of which focus on maritime transportation and U.S. investment products, in the United States, Europe and Asia, in 10 countries, in key industry centers, such as New York, London, Oslo, Hamburg, Athens, Limassol, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
The Capital Link Investment Forums feature industry leaders and draw the elite of the global financial and investment communities. Capital Link has a leading position globally in the area of Investor Relations with respect to shipping, as it cooperates with shipping companies listed on the two US Stock Exchanges, as well as in London (LSE and AIM) and Milan. Capital Link has focused on elevating the profile of Greek Shipping and Shipping to a wider audience around the world, including investors, analysts, bankers, financiers and industry participants.
Olga Bornozis is a member of several Organizations and Chambers of Commerce, both in the USA and in Greece, to name a few: she serves on the Board of Directors of the CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D’INDUSTRIE FRANCE – GRECE, as well as on the board of the HELLENIC – AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of New York. She is also a member of the British – Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, the Greek- American Chamber of Commerce of Greece, the Propeller Club of Greece, the Propeller Club of the USA, the Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry, of WISTA and of WISTA International : Women’s International Trade and Shipping Organization, of the Greek Branch of the International Nongovernmental Organization “International Social Services”, based in Geneva and many others.
Piano is one of her hobbies -she had piano lessons and practical experience for over 25 years.
Painting on China is her other hobby – she took lessons at specialized institutes in Geneva, Switzerland and had a practical experience for over 25 years by reproducing museum copies and rare artefacts in Limoges porcelain. She is a black belt in Karate.
She loves theater and has participated as an actress in the plays presented by the Group “Theatroparea” for 5 years.
She speaks English, French, and Greek fluently.
