Panos Tzivanidis

Panos Tzivanidis and his team are responsible for a large variety of activities, including all events organised by the IOC worldwide, together with all accommodation, travel and accreditation needs for the Olympic family for all events around the Games period, plus the Olympic Club, the exclusive hospitality area for the Olympic family, heads of state, VIPs and dignitaries. He is also responsible for the operations of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne as well as the facilities and general services for all the IOC premises.

He joined the IOC in June 2013 after spending two years as Head of Travel and Conferences for UEFA, widely known for the organisation of the Champions League, Europa League and national teams’ EURO tournaments. Before that, he spent 11 years with SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication), the organiser of Sibos, where he was the Head of Events and Sibos dealing with all organisational aspects of the exhibition and the conference.

His profession has allowed him to travel to the four corners of the world, and he is a great believer in the power of networking amongst people in the events/conference/exhibition/association industry.