About NAI
Executive learning for responsible transformation.
Technology-enabled. Human-led. Evidence-informed.
Positioning
Why NAI exists.
Next Athens Institute is an internationally connected executive learning venture.
Artificial Intelligence is transforming every industry. But technology alone does not create value. Responsible leadership does.
We do not educate people simply to use AI. We develop leaders who can transform organisations responsibly with AI, connecting strategy, governance, ethics and adoption to work that actually happens inside an organisation.
Create value. Consider who benefits. Build the conditions for lasting impact.
Founder
Who is behind NAI.
Anastasios (Marios) Kitsaras
Anastasios (Marios) Kitsaras is Founder & CEO of Next Athens Institute and Founder & Chair of Next Com Group. He founded Next Com in Ioannina in 1993 and brings more than 30 years of experience in strategic management, corporate development, and business-building across communications, technology, energy, consulting, and sustainable development. At NAI, his focus is connecting executive learning (education and training seminars) with responsible organisational action.
How we work
Consulting tells organisations what to do. Education enables leaders to do it themselves.
Technology-enabled
The platform carries structure, progress and evidence so the learning time is spent on thinking, not administration.
Human-led
Faculty and peers lead the learning. We do not replace that with an automated content library.
Applied by design
Every programme is built around a real organisational challenge and ends with work that can be used.
Interested in a programme, or a cohort for your organisation?