Socratis Ploussas
Founder & CEO, KNEX PC
Socrates Ploussas is the founder and CEO of the technology company KNEX, a pioneer in software development, primarily operating in the UK and Greece. KNEX develops a semantic orchestration layer for EMIs, payments institutions, banks and non-financial organizations which with the support of Agentic AI, automates workflows.
Until 2022, he also served as a corporate strategic advisor at Profile Software, as well as at Relational Financial Services.
He was a founding member and CEO of PARNASSE S.A., the operator of OpenCircle, the first and only equity crowdfunding platform in Greece.
He was also a founding member and president of the Hellenic Start-up Association and a board member of Synergies, an initiative for innovation development in Greece.
He worked in the commercial divisions of major Greek multinational groups, such as Coca-Cola 3E and the Fourlis Group.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from DEREE and an MBA in International Business from HENLEY Management School, where he co-founded the HENLEY Emerging Markets and International Business Forum
A member of Virtual Advisory Board (VAB) and a member of the Henley Alumni Association.