Deppie Tzimea
Executive Director Corporate Communications & Sustainability OTE Group
Deppie Tzimea is the OTE Group Corporate Communications & Sustainability Executive Director. She has been a member of the OTE Group’s executive committee since 2001, when she joined the company as Director of Corporate Communications of the Group, reporting directly to the Chairman and CEO. Ms Tzimea oversaw the transformation of OTE's image into an extrovert and innovative customer-centric company, both internally and externally. She has thorough knowledge in all areas of communications including marketing communications, advertising and change management. Since she joined the company, she has been the head of Crisis Communications for the whole Group.
Initially responsible for the organization’s Corporate Responsibility strategy and implementation, she further evolved it to its Sustainability strategy, contributing significantly to its integration to the Group’s Business strategy. As a result, OTE has nowadays become one of the leading companies in the field of sustainable development, contributing to the economy, society and the environment. She was responsible for all OTE Group communications during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Before joining OTE, she held various senior executive positions in Marketing and Corporate Communications in the telecommunications industry (1995-2001). Prior to that she was a Group Account Director at Adel Saatchi & Saatchi handling 18 national and international accounts.
In December 2023, Ms Tzimea was named «Corporate Affairs and Communication Manager of the Year 2023» and «ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance Manager of the Year 2023», at the Manager of the Year Awards, which honors every year senior executives who have distinguished with their achievements.
Ms Tzimea, member of Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), holds a postgraduate degree in Communications and Public Relations from Stirling University and is a Political Sciences & Public Law graduate from the University of Athens Law School. She has completed her training on “High Impact Leadership” in Columbia Business School and on “Exponentially growing technologies” in Singularity University.