Theodore Kyriakou

Chairman of Antenna Group
& Co-Chair of Europe Gulf Forum
Theodore Kyriakou

Theodore Kyriakou is the lead shareholder of K Group and the Chairman of Antenna Group.

K Group is an international, multi-sector business owned by the Kyriakou family, with controlling interests in shipping, media, content and entertainment, real estate, and asset management.

The Kyriakou family has been involved in global shipping for four generations. Through privately owned holdings, its shipping Group has a unique record of owning, operating, buying, and selling different fleets of vessels, all built in the world’s greatest shipyards to the most stringent requirements.

Theodore Kyriakou’s media, content and entertainment business, Antenna Group, is a leading international organization founded in 1988 with activities across Europe, Noth America, and Australia. Antenna holds strategic investments in high-growth technology, media and telecommunications businesses, and co-investments in Imagine Entertainment, TelevisaUnivision and Semafor among others.

Theodore is an investor and a board member of The Raine Group, a leading TMT merchant bank, and was an early investor in Facebook, Twitter and Spotify before they went public.

Through K Group, he also invests in the real estate market. K Group presently owns 22 sites, both commercial and private.

K Group Capital Partners, the PE asset management business of K Group, is investing in a variety of sectors in Greece, including logistics, healthcare, food, energy, hospitality, and tourism.

Theodore serves on the International Advisory Board of the Atlantic Council, a preeminent U.S. think tank committed to advancing global leadership and fostering constructive engagement in international affairs. Additionally, together with the Atlantic Council, he is the Founder and Co-Chair of the recently inaugurated the Europe-Gulf Forum, a landmark forum convening, for the first time, heads of state, prime ministers, policymakers, senior investors, and business leaders to enhance consensus on global geopolitical challenges and strengthen economic relations between Europe and the Gulf.  

Theodore is also a member of the Board of Regents of Georgetown University, the Advisory Board of Cambridge University’s Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM), and the Business Advisory Council of the MBA International Program at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He graduated cum laude from Georgetown University with degrees in Physics and International Business and was awarded the Treado Medal for Physics.

He is the Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of Singapore in Athens and the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Thessaloniki.

This Forum is founded on the belief that leaders need to join forces to build stronger ties between two critical regions — Europe and the Gulf. Through this Forum, a powerful alliance is built around a shared vision, aiming to turn strategic dialogue into measurable outcomes and to create lasting value for both regions long after the participants have left the room.

Our Leadership Team

Theodore Kyriakou

Theodore Kyriakou

Chairman of Antenna Group
& Co-Chair of Europe Gulf Forum
Frederick Kempe

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO of the Atlantic Council & Co-Chair of Europe Gulf Forum