Konstantinos Lafkas

Scaling Businesses. Aligning Leaders. Driving Execution.

Konstantinos Lafkas is a certified Scaling Up practitioner, business strategist, and leadership advisor dedicated to helping growth-stage companies turn ambition into disciplined, measurable performance. As the official representative of the Scaling Up methodology in Greece and the initiator of TheScaleUps, he works with CEOs and executive teams who want to scale with clarity — not chaos.

Experience

Konstantinos has been active for over 25 years in high management and C-level positions, both in Greek and multinational companies (Selonda, Sunlight, Alfa Laval, MJ Maillis, EPA Attikis, Bitros, Shell).

He has lived in many European countries and has led business affairs in the Far East, Middle East and America. During his career he has traveled all over the world, working in many different environments and cultures.

Konstantinos has significantly contributed to the strengthening of the presence of Greek products on a global scale through organic growth projects and acquisitions, with active participation in negotiations both in Greece and abroad, creating new opportunities for business development and a total value of agreements of more than 2 billion euros.

He is co-founder and partner of Uni.Fund with a capital of 30 million euros, with the aim of financing pre-seed and seed Greek companies in the technology sector and highlighting the potential of Greek Universities and Research Centers.

Education & Mentoring

Konstantinos holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in production economics from NTUA, an MBA from IMD, and an MSc in Decision Sciences from AUEB.

In addition, he has been educated at leading institutions and universities such as Stanford (Entrepreneurship and Innovation), Babson (Entrepreneurship in Corporate Environments), IMD (Program for Executive Development), INSEAD (Young Managers Program) and Ashridge (Strategic Global Sales and Marketing). He is a member of TEE, the Greek Engineers Association and various alumni associations.

For the last 10 years, Konstantinos has been focusing on coaching Greek startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), participating in the dynamic development of organizations, at the same time supporting the Greek ecosystem through EkinisiLAB of BSE, egg (enter, grow, go) of Eurobank, Coralia and networks of Entrepreneurs Angelon.

The book behind the methodology

Konstantinos Lafkas’ work is closely connected to Scaling Up — a practical business-growth methodology built around the four pillars of People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash.

It is one of the core reference points behind the way TheScaleUps helps leadership teams scale with more clarity, discipline, and pace.

The Greek edition, Scaling Up: Dynamic Growth, Now!, helps bring this methodology closer to Greek and European businesses through localized insights, practical examples, and downloadable tools in both Greek and English.

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