Gouras Athanasios

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Athanasios Gouras is the Head of Talent Development and Employee Excellence at Optimal HR group having capitalized more than 15 years of applied experience in critical HR roles both in house and in consulting industry.  He is passionate in delivering high quality HR policies and procedures positively impacting performance through Reward Management strategies, Compensation & Benefits Surveying, Performance Management initiatives, Engagement Surveying, HR metrics, People Assessment, Change Management. He is also eager to exemplify programs and endeavors that reflect on improving employee experiences throughout organizational operations and lead employee excellence programs that secure employer branding. He is also active Hogan certified Consultant having vast experience in delivering feedback for selection and development purposes. Nasos also holds certifications and professional experience in 360 Hogan tools and Leadership suite. He is an active academia member and adjunct lecturer at Athens University of economics and business around key HR functionalities and holds a drive seeing HR trends and reflections behind numbers and big data.