Antigoni Michalopoulou studied at the University of Finance in Athens with postgraduate studies at the University of Leicester (MBA in Employment Relations) and at Panteion University in Organizational Psychology faculty.

She has 30 years experience in the field of Human Resources starting her professional career in 1989  managing complex global HR functions through periods of significant change and reengineering. She has been Director of Human Resources in companies in the hotel industry – hotel Athens Ledra Marriott, the Athenaeum Intercontinental hotel, in Transport and Logistics industry – Kuehne Nagel company,  in Retail sector at the group Marinopoulos SA (Carrefour, Starbucks, Gap) and in support services of economic crises in grant-making organizations as OSF.