Dr. Joanna Konstantinou
Executive Consultant · Leadership Coach
jk@jkexecutive.consultingFor over fifteen years, Dr. Joanna Konstantinou has advised senior leaders, executive teams, and boards navigating high-stakes transitions — from post-merger integration and organisational turnarounds to governance restructuring and digital transformation. Her consulting practice spans strategic leadership development, organisational culture, change management, and board governance, with particular depth in leadership in crisis and disruption.
Her work is grounded in rigorous research: she holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield focused on leadership and HR practices in a crisis context, and she serves as a faculty member at The American College of Greece (ACG), where she teaches strategy, innovation, and information & communication technologies. Her academic foundation began in Computer Information Systems — a technical grounding that gives her a distinctive edge in digital leadership, AI strategy, and technology-driven transformation. She regularly presents at international conferences, bridging the latest academic thinking with the realities of executive practice.
This combination — hands-on consulting experience, doctoral-level research in crisis leadership, and a technology-first foundation — shapes everything she does. Every recommendation draws on both academic evidence and decades of working with leaders in real organisations facing real challenges.
Education
Experience
Consulting & Coaching Practice
- Founder & Principal Consultant at JK Executive Consulting
- Engagements span multinational organisations across financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer industries
- Specialisms include post-merger leadership alignment, organisational turnarounds, and executive development in high-stakes environments
Academic
- Full-time faculty at The American College of Greece (ACG) since 2001, teaching Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)
- Research Area Leader in Digital Leadership, RTIN (Research Technology Innovation Center)
- Research interests: leadership in crisis, digital transformation strategy, and paradox theory
- Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) ↗
Speaking
- Presented at international business and academic conferences in Dubai, Qatar, UK, New York, Portugal, Spain, Athens, and other cities worldwide
- Academic conferences include EURAM, BAM, European Conference on Leadership and Governance, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Conference
Publications
Advisory & Policy Roles
- Advisory Member, Rebrain Committee — Ministry of Labour (Greece)
- Former Steering Committee Member, European Commission — Digital Tourism (DG Internal Market)
- Research Fellow, UK Government — Department of Work and Pensions
- Judge and evaluator: MIT Enterprise Forum (6x), American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Venture Garden, Junior Achievement