Yioula Georgiou

Senior Talent Acquisition & Career Expert

“Looking beyond experience to see potential—and beyond the role to find the right fit.”

My professional journey has been shaped by a genuine interest in people and a desire to help organizations make clearer, more thoughtful and better-informed people decisions.

With more than 20 years of experience in Human Resources and Recruitment, I have worked both within organizations, in senior HR leadership roles, and as an external consultant. This combination has enabled me to understand business realities from within, while also recognizing the value of stepping back, bringing perspective and helping leaders consider their options more clearly.

Recruitment and talent assessment have always been central to my work. Having conducted more than 2,000 interviews, I have learned that strong decisions rarely come from a CV alone. They come from listening carefully, asking meaningful questions and understanding both the person and the organization behind each role.

What matters to me is creating conversations in which people feel comfortable enough to be open and honest. Whether I am working with a candidate, a leader or an organization, I aim to build trust and help those involved understand not only whether there is a match, but also why that match can work.

Earlier in my career, I spent 15 years at Hewlett-Packard, holding a range of HR roles before becoming HR Business Partner for Greece, Turkey and Russia. I later served as HR Director for SAP Hellas, with responsibility for HR operations across Southeast Europe and the Middle East. These roles gave me extensive experience across different cultures, leadership styles and organizational environments.

I subsequently joined Aon as Senior Consultant in Assessment and Development, leading assessment centers and supporting talent identification and development initiatives.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing Management from The American College of Greece and a Master’s degree in Strategic Human Resource Management from ALBA Graduate Business School.

This journey has taught me that effective HR is not only about processes, tools or methodologies. It requires judgment, empathy and the ability to balance business needs with the potential, aspirations and realities of the people involved.

Today, I bring senior HR experience, practical business understanding and a people-centered perspective to every collaboration—working alongside leaders, organizations and candidates to support stronger decisions, better matches and more meaningful professional journeys.