Aristide Caratzas of Athens, Greece Joins SDB Partners LLC

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 5, 2011 -- Aristide D. Caratzas, a leading strategic advisor and international business specialist based in Athens, Greece, has joined SDB Partners LLC.

SDB Partners LLC is a global defense and homeland security group of marketing, sales and industry experts based in Washington DC. (http://www.sdb-partners.com)

Mr.Caratzas has advised a succession of corporations and international entities in countries including Greece, the United States, Italy, Georgia, Serbia, Albania and Russia. Some recent projects include advising and representing a major Italian corporation (specializing defense and security products and services) on market expansion in the Caucasus; advising on the strategic positioning of an energy company in Belgrade; advising, consulting and representing a major US-based company in gaining the Olympic security integration contract in Greece.

Mr. Caratzas served as advisor on foreign relations to the late Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (2001-2006).

Mr.Caratzas owns an academic publishing house bearing his name, which he founded in 1975 and based in Scarsdale New York (http:// www.caratzas.com),. This entity produced over 400 titles in its 30 year history, many of which have won top distinctions as academic and publishing endeavors.

He was a founding member of the Hellenic Council of America (founded in New York in 1974), and as such one of the founding members of what came to be called the Greek Lobby in Washington, DC. As a result of these endeavors he has developed an effective network of contacts at many levels in the United States and countries affected by US policies.

Mr Caratzas is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic American Union; in the past he served on the boards of Greek Orthodox Telecommunications (an adjunct of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in the US), and was a founding member of the Friends of the Benaki Museum in the US.

“Ari Caratzas is one of those amazing people in this world who combine vast historical knowledge with practical, business understanding. His global contacts make him highly effective in helping corporations expand their business internationally," says Dr. Stephen Bryen, Chairman and President of SDB Partners LLC. “It is a real honor to have Ari on our team.”

More information can be found online at http://www.sdb-partners.com

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