Lavrentios Vasileiadis speaking at the Travel West Forum

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LavrentiosVasileiadis

Regional Development & Tourism Strategist

Connecting Policy, Investment, Destinations & International Markets

PhD and MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, with research on regional planning and foreign direct investment — applied through public administration in the Region of Western Greece, tourism and destination strategy, and international cooperation.

Public AdministrationTourism StrategyInvestment & FDIEU ProgrammesLSE Research
Lavrentios Vasileiadis speaking at the Travel West Forum
Travel West Forum
At a glance
IProfessional DNA

Five disciplines, one line of reasoning.

IIAreas of Expertise

  • Territorial & Regional Strategy

    Reading a region as a system: assets, constraints, governance and comparative position.

  • Destination Development

    Building coherent destination narratives and the structures that sustain them.

  • Investment Attraction

    Framing regional value in the language of investors and international capital.

  • Programme & Policy Design

    Translating policy objectives into instruments, criteria and workable delivery.

  • Institutional Coordination

    Aligning public bodies, sectoral actors and private stakeholders around shared objectives.

  • International Market Orientation

    Connecting local propositions to external demand, networks and cooperation channels.

Lavrentios Vasileiadis presenting regional infrastructure and investment opportunities on stage
Regional development & infrastructure
IIITrajectory

A progression from research to strategic direction.

  1. 01

    Academic Foundation

    PhD and MSc at the London School of Economics and Political Science — regional planning, development and foreign direct investment, followed by years of teaching.

  2. 02

    Public Administration

    Policy practice within the Region of Western Greece: regional development, tourism, culture and employment, annual action plans and European and national programmes.

  3. 03

    Tourism & Regional Development

    Tourism policy and destination development, from strategy and product structuring to promotion and coordination with sectoral bodies.

  4. 04

    International Cooperation

    International tourism fairs, workshops and forums, institutional partnerships and the presentation of Western Greece abroad.

  5. 05

    Strategic Direction

    Advisory and leadership work at the level where policy, investment and destination strategy become decisions.

IVAcademic Foundation
Lavrentios Vasileiadis lecturing students on destination branding and regional planning
Teaching & academic engagement

Research as the discipline behind strategy.

Doctoral and postgraduate study at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with research on regional planning and the relationship between regional development and foreign direct investment — the analytical foundation for how territorial development and international capital are read together, and the basis of years of academic and teaching practice.

Doctorate

PhD

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Doctoral research in regional planning and the relationship between regional development and foreign direct investment.

Postgraduate

MSc

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Postgraduate study in regional and development planning.

Teaching

Academic practice

Years of academic and teaching experience in regional development, tourism policy and destination planning, including lecturing and supervision in higher education settings.

Research Focus

Regional planning & FDI

Territorial development frameworks, investment location logic and the tourism economy as a driver of regional competitiveness.

Selected Paper

Regional Tourism Promotion Policies in Greece: The Case of the Region of Western Greece

with Margarita Komninou · Presented at TOURMAN 2019

VInternational & Institutional

Reach built through relationships, not announcements.

International tourism exhibitions, trade workshops and policy forums — presenting Western Greece to foreign markets, working with tourism organisations and operators, and taking part in institutional dialogue on regional development and the tourism economy.

Panel discussion on stage at the Travel West Forum, Royal Theater Patras
Travel West Forum — panel stage
Lavrentios Vasileiadis presenting tourism in Western Greece at the Greek Tourism Workshop in The Hague
Greek Tourism Workshop — The Hague
Lavrentios Vasileiadis at the Greece and Visit Greece destination promotion stand
Destination promotion — Visit Greece
Lavrentios Vasileiadis at the Delphi Economic Forum
Delphi Economic Forum

  • International Tourism Fairs & Workshops

    Presenting Western Greece at international tourism exhibitions and trade workshops, including the Greek Tourism Workshop in The Hague, alongside national destination promotion under the Visit Greece framework.

  • Forums & Policy Dialogue

    Participation in institutional and economic policy dialogue, including the Delphi Economic Forum and the Travel West Forum, where regional development and tourism strategy are discussed with national and international counterparts.

  • Destination Promotion

    Positioning Western Greece abroad through coordinated presence at destination stands, B2B meetings with international operators and sectoral cooperation with tourism bodies.

  • Institutional Cooperation

    Sustained working relationships with public authorities, chambers, tourism organisations and professional associations, linking regional priorities to wider European and international networks.

VIProfessional Footprint

One continuous line, from instrument to market.

  1. 01

    Policy

    Design of frameworks and instruments.

  2. 02

    Strategy

    Direction, sequencing and priorities.

  3. 03

    Destinations

    Place turned into proposition.

  4. 04

    Investment

    Readiness and capital orientation.

  5. 05

    International Markets

    External demand and cooperation.

VIILeadership & Social Impact
Lavrentios Vasileiadis seated on a conference panel with a headset microphone
Public speaking & institutional dialogue

Service as a form of leadership.

Lions

Leadership and voluntary service within the Lions movement.

Active membership and leadership responsibility within Lions, organising and supporting voluntary initiatives that address local social needs — from community support actions to awareness and solidarity campaigns carried out with volunteers, local bodies and partner organisations.

Institutional & Social Contribution

Alongside professional practice, sustained engagement in institutional dialogue, public speaking and collective bodies — the quieter work of building trust between people and institutions, and of keeping social contribution part of a professional life rather than separate from it.

VIIIResearch & Publications

Writing organised by theme, not by volume.

Peer-reviewed and applied research spanning regional development, tourism policy and investment, alongside international work in financial economics and risk — conducted in university settings and tested against the realities of regional administration.

Latest international publicationOpen Access

How does the Brexit vote affect tail risk? An extreme value approach for the UK financial markets

Konstantinos Gkillas & Lavrentios Vasiliadis

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Volume 66, pages 1093–1127 (2026) · Published online 17 June 2025

An empirical study of how the Brexit referendum affected tail risk in UK financial markets, applying Value at Risk and extreme value theory across the FTSE-100, the GBP/EUR exchange rate, Treasury Gilts and sectoral credit default swaps.

Downside tail risk did not increase significantly relative to pre-referendum levels and upside-tail estimates decreased, while the banking sector showed greater downside vulnerability.

Read on Springer NatureDOI 10.1007/s11156-025-01422-4
Selected publicationPresented at TOURMAN 2019

Regional Tourism Promotion Policies in Greece: The Case of the Region of Western Greece

with Margarita Komninou

A study of how regional tourism promotion policy is designed and delivered in Greece, using the Region of Western Greece as the case through which planning frameworks, promotional instruments and institutional coordination are examined.