Akis Evangelidis is a highly accomplished marketing professional and entrepreneur, serving as the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing for Nothing, a London-based startup focused on bringing artistry and passion back into the technology industry. His decade-plus career is defined by successfully driving marketing and sales efforts for disruptive tech brands, specializing in launching and scaling innovative consumer electronics products in highly competitive global markets.
Evangelidis played a pivotal role in Nothing's rapid rise, leading global teams to reach vital milestones and achieving over one million units in sales across the company's innovative product ecosystem. This success is highlighted by the Nothing Phone (1) being named "Innovative Design" in Time's Best Inventions of 2022. Prior to co-founding Nothing, he held key leadership roles at industry giants, including Vice President of France for OnePlus, where he successfully drove sales and marketing efforts.
His expertise in Marketing and PR is extensive, gained through his professional career which included contributions to major global consumer electronics launches and work for reputable telecom and media brands such as Universal Pictures and Sony Xperia. His tenure at OnePlus was instrumental in the brand's success, during which he headed the PR and Communication department in Europe, contributing to the company's rapid growth to over $1.4 billion in annual revenues by 2017.
As a speaker, Akis Evangelidis shares his firsthand knowledge on how to challenge the status quo in the technology sector, focusing on innovative design and building a connected product ecosystem. His presentations offer corporate and entrepreneurial audiences strategic insights into brand launch, hypergrowth dynamics, and the essential marketing and PR strategies required for a startup to successfully disrupt a major global industry.
