Drawing on extensive healthcare experience across global markets, innovative technologies, and diverse healthcare ecosystems, Konstantinos (Kostas) Deligiannis, Zone President at GE HealthCare, is responsible for leading operations across more than 50 countries and over 2000 colleagues in the Eurasian and African Growth Markets (EAGM) region, spanning the Middle East, Africa, Türkiye, Russia and CIS countries. Driven by GE HealthCare’s purpose to create a world where healthcare has no limits, Kostas focuses on strengthening customer partnerships, accelerating growth, and expanding access to innovative medical technologies, intelligent devices, and care solutions that improve patient outcomes.
Kostas joined GE HealthCare in 2003 and was promoted to Sales Manager for Greece shortly thereafter. In 2010, he became Zone Manager for Central and West Balkans and, in 2013, was appointed General Manager for Southeastern Europe. In 2018, Kostas assumed the role of General Manager for Eastern Europe, leading a diverse region of approximately 20 countries, stretching from Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states through Czechia, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary, and extending across the Balkans, Greece and Cyprus. More than two years ago, he was appointed Zone President for the Middle East, Northeast and Sub-Saharan Africa, Türkiye, Russia and CIS countries.
In addition to his responsibilities at GE HealthCare, Kostas was elected as a member of the MECOMED Board, where he contributes to advancing digital transformation across the Middle East and Africa.
From 1998 to 2001 he worked in CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Grenoble (France) in the domain of superconductivity, having been awarded the European Union Marie Curie Fellowship. He has also been also honored with the Bodossaki Foundation Scholarship.
Kostas graduated from the Physics Department of Athens University (Greece) in 1994. He was awarded with a PhD in Solid State Physics from the University of Southampton (UK), where he also worked as a Researcher for one year.