Anna Spyrou

About Anna Spyrou

Anna Spyrou has served as the GNC's Communication Officer since January 2018 and previously worked as GNC's Research Coordinator beginning in 2011. She moved from the United Kingdom to Sweden in December 2010. She has a bachelor’s degree in modern foreign languages from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the UK. She speaks French, German, Italian, English and Swedish.

After graduating in 2002, Anna began her professional career as a European Sea Freight Clerk at one of the UK's leading logistics companies, Harbour Shipping. Some years later she was the European Sales Manager for P&B Metal Components.

Prior to moving to Sweden, Anna has previously worked as a Sales and Logistics Manager at one of the UK’s largest soft fruit propagators Edward Vinson Plants Limited. She has also been in charge of printed and digital advertising, business development and search engine optimisation at what is now a leading London-based digital agency Deeson.

Current role

Strategic communication (external and internal)

• Creating external communication strategies tailored to diverse audiences
• Building international brand visibility
• Developing engagement-focused messaging
• Identifying innovative communication channels beyond traditional academic formats
• Communication among 7 international GNC branches.

Digital communication & content creation

• Website strategy, content planning, and editorial oversight
• News, interviews, and research-focused articles
• Design using Adobe Express and Affinity Suite
• Layout development
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and website analytics (Siteimprove)
• Social media strategy and management: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook

Event management

Responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all GNC events. This includes full project responsibility: marketing, campaign planning, materials, sponsorships, and budgeting.

• GNC inauguration with HM Queen Silvia
• GNC inauguration with Suzanne Reuter
• ESSENCE Conference 2013 (1,500 participants)
• ESSENCE Conference 2024, Cape Town (approx. 400 participants)
• Birgit Olsson and Mary Coleman lecture series (12 events)
• ESSENCE training days (350 participants x 2 days) and refresher courses
• Doctoral dissertation events
• GNC's annual kick-off's/international meetings

Language editing & translation

• English editing of doctoral theses and peer-reviewed articles
• Editing of funding applications and official reports
• High-level proofreading and text refinement
• Translation from Swedish to English

Research 

ESSENCE-D Project

• Impact analysis
• Risk assessment
• FIK application
• Co-authoring scientific publications

Project management

Screening questionnaires

• Full responsibility for international usage of screening questionnaires
• Forward and backward translation to multiple languages