Dimitra Nika

Dimitra Nika (born July 10, 1986) is a Greek businesswoman, fashion designer, mentor, philanthropist, and human resource professional. She is the founder and CEO of MYA Collection, a Greek women’s clothing brand.
Nika is a skilled recruitment and talent acquisition manager who quit her corporate job to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams. She is widely recognized for her clothing line and her designs are inspired by her trips and cultural exposure. Nika has been recently seen walking the red carpet wearing the designer outfits from the MYA inspired by the colors of fw 22-23 collection at the 79th Film Festival held in Venice. Nika is known to have one of the largest networks of over 30,000 LinkedIn connections in Greece.
==Early life==
Nika was born on July 10, 1986, in Athens, Greece. She lost her father at a young age and was raised by her mother Maria Kourti Nika, who was a university professor. She attended the 
1st General High School of Thrakomakedones and was a member of the "Agogi Ygeias" school team. Nika enrolled at the University of Athens to pursue her studies in psychology and later obtained her master’s in human resource management from the Athens University of Economics.
During her graduation days, Nika by working in the field of technology with several multinational organizations such as Viva Wallet, Upstream, and Persado.
==Career==
Nika started her career as a human resource management professional and worked for several MNCs as an HR manager for over 6 years. During her professional career, she is known to have worked with several notable companies such as Randstad, Viva Wallet, Diesel, Upstream, and Seretis & Associates.
In 2016, Nika decided to quit her corporate job and pursue entrepreneurship. She conceived the idea of starting a women’s fashion brand during her first marathon run. She started sharing her designs on her social media handles. After receiving a positive feedback and demand from her online customers, Nika decided to launch her online store.
Nika led the foundation of MYA, a designer women’s fashion brand, that designs unique designer outfits for the modern working women who aspire to feel confident, different and free through their outfits. Within a span of 3 years, MYA has expanded its operations in 10 foreign countries and operates over 90 stores in Greece. All the pieces are designed in Greece and are created and tested by Nika herself. Nika’s designs are inspired by her various trips and exposure to various cultures and believes in creating unique designs representing women’s individualities. Since the inception of her brand, her customized and bespoke fashion designs have been wore by several notable celebrities such as Khloë Terae, Hofit Golan, Patricia Gloria Contreras and AVITAL COHEN, Lucia Lachkovic Javorčeková, Alexandra Michelle, Maja Malnar, Jeni Summers, Konnie Metaxa, Naomi Jane Adams and Anna Prelevic (just to name a few).
Nika also works in collaboration with Cavo tagoo Mykonos and her designer collections are showcased through their stores.
Apart from her entrepreneurship career, Nika is associated as a mentor with Women Do Business, a non-profit organization, that aims at providing mentorship to women entrepreneurs in the city of Crete. Nika delivers mentorship in the field of fashion, career and human resource management.
==Philanthropy==
During the Covid 19 pandemic, Nika created crowdfunding for manufacturing masks for hospitals and front-line workers. She was able to raise funds that were sufficient to sew 14,00 cloth masks which were given to Attiko University Hospital and several other institutions and front-line workers. 
==Awards & recognitions==
* Fashion designer of the year (2019)
* Startup Entrepreneur of the year by Epexiero
==Personal life==
Nika is an avid traveler and marathon runner. She is also a member of the Hellenic Mountaineering Association of Acharnos, founded by her father. 
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
* Company Website
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* Dimitra Nika on TikTok
Category:1986 births
Category:Greek businesspeople
Category:Greek women in business
Category:Greek fashion designers
Category:Greek philanthropists
Category:Human resource management people