birth_place other_names birth_date article_title name occupation
athens yarmenitis , dimitris january 14 , 1959 yes dimitris giarmenitis
 dimitris giarmenitis former managing director of sony music entertainment greece
dimitris giarmenitis

dimitris c. giarmenitis or yarmenitis Δημήτρης Γιαρμενίτης -lrb- born january 14 , 1959 -rrb- former managing director of sony music entertainment greece for 20 years -lrb- october 1991 to april 2011 -rrb- and chairman of show what ` events & more ' -lrb- january 2008 to april 2011 -rrb- .
previously -lrb- 1987 to 1991 -rrb- giarmenitis has been one of the most successful a&r and international marketing managers for cbs/sony music in the greek market and before that -lrb- 1987 -- 1991 -rrb- an international promo assistant and product manager for cbs/sony music in greece .
he worked also for a while as an attorney at law .
sony music international -lrb- smei -rrb- in a ceremony specially held for him in paris , has awarded dimitris c. giarmenitis at the age of 52 , for his 20 years managing directorship , his 30 years ' service in sony music greece and particularly for his unique achievement accomplishing over 400 gold , platinum and multi-platinum album sales awards .
this represents one of the most successful artist development runs by any managing director in the history of sony music entertainment .
in addition to his position at sme greece , giarmenitis has been the chairman of ifpi/grammo greece for nearly 5 years -lrb- 2007 -- 2011 -rrb- and is currently the general manager of the greek non-profit music licensing organization ` gea-grammo , erato , apollon ' .
