Venia Vergou is the Manager of the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) since January 2024. As the former director of the Hellenic Film Commission at the Greek Film Centre (2017-2021), she has also been a member of the EUFCN Board of Directors from 2019 to 2021. An insider of the film industry in Greece for over 20 years, Venia started her professional years as a film critic. She then worked as a producer, as film projects coordinator at the acclaimed art exhibition documenta 14, and as head of communications and film programmer at the Greek Film Archive.

Currently, she is also a member of the Crew United team, responsible for establishing the Greek channel of the biggest European online network for audiovisual professionals.

Venia has a B.A. in Communication / Media from the Athens National Kapodistrian University and an M.A. in Film Studies and European Cinema from the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK.