Ross Alatsas Honoured with 2026 Spiros Stamoulis Lifetime Achievement Award

by · Greek City Times

Melbourne community leader Ross Alatsas has been awarded the 2026 Spiros Stamoulis Lifetime Achievement Award by the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HACCI), recognising decades of work across leadership, philanthropy, media and multicultural affairs.

Ross Alatsas

The award was presented at the HACCI Excellence Awards 2026. In announcing the honour, the Chamber said Alatsas had built “a remarkable legacy” through his commitment to bringing communities together.

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The recognition comes as Alatsas takes up his latest public role, an appointment to the board of Victoria’s State Sport Centres Trust. HACCI described the appointment as the most recent acknowledgement of his work strengthening relationships between communities.

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A long record of community leadership

Alatsas has served as Deputy Chairperson and Acting Chair of the Victorian Multicultural Commission, and is the founder and Chair of the Multicultural Chambers of Commerce Group.

As General Manager of the Greek Media Group, he oversees 3XY Radio Hellas and the newspaper Ta Nea, giving Melbourne’s Greek community a strong voice in Australian media.

Philanthropy that reached Greece

According to HACCI, the most meaningful measure of Alatsas’ contribution has been the difference he has made to people’s lives. His fundraising initiatives have helped raise millions of dollars for humanitarian causes, hospitals, and families in need.

After the devastating 2018 Mati wildfires in Attica, Alatsas travelled to Greece himself to make sure the funds raised in Australia reached those who needed them. Financial assistance was delivered directly to 148 affected families.

The Chamber said his legacy is measured in the communities he has strengthened, the generosity he has inspired and the lives he has touched, closing its tribute with “Και σ’ ανώτερα!”

Greek City Times congratulates Ross Alatsas on this well-deserved honour.

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