The Luxury Playbook is an independent editorial publication covering real estate, fine assets, equities, and private wealth. We are a small, named team by design, with three founder-editors and an invited roster of expert contributors who write within their specific domain of expertise.
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Stefanos Moschopoulos founded The Luxury Playbook in Athens and has spent the better part of a decade following the auction calendar, the en primeur releases, and the watchmakers, gallerists, and shipyards the magazine covers.
Savvas Agathangelou co-founded The Luxury Playbook and has spent years reporting from the prime postcodes the magazine covers — Mayfair, Knightsbridge, the Athens Riviera, Dubai's Palm crescents, and the southern Mediterranean coastlines where the world's wealthy keep coming back.
Alex Tzoulis is Co-Owner and Markets Analyst at The Luxury Playbook, specializing in equities, crypto, forex, and global financial markets. His work focuses on analyzing macroeconomic trends, geopolitical developments, and monetary policy, translating them into actionable insights across both traditional and digital asset classes.
Recognised industry professionals who write commissioned pieces in their area of expertise. Every contribution is attributed in full.
George Kontovassilis is a professional yacht broker and the official representative for Bernard Gallay Yacht Brokerage (BGYB) in Greece. He brings a unique, 360-degree perspective to the luxury yachting sector, combining 30 years of legal expertise with deep operational experience as a skipper and former yacht owner.
Louis Guy Detata is a finance entrepreneur specializing in forex trading, global markets, and liquidity systems. He is the Founder of UEXO, a fintech trading platform focused on FX and CFD market infrastructure and execution systems.
Mitzi Danielson-Kaslik is a governance, risk, and compliance consultant specialising in financial crime, operational resilience, and organisational risk culture. She is the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award in AML and currently serves as Chair of the IoD Isle of Man Emerging Leaders group. Her work focuses particularly on the intersection between governance, human behaviour, and decision-making under pressure, with a strong interest in how modern institutions manage ambiguity, scrutiny, and trust.
Daniel Jark is an asset and wealth manager, author, and active angel investor whose work sits at the intersection of practical portfolio management and behavioral finance. He is the founder of FinCoTech AB, the company behind Behavioral Arbitrage, an educational platform dedicated to the psychology of money and better financial decision-making.
Nikos Morantis writes the founder-and-operator interviews that anchor The Luxury Playbook's Voices section, sitting down with the people building the brands, platforms, and houses the magazine covers across luxury and lifestyle.
Samantha Regan is the President, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Moneyllc Corp. Inc. Ltd. (CIK 0002131235), specialising in asset securitisation — most notably through the Fera Poppies Art-Library, where her own paintings are appraised and securitised as a component of a verified-value art-asset library. She is also Founder and CEO of Fera Poppies, an international luxury design and media house recognised for its ethical innovation and global cultural engagement.
Shahzad Haider is a futurist curator shaping discourse at the intersection of art, luxury and connoisseur culture. As President of The Future Connoisseurs and former Chairman of the Board of The Fragrance Foundation Arabia for over 12 years, his work examines the forces redefining desirability, cultural influence and affluent behavior across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is the author of three books, with The Future of Luxury 2025–2050 launching soon.
Stavros Zachariades is a qualified architect who has spent the bulk of his working life inside the development side of real estate — from concept and planning through site execution — before joining The Luxury Playbook as Contributing Editor for architecture and design.
Viktoria Soltesz is an international payment and banking strategist, founder of the PSP Angels Group and The Soltesz Institute. She helps international businesses, family offices, fintech companies, and regulated financial firms understand how banks think, reduce payment and banking risks, and build stronger structures for moving and protecting money globally.
Irina Volfson is an entrepreneur, innovation strategist and experience architect specializing in luxury, hospitality, consumer products, and emerging business ecosystems. As founder of Magnatist, she advises organizations on growth strategy, commercialization, customer experience, and the development of products, services, and ventures designed for long-term value creation.
Larisa B. Miller is the Founder and Chief Executive of Phoenix Global, a specialized international advisory firm headquartered in the United States and Abu Dhabi, operating across more than thirty countries. Phoenix Global advises family offices, governments, sovereign-linked institutions, and Fortune 500 corporations on infrastructure, investment, and cross-border development across emerging markets.
Mahmoud Ewidah is a luxury concierge entrepreneur specializing in ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) lifestyle management, luxury travel, exclusive access, and bespoke experiences. He is the Founder and CEO of Nuvō Concierge, an ultra-luxury concierge and lifestyle management company serving affluent individuals, family offices, private banks, and premium card programs worldwide.
Raf Jacobs is Co-Founder of INSPIRE Property Experts (Spain), the award-winning buyer agency. Trusted by hundreds of buyers from 50+ countries to secure the best properties and protect their investment, in a market where agents represent the seller; never the buyer.
