Stavros Karelis is the Founder & Buying Director of the MACHINE-A store. Stavros is also a member of the NEWGEN & BFA committees, member of the BFC Scholarships & BFW panel. Stavros was also the curator of CIFF for 2018/19/20 editions & for the Onassis Foundation. Since 2023, Karelis partnered with NIKE as the curator for the rm72 Programme & in 2024 was named an LVMH PRIZE Expert.