SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance today announced the composition of the European Policy Think Tank and this Entrepreneurship Think Tank.
The SYRIZA-PS European Policy Think Tank, whose members are distinguished by their knowledge of European issues as well as the experience they have gained through their participation in European institutions, is specifically composed of Christos Kourtelis, Ioannis Gounaris, Nikolas Tsili, Kyriakos Georgopoulos, Evangelos Papageorgiou, Vasiliki Silvia Kabbalouris, Paraskevi Kyriakopoulou.
The Entrepreneurship Think Tank is composed of Evangelia Katsikeas, George Konstantakopoulos, Vangelis Lymbouridis, Antonios Georgopoulos, Augustos Pantazidis.
The Think Tank on European Politics
Christos Kourtelis
He is a professor of European Public Policy at Panteion University, with experience in coordinating and designing research on European institutions and EU foreign policy. He worked as a lecturer at several universities in Europe. He holds a PhD in International Political Economy from King’s College London, a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree from the Hellenic Open University. He has published books and articles on Euro-Mediterranean relations and European politics.
Ioannis Gounaris
He is a lawyer specializing in Constitutional Law, EU Law and the European Convention on Human Rights. He has a PhD in Public Legal Studies from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, on the regulation of biotechnology in international, European and Greek law. He studied at the London School of Economics and holds several degrees in public international law, human rights and European legal practice.
Nicolas Chile
He is a policy adviser at the UK Home Office. He holds a Masters in Political Economy from the London School of Economics and is a multi-talented scientist with a background in political science and experience in public administration. With a rich CV that includes fellowships from leading universities such as LSE, SciencesPo University of Politics of Paris, Japanese Government Scholar (JASSO) at Kyoto University, as well as recognition with international awards such as the Sutton Trust US Scholar and Fortis Fellowship, he stands out as a recognized talent in the world of politics and public administration.
Kyriakos Georgopoulos
He is an executive at the European Commission. Graduated in History and Law, with intense trade union activity during his student years, he settled in Brussels at a young age and initially worked at the European Parliament and later continued at the Commission where he worked for 25 years in various political and administrative sectors. positions. Today he is Head of the Communication and IT department at the European Innovation Council.
Evangelos Papageorgiou
He is a lawyer at the Supreme Court, specializing in Civil, Commercial and European Law. He holds a PhD from Panteion University in Financing of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the European Union and a Masters from the University of London in European Commercial and Tourism Law. He runs a law firm and has worked as a legal consultant for several organizations.
Vasiliki Silvia Kabbalouris
She holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens). She holds an LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law from University College London, UK. She works as a legal expert in the Legal Services Directorate of the Directorate General for Competition of the Hellenic Competition Commission (EA). She works as a lawyer and is a member of the Athens Bar Association. She is also an accredited mediator in private civil and commercial law matters and is accredited by the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights. She has worked as a Residential Management Consultant in Morocco, at the Conseil de la Concurrence of Morocco, seconded by the Hellenic Competition Commission. As Residency Management Advisor of the Morocco-EU Institutional Twinning Program for Strengthening the Institutional Capacities of the Competition Council of Morocco (MA 18 ENI FI 01 21 R), he coordinated between the EU partner countries (Greece, Poland, Italy), the Competition Authority of Morocco, the Contracting Authority (Moroccan Ministry of Finance) and the EU Delegation.
Kyriakopoulos Friday
He studied at the Higher School of Economics and Commercial Sciences (ASOEE), where he graduated from the Department of Business Administration. With postgraduate studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles. At the Institute of European Studies, she completed the LICENSE SPECIALE (MASTER) program in European Economics. Furthermore, he attended the LICENSE SPECIALE (MASTER) program in Maritime and Aeronautical Law at the Faculty of Law of the same university, where he excelled. He worked at the European Commission, in the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Structural Funds Evaluation Department, from 1992 to 1995. During this period, he participated in the evaluation of the Structural Funds and CSF interventions in several countries, such as Greece, Portugal, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. He also represented General Directorate II in community initiatives. He served in the Greek Ministry of National Economy, holding several positions in the General Directorate of International Economic Relations. He participated in bilateral negotiations for international transportation and evaluated projects financed by the World Bank. He worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the General Secretariat for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation. She was director of the Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Directorate (YDAS 1) and head of the anti-human trafficking task force. During the Greek presidency of the EU Council in 2003, she chaired humanitarian issues. She served in Greece’s Permanent Delegation to the European Union, representing Greece in several Council working groups on development and cooperation issues. She also worked in the Directorate for European Integration, Economic and Monetary Policy, dealing with tax issues and in the ECOFIN Council.
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance announces today the composition of the Entrepreneurship Think Tank, which specifically consists of Evangelia Katsikeas, George Konstantakopoulos, Vangelis Lymbouridis, Antonios Georgopoulos, Augustos Pantazidis.
The Entrepreneurship Think Tank
Here are brief biographies:
Evangelia Katsikeas
He holds a PhD in marketing and international strategy from Cardiff Business School in the United Kingdom. She is an associate professor at the ICN Ecole de Management in Paris. She has worked at the University of Wales, the Athens University of Economics and Business and King’s College London as an assistant and substitute professor.
George Konstantakopoulos
He graduated from the University of Manchester, Alliance Manchester Business School, where he was accepted on a scholarship for a Masters in Research in Entrepreneurship. There he focused his research on social entrepreneurship and innovation. Upon completing his Masters he founded the Manchester Social Entrepreneurs community where he coordinated innovation workshops, events, incubators and support programmes for impact businesses. His work in the field of social entrepreneurship has led him to be a member of the Lord Mayor and Greater Manchester Region (GMCA) Social Entrepreneurship Advisory Group. He designed and implemented innovation, promotion and support programs for entrepreneurs, contributed to the European Horizon 2020 Research & Innovation, was Head of Social Innovation in a Research and Innovation project with European funding of 5 million euros (Horizon 2020) with the team of NGOs (e.g. UN FAO), Academic and Research Institutes and partners from 14 EU countries. The project was able for the first time to confirm data collected by the European Space Agency satellites on the health of the Earth’s soil and environment using data collected by citizens (data generated by citizens – GROW created a citizens’ observatory). He worked as an executive but also as a consultant in deep tech, digital, e-commerce and AgriTech startups. He led a start-up accelerator program for one of the best Corporate Venture Capital in Europe (Wayra UK/Telefonica) with the main objective of business innovation that aims to improve the standard of living of people living close to or below the poverty line. He has won several innovation competitions and hackathons and has also received awards in recognition of his work in the area of entrepreneurship.
Vangelis Lymbouridis
Founder of the Los Angeles-based innovation design firm ENOSIS, with clients including Google and Hewlett Packard. Long-time professor at the USC School of Computer Science and Film School. Designer of the first FDA-cleared virtual reality therapeutic product for mental health. Co-founder of the Greek start-up ATRiDE, based in Syros, co-funded by the European Innovation Council. He holds a PhD in interactive (human-centered) systems from the University of Edinburgh.
Antonios Georgopoulos
PhD from the University of Göttingen, Germany and Professor at the Department of Business Administration at the University of Patras in “international business and financial accounting”. He was a visiting professor at the Universities of Sheffield (United Kingdom), Swansea (United Kingdom) and Göttingen (Germany). He collaborates scientifically with academic institutions in the country and teaches at open universities in Greece and abroad, in the context of distance education. He has extensive experience working in a business consultancy company in Germany and in national organizations and a commercial bank in Greece.
August Pantazidis
He is a business consultant. He studied at the Technical University of Crete where, through his Diploma Thesis “Santorini Basalts: A New Candidate for Martian Analogue”, he specialized in Planetary Geology and more specifically in finding geologically identical regions of Mars on Earth. He continued his studies at the Agricultural University of Athens, where he had the opportunity to delve even deeper into the development of space applications, participating in different projects on the subject of space farming (Space Agrobox, Cyclamina Project). In the following years, he himself participated in simulated long-term missions to Mars and the Moon, as an analogue astronaut. In addition, he had the opportunity to test his capabilities as an astronaut cadet for private companies at the Career Astronaut Competition in California, USA, while he was able to acquire the necessary skills to participate in manned missions as a pilot or scuba diver through scholarships. Over the last two years and through the experience acquired in the area of manned space, which amounts to a decade, he has been working as a consultant in space tourism with the aim of developing and promoting this specific business sector in Greece and Cyprus.