CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS

Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

He was born in Lamia in 1973.

He was elected Member of Parliament in Fthiotida with Nea Demokratia political party on the elections of 2007, 2009, 2012 (May and June), 2015 (January and September), 2019 and 2023 (May and June).

In June 2012, he was appointed as Alternate Minister of Finance, a position he held until the January 2015 elections.

In July 2019, he was appointed as Minister of Finance, a position he held until the May 2023 elections.

He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of London (Imperial College) and a PhD in Banking and Finance from the City University of London.

He is an Associate Professor in Finance at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

He was a member of the Collaborating Teaching Staff at the Hellenic Open University (2004-2007),

Assistant Professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business (2006-2018) and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Thessaly, Athens, City and the European University of Cyprus.

He has published over 60 research papers in international refereed scientific journals.

His work has been cited by scientists in over 4,400 published papers in international journals (citations).

He has worked at the Central Bank of England and the Eurobank Banking Group

NIKOS TACHIAOS

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure & Transport

Nikos Tachiaos was born in Thessaloniki in February 1962. He is married and has a son. He is an agronomist – topographical engineer of the University of Athens. and worked as a freelancer. He speaks English, French and German.

For five consecutive four-year terms, from 1987 until 2006, when he decided to leave, he was elected municipal councilor of Thessaloniki.

From July 2007 until October 2009 he was the Deputy Secretary General of International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Between 2004 and 2010 he was a member of the Steering Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece.

From September 2019 until June 26, 2023, he was the chairman of the Board of Directors of Elliniko (formerly Attiko) Metro SA.

From June 27, 2023, he is Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for Infrastructure issues, in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

From his professional activity he has gained particular experience in matters of public administration, public contracts for studies and projects, spatial planning, environment, property and land values.

ALEXANDROS EXARCHOU

Vice Chairman & CEO Intrakat S.A.

Mr. Alexandros Exarchou is the Vice Chairman and CEO of Intrakat S.A., a leading player in the country’s construction sector, with a strong international presence as well as the Chairman and CEO of AKTOR SA, perhaps the most historic construction company in Greece, with extensive experience, diverse activity in Greece and abroad.

Mr. Exarchou has over 25 years’ experience in the construction of public projects in Greece and abroad and has handled international construction contracts and construction claims.

Having served as CEO of Aktor S.A., an international infrastructure company between 2018-2019, as Managing Director of Exarchou & Rosenberg International , an international Law Firm specializing in construction claims, as President and CEO of the companies ENM Consulting Engineers S.A., a consulting engineering firm and LEEAD Consulting S.A. a consulting firm specializing in project design and project management, as well as CEO of Exarchou and Associates S.A., a consultancy firm dealing exclusively with international construction claims and arbitration, Mr. Exarchou has extensive experience in all sectors related to the construction and management of projects of significant scale. He also participates as a shareholder in the investment companies Winex Investments Ltd. and Thrivest Holding Ltd.

Apart from Greece, Mr.Exarchou has worked and managed projects in Europe, especially in Balkans (Romania, Albania, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia) and in Middle East (U.A.E, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain) and in North Africa (Algeria, Libya).

Mr. Exarchou holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Thessaloniki Law School, a diploma in English Legal Studies and a Master of Law from School of Law of University of Manchester.

KONSTANTINOS MITZALIS

CEO AVAX

Mr. Konstantinos Mitzalis was born in Thessaloniki. He is a Graduated Civil Engineer from AUTH. He has 50 years of experience in the management of technical companies, being the main shareholder of ETETH SA. and subsequently of AVAX S.A., of which he is the CEO since 2001. He is a member of the Board of Directors. subsidiaries and associated companies of the AVAX Group.

During his career, he has directed the execution, on behalf of the companies of the AVAX Group or in a Joint Venture with Greek and foreign companies, of a series of emblematic projects in Greece and abroad. He was the pioneer of the successful undertaking and completion by a consortium of Greek Companies of the Attica Road project.

In the context of his business and professional path, Mr. Mitzalis has been a member of the Board of Directors. of SATE and the Association of Higher Class Technical Societies (STEAT). He was also a member of the first Board of Directors. of the Institute of Construction Economics (IOK), a position in which he remained for 6 years as a representative of all the contracting organizations of the country. The purpose of this activity was to deal with important issues concerning the construction industry of the country. He is a member of the General Council of SEV.

DINOS BENRUBI

VICE CHAIRMAN & CEO METKA ATE

Mr. Benroubi is the Vice Chairman and CEO of METKA ATE, the recently established infrastructure company, as a subsidiary of MYTILINEOS.
He joined MYTILINEOS in January 2006 and has held the positions of General Manager of Power and Gas Business Unit of MYTILINEOS (Protegria) from its inception in 2010 until 31/12/2022, Chairman and CEO of Protergia Agios Nikolaos Power (until it merged with Mytilineos), Chairman of the BoD of ENDESA HELLAS, General Manager of Zinc-Lead Metallurgy

He has held the position of President of the Hellenic Association of Independent Power Producers from March 2022 until February 2023 (HAIPP), and from March 2019 until February 2020.

He started his career with TITAN Cement S.A., where he worked for 25 years and ultimately held the position of Cement Division Executive Director-Greece. In 2004 and for the next 2 years he joined VIOHALCO Group as CEO of ELVAL S.A.

Born in 1954 at Thessaloniki, Mr. Benroubi holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University (USA) and a M.Sc in Management from Troy State University (USA).

GEORGE PERDIKARIS

Chairman of the Board of Directors of TERNA S.A.

George Perdikaris has been a senior executive of GEK TERNA Group for many years and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of TERNA S.A., the construction arm of the Group and a leader in the infrastructure sector in Greece.

He was born in Lefkada in 1959 and he holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

He began his professional career in 1985 as an engineer at E.T.K.A. (now TERNA ENERGY) while he has also worked as construction manager as well as the Project Director in significant infrastructure and building projects.

STEFANOS AGIASOGLOU

CEO OSY

Stefanos Agiasoglou holds an MBA in Strategic Planning from Aston University.

Business School in the United Kingdom and a graduate of the University of Wolverhampton, where he received an honors degree in Economics with a specialization in Business Analysis.

His professional experience, for more than 35 years, includes positions in both the private and public sectors – including in Ministries. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors. and Managing Advisor of the Hellenic Railway Rolling Stock Maintenance Company S.A. (E.E.S.S.T.Y. S.A.) during the period 2013-2016. During his four-year tenure at E.E.S.S.T.Y. S.A. he was responsible for promoting the vision for the privatization of the company. Earlier, he was CEO/General Manager at the Organization of School Buildings S.A. (OSK S.A.) for six years, where during his tenure he implemented the design of the first PPP project – for the construction of 24 school units in the Attica Region and the implementation of a joint school construction project duration of 6 years with the European Investment Bank.

He has more than 15 years of experience in critical management positions. He has also been a business consultant with significant partnerships with businesses as well as universities in the UK and USA.

THANASIS KOTTARAS

CEO STA.SY

Athanasios Kottaras is an Economist, born in 1973 in Diasella of Ilia. He graduated from the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus and holds a MA in Global Political Economy from the University of Peloponnese (Dpt. of Political Science & International Relations).

From May 31, 2022, he assumed the position of the new CEO of STASY.

Since 2020 he has been Deputy Managing Director of OSE (Hellenic Railways Organization) and member of the Board of Directors of EUROFIMA (European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock).

From 2005 to 2020 he worked at ACCI (Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry) where he served as Management Consultant for the last 5 years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of ADDMA (Athens Development and Destination Management Agency) of the Municipality of Athens (2014-2017). Furthermore, from 2007 to 2008, he served as Head of the Minister’s Office at the Ministry of Tourism and in 2009 as Head of the Minister’s Office at the Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs.

In the past he served as a Board member in companies active in the Food & Beverage Sector as well as in the Energy Services Sector and has been co-founder of a Business Consulting Company. At the beginning of his career, he worked at Emporiki Bank, Olympic Airlines and ETVA (Industrial & Business Parks). He speaks English and French.

NIKOLAOS KOURETAS

CEO HELLENIC METRO

Nikolaos Kouretas was born in Athens in 1972. He graduated from the Technical University of Budapest – School of Architecture in 1995 and completed his postgraduate studies in 1995 in the Design of Public Buildings for People with Special Needs.

He established his Architectural office in 1997. His firm has completed several designs and has supervised exclusively private large scale projects. Among his notable cooperations, these with the office of Alexander Samaras (1997-2004) and Michael Graves (1999-2000) stand out.

He was Managing Director of the Public Enterprise for the Construction of Nursing Facilities (DEPANOM S.A. 2004-2007), member of the Board of Directors of OASA (2007-2009) and member of the Board of Directors of ERGOSE S.A. (2013-2014).

He holds the position of the CEO of ELLINIKO METRO S.A. from 2019 to date.

KONSTANTINOS KOUTSOUKOS

Civil Engineer - Transportation Specialist, CEO EGNATIA ODOS S.A

Civil Engineer AUTH, MSCE, MA Economics, Managing Director, “Egnatia Odos SA”, Member HELLASTRON-Hellenic Infrastructures and Toll Roads, 1st Vice President ASECAP, European Association of Toll Motorways, Board Member IBTTA, World Association of Bridges Tunnels and Motorways with Tolls.

Konstantinos Koutsoukos is a Civil Engineer from AUTH, specializing in Transportation. He is the Managing Director of Egnatia Odos SA. from 2019 until today and a member of the company’s executive team since 1997.

He has over 25 years of professional experience in Greece and the USA. He has worked in the US in the field of Transportation, both on highways and Mass Transit. Graduated in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holder of two Master’s degrees from the USA. Postgraduate studies in Transportation from the University of Minnesota (Master of Science in Civil Engineering) and Postgraduate Studies in Economics from the University of Texas (Master of Urban Affairs-Economics).

ALEXANDRA SDOUKOU

Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy

Alexandra Sdoukou is a lawyer and has worked as a legal advisor in the private sector and in public administration. In 2007, she was hired at the Development Program Management Organization Unit (MOD SA).

She holds a degree in Law from the Democritus University of Thrace and postgraduate qualifications in European Commercial Law from the University of Bristol and in International and European Economic Studies from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

She has been an advisor to the Ministries of Finance, Development and Environment and Energy from 2004 to 2012, while in the period 2012-2015 she was the Director of the Office of the Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change.

She has long expertise in the design, implementation and monitoring of energy policies. During the two years 2017 – 2019, she worked as a special advisor on energy and natural resources issues to the President of the Nea Dimokratia, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis. From July 2019 until June 2023, she was Secretary General of Energy and Mineral Raw Materials at the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

On June 27, 2023, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy.

MANOS MANOUSAKIS

Chairman & CEO, IPTO

Manos Manousakis is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE) since June 2017.

In 2019, he was elected Member of the Board of Directors of the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E).

Previously, Mr. Manousakis was the CEO of OTE Rural North and South, having held various positions of responsibility in the Greek Telecommunications Company, where he played an instrumental role in the design of cutting-edge telecommunication services.

He was appointed Secretary General of the Hellenic Ministry of Economy (2015), as well as a Director at Black Sea Trade and Development Bank for the same period.

Mr Manousakis holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He has also academic experience having been a lecturer at the University of Piraeus. His career combines business development leadership and complex project management with country strategic planning.

DIMITRIS PAPASTERGIOU

Minister of Digital Governance

Dimitris Papastergiou was born in 1973 in Trikala.

He graduated from the Polytechnic High School of Trikala and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of NTUA. At the same time, he attended journalism courses, while maintaining strong ties with technology and the internet, a relationship that was strengthened at the NTUA Multimedia Laboratory.

In 2001 he built and presented together with his team of collaborators the first comprehensive website for the Prefecture of Trikala, 3kala.gr. Since 2002 he has been practicing the profession of Computer Electrical Engineer in the city of Trikala. He was involved in studies and constructions of private electromechanical projects and also in the creation of H/Y programs (software). In 2007 it entered the field of renewable energy sources and has built more than 300 private RES projects.

His participation in society began in 2002, with his election to the Municipal Council. He was re-elected in 2006, and in 2014 he was elected Mayor of Trikkaia and member of the Board of Directors of KEDE. He was re-elected Mayor in 2019 and, in the same year, he was also elected President of KEDE.

He is married to the engineer Soula Brakis and declares himself to be the happy father of Faia, Kostas and Nikos.

From June 2023 he is Minister of Digital Governance in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

KONSTANTINOS KYRANAKIS

Deputy Minister of Digital Governance

Konstantinos Kyranakis (born 19/4/1987) is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Athens with postgraduate studies in strategic communication at the American College of Athens.

He has worked as a freelancer in the field of digital marketing, creating websites and applications. He was a co-founder of the BrainGain initiative for the return of young people to Greece.

He was elected president of the Youth of the European People’s Party, from May 2013 to May 2017.

In January 2017, the international magazine Forbes selected him among the 30 most influential young people under 30 in Europe, in the Law & Policy category.

In the parliamentary elections of 2019, he was elected for the first time as an MP in the South Sector of Athens II, where he was re-elected in the elections of June 25, 2023 and on June 27 he was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Digital Governance.

KONSTANTINOS MASSELOS

President of the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT), President of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

Professor Konstantinos Masselos has been appointed as the President of the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT) in February 2018.

He has been elected as President of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) for 2023 and also, Vice-President for 2022 and 2024. Moreover, he served as Vice-President of BEREC in 2019.

He is Professor in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Peloponnese and he served as Rector of the above University during the period 2012-2017. From 2005 to 2008, he was Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Imperial College London. Also, during the period 2010-2016 he was an Honorary Lecturer in the same Department.

During the period 2001-2004, he worked in the electronic communications industry. Since 2005 he has been collaborating as an expert with various units of the European Commission. Also, he was a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) from 2015 to 2017.

NIKOLAOS KARVELIS

Director of Infrastructure Division, Alpha Bank

Nikolaos Karvelis is Director of Infrastructure at Alpha Bank, which he joined in 2016. He has significant experience in project finance, holding positions of responsibility in both the banking, consulting and public sectors.

As head of the Bank’s Infrastructure team, he is responsible for the financing of projects in the infrastructure sector, including projects implemented through concession contracts and PPPs, as well as for the provision of consulting services to public and private entities implementing such projects.

In the past he has successfully managed all aspects of a number of complex transactions in Greece and abroad.

IRINI NIKOLAIDI

General Counsel - OTE Group Chief Legal and Regulatory Affairs Officer

Ms. Eirini Nikolaidi is the General Counsel and Chief Officer for Legal & Regulatory Affairs of OTE Group and joined the Group in 1996.

Ms. Nikolaidi is a member of the Management Board of OTE, member of the Board of Directors of GERMANOS, COSMOTE Payments and Telekom Romania Mobile Communications, and member of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee of the Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary in Croatia, Hrvatski Telekom d.d.

She holds a law degree from the University of Athens, as well as a master’s degree (LLM) in International Business Law from the University of London (UCL), where she specialized, among others, in international finance and international trade law.

She is a telecommunications expert and member of the Athens Bar Association.

VASSILIS KIKILIAS

Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection

Vassilis Kikilias was born in Athens in 1974.

He is a doctor of the School of Medicine of the University of Athens, an orthopedic surgeon, a graduate of the School of Medicine of the University of Athens, with a master’s degree in the National School of Public Health. He is a graduate of the Leontio Lyceum of Nea Smyrni. As a basketball player, he has played for Panionios, AEK and the National Teams.

In 2006, he was elected Municipal Councilor in the Municipality of Athens and then assumed the position of President of the Youth and Sports Organization of the Municipality of Athens.
In 2010, as a candidate for Regional Governor of Attica, he became head of the Major Opposition of the Attica Region. At the same time, he assumed the duties of Deputy Program Secretary of New Democracy.
In 2012, he was elected Member of Parliament for Athens A with the New Democracy and from June 10, 2014 to January 2015 he was the Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection.
In the elections of January and September 2015, he was re-elected Member of Parliament of Athens.

From January to November 2016, he was appointed Migration Policy Coordinator of New Democracy.
On November 18, 2016, a New Democracy press representative was appointed.
On October 13, 2017, he assumed the duties of Head of National Defense.
In the elections of July 2019, he is re-elected Member of Parliament of Athens.

On July 9, 2019, he takes over the portfolio of the Minister of Health.
On August 31, 2021, he was appointed Minister of Tourism.
On June 27, 2023, he was appointed Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.

He is married to Jenny Balatsinou and they have a son.

CHRISTOS TRIANDOPOULOS

Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection

He was born in 1980 and comes from Nea Aghialo and Keramidi of Pelion. He grew up in Volos and Nea Aghialos. He studied economics at the University of Crete and completed his master’s degree in European and International Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA). He then received a PhD from the Athens University of Economics, on the political economy of financial systems and supervision, having completed part of his studies, with a scholarship, at the London School of Economics. At the same time, he was active in the Migration and Diaspora Study Laboratory and the European Integration and Policy Laboratory of EKPA, the Athens University of Economics and the School of Business, Management and Economics of the University of Sussex.

Professionally, he was a scientific associate for economic policy and financial systems issues at the Hellenic Parliament and an external scientific associate for economic analysis issues at the Greek edition of “The Economist” magazine (2008-2011). In the period 2012-2014, he held an advisory position at the General Accounting Office of the State, with the objective of monitoring the fiscal adjustment program, the preparation of the State Budget and the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy Framework, fiscal reform and the monitoring of the financial sector, while in 2014 he was responsible for issues of the Greek Presidency of the EU at the General Accounting Office of the State.

In 2014, he became a researcher at the Center for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) for financial supervision and fiscal institutions. In addition, he assumed an advisory position at the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism (2015) -in the service government-, with involvement in the issue of restrictions on the movement of capital and the effects of increased refugee flows, while he was a member of the Commission for the operation of Single Account for the Implementation of Social Policies of the OAED. Also, in 2016 he was an external scientific partner of the Hellenic Fiscal Council.

He has published numerous studies and working texts, participated in conferences in Greece and abroad, as well as in Greek and international scientific collective books, such as the “Exit Map from the Crisis” (2016) by diaNEOSis. Since 2016, he has been teaching economics and public finance, at the postgraduate level, at the University of Thessaly and ATEI Peloponnese, while since 2017 he has been teaching fiscal policy at the National School of Public Administration and Self-Government.

From July 2019 to August 2021, he served as General Secretary for Economic Policy at the Ministry of Finance. As part of his duties, he was Chair of the Strategy Committee on Countering Money Laundering, the Financing of Terrorism and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. In addition, he was the Head of the Greek Mission to the FATF, an intergovernmental organization with the purpose of developing policies to combat money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as well as the Chairman of the Committee for the Drafting of the Recommendation for the formation of the zones and the coefficients of fluctuation of starting prices, with regard to the determination of the value of real estate.

He was also a member of the five-member Board of Directors of the Public Debt Management Organization (ODDIX), as well as a member of the Liquidity Council, whose mission is to achieve the objectives of the Liquidity Observatory, namely the monitoring of liquidity in the market, in the context of supporting the economy and the maximum possible utilization of financial instruments to meet the liquidity needs of businesses. In addition, he was a member of the Systemic Stability Council, the purpose of which is to analyze the dynamics between the individual systems of the financial space and to investigate the preventive response to emergency or extreme situations and crises.

As part of his duties, he has participated in the meetings of the Council of Finance Ministers of the European Union (ECOFIN), accompanying the Minister of Finance and the Deputy Minister of Finance.

In addition, he participated in the Government Coordination Committee for the Governance of Public Enterprises (“Coordinating Mechanism”), responsible for the public enterprises that belong to the Hellenic Holdings and Property Company (EESYP). He was a member, deputizing for the President, of the Governmental Committee for Monitoring Ports Utilization, which coordinates and ensures the monitoring of the utilization of the country’s regional ports that belong to the portfolio of the State Private Property Utilization Fund (TAIPED), as well as a member of the Planning Committee

DIMITRA TZOURMAKLIOTOU

Chairman of the Board of Directors International Airport of Heraklion Crete

Dimitra Tzourmakliotou is an Associate Professor at the University of Athens, a Civil Engineer and PhD student at the University of Surrey, UK. Sheholds an MBA, a master’s degree in Urban and Building Environmental Design and a diploma in Negotiations.

She has written a series of articles in international journals and conferences and is the author of the book “Building the Future”.

Sheworked for six years at Impregilo S.p.A. as a project manager in large public projects. She has been CEO of YTONG SA and THRAKON SA for six years.

Shehas participated as an expert consultant in the formulation and preparation of static studies of buildings and technical projects, made of steel. Shehas extensive experience in project management, in the construction of public and private projects and in PPP projects mainly of hospital units.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of NPDD and NPID (EAXA SA, DEPOS SA and TRAM SA) and vice president at TRAM SA.

Since 2020 she is the chairman of the Board of Directors of Heraklion International Airport of Crete

KONSTANTINOS MAKEDOS

President of the Engineers & Public Works Contractors Fund

The Vice-Chairman of the Pancretan Bank, Konstantinos Makedos is a civil engineer and President of the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund (ΤΜΕΔΕ), since its establishment on 1/1/2017. During his tenure, the Fund became a full member of the European Association of Guarantee Institutions (AECM) being a pioneer on a European level regarding its digital transformation. In addition, following a positive recommendation from the Bank of Greece, the Fund was evaluated and approved by the European Central Bank (ECB) as a qualified shareholder of special participation in financial institutions in Greece and Europe.

As TMEDE’s President, he founded the innovative subsidiary, TMEDE Microfinance Solutions, the first microfinance entity of an institutional body, licensed by the Bank of Greece. By harnessing its state-of-the-art digital banking platform, it enhances the service provided to the Fund’s members and delivers a contemporary financing experience. Concurrently, the Fund is amplifying its footprint in real estate management via its subsidiary, Attica Bank Properties.

From July 2019 to November 2020, Mr. Makedos held the position of Vice-Chairman at Attica Bank, subsequently ascending to the role of Chairman until July 2023. Throughout his leadership, the bank notably became the first in Europe to successfully manage the conversion of the cleared Deferred Tax Claim (DTC). Additionally, he spearheaded initiatives along with HFSF that paved the way for the bank’s further consolidation and complete privatization, and played a pivotal role in facilitating the entrance of the strategic private investor in the bank.

Konstantinos Makedos holds a Master’s degree in applied economics and Regional Development with a specialization in Real Estate Market Economics. His commitment to the field is further evidenced by his election to the Panhellenic Delegation of the Technical Chamber of Greece. He also dedicated his efforts as the Vice President of the Unified Insurance Fund of Independently Employed (ETAA) up to 2016. Moreover, for several years, he contributed to the Technical Chamber of Greece’s Management Committee, overseeing the Chamber’s Financial and Insurance-Actuarial division while as a designer and technical consultant he has been involved in major infrastructure projects.

NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

Publisher - Director Realnews

Nikos Chatzinikolaou was born on October the 9th 1962, in Alexandroupolis, Evros. He started working as a journalist in 1983 covering education topics in the newspaper “MESIMVRINI”.

In 1984, he received the “Botsi” award for journalism. He then started to cover political issues. Meanwhile, he started his collaboration with the Sunday edition of the newspaper “Akropolis”, the newspaper “Ethnos” and the magazines “ENA” and “STATUS”.

In 1987, he started working for the newly founded radio “ATHINA 9,84”. At the same time he became member of the founding committee of the station. He also temporarily worked at the radio stations “ERA”, “SKY 100,4”, “PLANET” and “STATUS FM”.

In 1989, he started his collaboration with MEGA TV station. From 1998 until 2003 he was General Director of News and Information department of the station.

From 2003 until 2007, he collaborates with ALPHA TV Station, as Executive Vice President and General Director of News and Information department and later, as Chairman and CEO.

From April 2007 until October 2011 he collaborates with ALTER TV station.

In September 2007 he founded along with Andreas Kouris the «Real Group», which owns the radio station “Real Fm 97.8” in Athens, “Real Fm 107.1” in Salonica, “Ellinikos 93,2” in Athens, the weekly (every Sunday) newspaper “Real News” and the news portal “Real.gr”.

In 2012 Nikos Chatzinikolaou created his own personal site-blog “Enikos.gr” and the financial news blog “Enikonomia.gr”.

From September 2013 until June 2016, he collaborates with STAR Channel TV Station.

Since January 2017, he is the anchorman of the main news edition of ANT1 TV Station.

Nikos Chatzinikolaou is board member of European Newspaper Publishers Association (ENPA).

MARIANA PIRGIOTI

Co-founder Dome Consulting Firm & Communication Expert

She studied Political Sciences at the Department of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and media training at the BBC Academy. She is a journalist, political analyst, TV anchorwoman until 2011 and General Manager of the think tank Institute of Democracy, Konstantinos Karamanlis until 2014.

She is an experienced and distinguished media trainer for “tradional” and cyber crisis management in companies such as: PETROLA HELLAS, HELLENIC PETROLEUM (ELPE), LAFARGE BETON, HALYPS BUILDING MATERIALS, ITALCEMENTI GROUP, REGENCY CASINO THESSALONIKI, HSBC, CREDIT AGRICOLE LIFE, DELTA, KATSELIS, GOODY’S, EVEREST, CARREFOUR, GENESIS FARMA and others.

ELENI BOTA

Journalist

Eleni Bota has been working in the field of journalism since her student years and has apprenticed alongside historical names of the Greek press.

During her 20-year career, she has been at the heart of business reporting, with a focus on construction reporting and real estate.

Her portofolio includes interviews with leading entrepreneurs of the domestic and international scene and institutional market players.

She has collaborated with many newspapers, magazines and news sites.

VASSO ANGELETOU

Journalist

With studies at the Department of Financial & Banking Administration at the University of Piraeus and many years of experience in the banking sector, Vasso Aggeletou specializes in international and domestic financial reporting, with an emphasis on banks and financial technology.

Since 2008 she has been working as a journalist on reputable information websites, combining her financial knowledge with her passion for journalism and information that respects the reader.

MANOS NIFLIS

General Manager of enikos.gr

Manos Niflis is a journalist, General Manager of the websites enikos.gr and enikonomia.gr and radio host for Real fm 97.8, with a daily show.

He has presented TV shows for ALTER CHANNEL and Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), with an extensive experience in covering socio-political issues.

Previously, he served as News Director of the radio station ALPHA 98.9, Director of the website Zougla.gr, Editor-in-Chief for the newspapers “Agora” and “Athinaiki”, Editor-in-Chief of the TV shows “Enopios Enopio”, “Zougla”, “Kitrinos Tipos” and Coordinator of the ALPHA TV’s news bulletin.

At a glance

With a milestone in 2030 and given that a basic condition and pillar for the further development of Greece and the Greek economy is the infrastructure sector, Next is Now and Dome Consulting are co-organizing on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at the Athens Marriott Hotel a conference on “Infrastructure and Networks: The Greek Reality. Modernization, Resilience and Sustainable Development”.

With the participation of representatives of the political, academic, construction and technical sectors, the problems, the best practices for solving them, as well as the realistic perspectives of the flagship infrastructure projects in the country will be discussed.

Planning until 2030, financing tools, regional development, new generation projects for sustainable development and resilience, the impact of the climate crisis on infrastructure and the integration of new technologies are the key areas of discussion and fruitful dialogue within the conference.

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Summit Agenda

Summit Coordinator: Katia Makri, Journalist

Summit Coordinator: Katia Makri, Journalist

09:30 - 10:00
Registration / Attendance
10:00 - 10:15
Greetings
Nikos Chatzinikolaou
NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

Publisher - Director Realnews

Section A
Interconnection of Infrastructure & Society. The Grand Challenges
10:15 - 10:30
Interview of the Minister of Infrastructure & Transport, Mr. Christos Staikouras, to Mr. Nikos Chatzinikolaou
Christos Staikouras
CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS

Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

Nikos Chatzinikolaou
NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

Publisher - Director Realnews

10:30 - 11:15
Discussion with participants
Christos Staikouras
CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS

Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

Nikos Tachiaos
NIKOS TACHIAOS

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure & Transport

Alexandros Exarchou
ALEXANDROS EXARCHOU

Vice Chairman & CEO Intrakat S.A.

Konstantinos Mitzalis
KONSTANTINOS MITZALIS

CEO AVAX

Dinos Benrubi
DINOS BENRUBI

VICE CHAIRMAN & CEO METKA ATE

George Perdikaris
GEORGE PERDIKARIS

Chairman of the Board of Directors of TERNA S.A.

Nikos Chatzinikolaou
Moderation
NIKOS CHATZINIKOLAOU

Publisher - Director Realnews

Section B
Transportation & Sustainable Urban Mobility
11:15 - 12:15
Συζήτηση με συμμετέχοντες
Christos Staikouras
CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS

Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

Stefanos Agiasoglou
STEFANOS AGIASOGLOU

CEO OSY

Thanasis Kottaras
THANASIS KOTTARAS

CEO STA.SY

Nikolaos Kouretas
NIKOLAOS KOURETAS

CEO HELLENIC METRO

Konstantinos Koutsoukos
KONSTANTINOS KOUTSOUKOS

Civil Engineer - Transportation Specialist, CEO EGNATIA ODOS S.A

Eleni Bota
Moderator
ELENI BOTA

Journalist

Section C
Energy & Infrastructure Networks. Innovation for Sustainable Development
12:15 - 12:45
Open discussion
Alexandra Sdoukou
ALEXANDRA SDOUKOU

Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy

Manos Manousakis
MANOS MANOUSAKIS

Chairman & CEO, IPTO

Mariana Pirgioti
Moderator
MARIANA PIRGIOTI

Co-founder Dome Consulting Firm & Communication Expert

12:45 - 13:45
Networking Break
Section D
New technologies in Infrastructure & Networks. Transforming the Greek Reality
13:45 - 14:00
Interview of the Minister of Digital Governance Mr. Dimitris Papastergiou to Ms. Vasso Angeletou
Dimitris Papastergiou
DIMITRIS PAPASTERGIOU

Minister of Digital Governance

Vasso Angeletou
VASSO ANGELETOU

Journalist

14:00 - 14:45
Discussion with participants
Konstantinos Kyranakis
KONSTANTINOS KYRANAKIS

Deputy Minister of Digital Governance

Konstantinos Masselos
KONSTANTINOS MASSELOS

President of the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT), President of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

Nikolaos Karvelis
NIKOLAOS KARVELIS

Director of Infrastructure Division, Alpha Bank

Irini Nikolaidi
IRINI NIKOLAIDI

General Counsel - OTE Group Chief Legal and Regulatory Affairs Officer

Vasso Angeletou
Moderation
VASSO ANGELETOU

Journalist

Section E
Resilience of Networks, Infrastructure & Climate Crisis
14:45 - 15:00
Interview of the Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection Mr. Vassilis Kikilias to Mr. Manos Niflis
Vassilis Kikilias
VASSILIS KIKILIAS

Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection

Manos Niflis
MANOS NIFLIS

General Manager of enikos.gr

15:00 - 15:45
Discussion with participants
Christos Triandopoulos
CHRISTOS TRIANDOPOULOS

Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection

Dimitra Tzourmakliotou
DIMITRA TZOURMAKLIOTOU

Chairman of the Board of Directors International Airport of Heraklion Crete

Giorgos N. Stasinos
GIORGOS N. STASINOS

President of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)

Konstantinos Makedos
KONSTANTINOS MAKEDOS

President of the Engineers & Public Works Contractors Fund

Manos Niflis
Moderation
MANOS NIFLIS

General Manager of enikos.gr

15:45 - 16:00
Conclusions / Summit Closure
Speakers

Speakers

speaker
Christos Staikouras

Minister of Transport & Infrastructure

speaker
Nikos Tachiaos

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure & Transport

speaker
Alexandros Exarchou

Vice Chairman & CEO Intrakat S.A.

speaker
Dinos Benrubi

VICE CHAIRMAN & CEO METKA ATE

speaker
George Perdikaris

Chairman of the Board of Directors of TERNA S.A.

speaker
Thanasis Kottaras

CEO STA.SY

speaker
Nikolaos Kouretas

CEO HELLENIC METRO

speaker
Konstantinos Koutsoukos

Civil Engineer - Transportation Specialist, CEO EGNATIA ODOS S.A

speaker
Alexandra Sdoukou

Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy

speaker
Manos Manousakis

Chairman & CEO, IPTO

speaker
Dimitris Papastergiou

Minister of Digital Governance

speaker
Konstantinos Kyranakis

Deputy Minister of Digital Governance

speaker
Konstantinos Masselos

President of the Hellenic Telecommunications & Post Commission (EETT), President of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)

speaker
Nikolaos Karvelis

Director of Infrastructure Division, Alpha Bank

speaker
Irini Nikolaidi

General Counsel - OTE Group Chief Legal and Regulatory Affairs Officer

speaker
Vassilis Kikilias

Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection

speaker
Christos Triandopoulos

Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection

speaker
Dimitra Tzourmakliotou

Chairman of the Board of Directors International Airport of Heraklion Crete

speaker
Giorgos N. Stasinos

President of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE)

speaker
Konstantinos Makedos

President of the Engineers & Public Works Contractors Fund

Moderator
speaker
Nikos Chatzinikolaou

Publisher - Director Realnews

Moderator
speaker
Mariana Pirgioti

Co-founder Dome Consulting Firm & Communication Expert

Moderator
speaker
Eleni Bota

Journalist

Moderator
speaker
Vasso Angeletou

Journalist

Moderator
speaker
Manos Niflis

General Manager of enikos.gr

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