Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE has been FIDIC chief executive since July 2018. Nelson has more than 30 years’ experience in planning, finance, delivery and management of major property and infrastructure investment projects. He has overall responsibility for FIDIC’s global operations. He is also a board member of Transport for London (£10.5bn annual turnover), is a TfL nominee board member of Crossrail Limited, a £14.8bn rail development in London and director of Connected Places Catapult (CPC). Nelson was previously CEO of the UK Association for Consultancy, a post he held for 14 years, during which time he was responsible for the transformation and repositioning of ACE, an association representing the interests of over 450 consultancy and engineering companies.

Dr. Angelos J. Amditis is Research Director in the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems and member of its Board of Directors. He is the founder and the Director of the I-SENSE Research Group (http://i-sense.iccs.gr/). Since June 2018 he is the ERTICO-ITS Europe Chairman while he has been a member of ERTICO Supervisory Board since 2012. He is a member of the Executive Board of ETP-ALICE (Co-chairing the WG3 "ALICE Systems & Technologies for Interconnected Logistics"). He is the Deputy Chairman of the Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA) and member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP S.A.). He is the Vice President and one of the founding members of ITS Hellas. He is participating or has participated to the CCAM, C-ITS Platform, INATBA, EGVIA, OCG, A.SPIRE, DTLF, GEAR2030, TM2.0 Platform (Steering Body member), Trilateral WG on Automation, euRobotics, SENSORIS, WssTP, UITP, AIOTI and many other EC Groups and Platforms. He is the writer of 90 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters and more than 240 conference papers. His current research interests in the field of ITS include Automated Transport Systems, Cooperative Systems, Electromobility, Smart Mobility both for people and cargo (ITS for Logistics), sensor and information fusion, data management/aggregation, communication technologies, highly and fully automated driving and embedded systems, vehicle to grid connectivity and charging optimization strategies, control algorithms, human machine interaction, and FOTs. He is also quite active on Internet related research (IoT, Cloud services etc.), 5G networks, ICT for environmental and security applications, including cyber security and circular economy, etc. He has participated in a large number of Research projects being the scientific responsible of more than 150 projects in the last 20 years and currently he is the coordinator of the following ones: EIFFEL, 5G-IANA, Cityscape, eCharge4Drivers, ICT4CART, DIONE, HYPERION, CYBER-MAR, RESIST and IN-PREP.

Labros Digonis has over 35 years of multi-disciplinary hands-on experience in top management positions with exposure in broad spectrum of activities (ICT, Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, Life-sciences and bioinformatics, Finance and Consulting). He has been a successful manager and entrepreneur developing Technology and Startups with business spanning many countries and has created and managed to global success two world class technology products in Finance & Energy Management.
He managed and negotiated many complex multinational projects in excess of $1.0bn in multiple sectors and has been managing M&As in Technology and Telecom Sector of over $500m. He turned-around and made Companies profitable through re-engineering, personnel re-vitalizing and change management in Finance and Technology Sectors. He created and implemented high value business development opportunities for international strategic alliances and projects.
He’s a Naval Architect & Marine Engineer (NTUA) with an MBA from Warwick Business School and Advanced Management from INSEAD.

George Kremlis is currently Principal Advisor to the Greek Prime Minister on energy, climate, environment and circular economy issues.
He is a member of the Board of the European Public Law Organisation. He is also a member of the environmental and social advisory council of the EBRD and also currently the Chair of the Bureau of the Espoo Convention and the SEA Protocol, Chair of the MOPs in 2019, elected Chair for the MOPs in December 2020 and re-elected Chair for the period 2021-2023.
George Kremlis is Honorary Director of the European Commission (EC) and was in this capacity Active Senior responsible for circular economy in the islands.
He started his career in the EC in 1981. He was a Legal advisor (from January 1981) in the European Commission’s Legal Service, with an interruption of three years (1990-1993) in Greece where he exercised the functions of Advisor to the Greek Minister of National Economy (1990), National Co-ordinator for the EEC internal market (1990-1992), Head of the EEC Committee under the Greek Prime Minister (1993), and Secretary General for European Affairs in the Ministry of National Economy (1993). During this period he was also a Member of the Greek Competition authority.
In 1995 he joined DGENV. From 1995 to 2004 he served as Head of the Legal Unit, responsible for all legal issues in the DG. From 2004 to 2005 he was the Head of the “Legal affairs and Governance” Unit, and from June 2005 to May 2013 Head of the Unit "Cohesion Policy and Environmental Impact assessments”. From June 2013 till 30 March 2018 he has served as Head of the "Mainstreaming and Environmental Assessments" Unit (former "Enforcement, Cohesion Policy & European Semester, Cluster 1" Unit); in-between, from March to August 2011, he served as Acting Director of the Directorate "Legal Affairs and Cohesion" and from June 2013 to January 2014 as Director ad interim of the Directorate "Implementation, Governance and Semester".
In his last position he was also the Chairman of the ENEA-MA (European Network of Environmental and Managing Authorities), and the EIA/SEA (Environmental Impact Assessment / Strategic Environmental Assessment) Experts Groups.
He has also served as a member of the Board of the National Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development in Greece, and as a member of the Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE). He is Founding and Honorary President of the Hellenic Environmental Law Association.
He was a lawyer of the Greek Supreme Court and at the beginning of his career he has been a Research fellow at the Centre of International Economic and European Law (1979-80), in Thessaloniki.
Visiting Professor in a number of universities, in Greece and abroad, especially on post-graduate studies. He is the co-author of a four volumes Commentary, Article by Article, of the EU Treaties (in Greek). He is also the author of a very large number of various publications, in English, French and Greek, including books and articles, on EU Policy and Law, in particular institutional law, business law, private international law, environmental law, and comparative law.

Efthimios Bakogiannis Dr Urban planner- Transport Engineer is an assistant professor at NTUA- SATM, Department of Geography and Regional Planning. He is one of the founding members of the 'Sustainable Mobility Unit-SMU' in the N.T.U.A. http://www.smu.gr/. He is teaching various undergraduate courses, including Urban Planning, Urban Geography, Housing Networks, Methods and Applications of Urban Design and Environmental Planning as well as postgraduate courses related to Housing Settlements' Networks. He has participated in more than 40 European and National research projects, conducted by NTUA. The main research fields of his activity comprise integrated urban and transport planning towards the sustainable city, integration of alternative means in urban areas ( bicycle network planning, evaluation and infrastructure design, urban & transport design for pedestrians and public transport), environmental planning (with emphasis on the vulnerable road users) of large scale metropolitan areas (campuses, metropolitan Parks, old airport, coastal areas, central zones), mobility management and policies for the promotion of alternative means. The research funding comes both from national bodies such as municipalities, ministries, urban planning and transportation agencies, and the European Commission (FP4, FP5, FP6, ERDF, INTERREG). Today is the General Secretary of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy. More information at www.bakogiannis.eu

Andreas G. Boudouvis is a Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering (SChE) and since October 2019 Rector of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).
He has been SChE Dean (2013-2016), Head of the SChE Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design (2005-2007), Director of the SChE Computer Center (2009-2019) and Director of the Inter-Departmental Graduate Studies Program "Computational Mechanics" of NTUA (2011-2018).
He holds a Diploma from NTUA (1982) and a PhD from the University of Minnesota (1987), both in chemical engineering. He has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute (1989-90), Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Army High Performance Computing Research Center, USA (1991), Visiting Professor at the Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France (2012), Visiting Researcher at the Fondation de Cooperation Scientifique Sciences et Technologies pour l’Aéronautique et l’Espace, Toulouse, France (2014) and Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, USA (2018-2019).
Professor A. Boudouvis teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Transport Phenomena and Computational Methods. His research interests are in: computational transport phenomena; interfacial phenomena and especially electromagnetic effects at fluid interfaces; nonlinear phenomena including instabilities and pattern formation; multiscale analysis, model reduction and machine learning; large-scale scientific computing.

Ioannis Xifaras took on the duties as the Secretary General of Transport in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport on March 2021.
He is a licensed engineer, graduate of the Electrical and Computer Engineering School of the Democritus University of Thrace. He has a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA-international) from the Athens University of Economics and Business and a Master of Science in Computer, Telecommunications and Networks from the University of Thessaly.
He has extensive professional experience in projects of Infrastructure and Transport, Energy projects and Specialized Electromechanical Systems as well as in Infrastructure of Smart Applications. As the technical consultant of ERGOSE, he contributed in the implementation of complicated co-financed projects and the design, tendering and projects’ management of new railway projects, with emphasis in electromobility and signaling systems. He has worked as a Project Manager in Transport, Energy and Smart Infrastructures Projects in Intrakat, where he dealt with the upgrade of the 14 regional airports of Fraport, the installation, operation and maintenance of renewable energy projects, the installation of monitoring stations throughout the Natural Gas Transmission System and the installation and operation of the smart parking system of Thessaloniki central district. Furthermore, he has been the supervisor engineer in many construction projects for the National Power Transmission Operator, including the first phase of Cyclades interconnection with the Greek mainland.
He has been a Scientific Associate of the National Center for Research and Technology (CERTH) and has collaborated with the University of Thessaly for teaching the course of “Technical and Electrical Design”.
He is a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece, being elected for several years in the Chamber’s Central Delegation, while he also served as a member of the Executive Administrative Committee of the Chamber. As a representative of the Technical Chamber, he has participated in a number of committees, technical boards and working groups for drafting technical specifications, etc. He has also been a member of the Executive Administrative Committee of the Panhellenic Association of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers.

Dr. Evangelos Sapountzakis is Civil Engineer, Professor at the Institute of Structural Analysis and Antiseismic Research of the Structural Engineering Department of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He is also Vice Rector for Finance, Programming and Development of NTUA and Director of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program “Structural Design and Analysis of Structures” of NTUA.
He obtained his Diploma from NTUA in 1984, the MSc and DIC degrees (Concrete Structures) from Imperial College of Science and Technology of London in 1985 and the PhD degree from NTUA in 1991.
He has extensive experience (over 35 years) in the design and analysis of bridge and other largescale structural projects, while since 1996 he has provided consultancy services in various structural and transportation large scale Civil Engineering projects. He has also been a member of the Special Scientific Tender Evaluation Committee for the project: “Study - Construction, Self-financing and Utilisation of the Permanent Bridging Project of Rion - Antirrion”.
Apart from NTUA, he is also Professor of Structural Analysis at the School of Corps of Engineers of the Hellenic Army since 1986 and member of the Coactive Educational Staff of the Hellenic Open University (2011-2017). His published research work comprises 128 original papers published in international journals and 181 papers published in international conference proceedings. He is the author of 12 Chapters in books published by International Publishing Companies, 5 Technical Reports, 4 educational books and co-author of 3 educational books. He is the editor of 6 Books or Conference Proceedings. He has participated in 15 financially supported research projects, while in 11 of them as the Principal Investigator. His research work has received intentional recognition, since he is Honorary Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Academic Editor, Regional Editor, Associate Editor of international journals, member of the editorial board of 29 international journals, member of 72 scientific advisory committees of international conferences, while more than 2800 citations have been noticed in international literature (h-index=28). He is also reviewer of scientific papers in more than 60 international journals and evaluator of research proposals of Ministries of Science, Research and Development of 3 foreign countries.

After graduating from Athens College, he studied Civil Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, specializing in Hydraulics (M.Int.). He earned a master degree (MBA) at ALBA Graduate Business School and another in International and European Studies at the State University of Athens. In addition to Greek, he also speaks English and German.
He worked in his family business that specializes in construction and ready-mixed concrete, as an engineer from 2008 to 2010, and since 2011 as CEO of the company.
In 2010 he was first elected and served as a Municipal Councilor of the Municipality of Chalkida and as a vice Mayor of Finance, Urban Planning and Traffic Regulations. Also, served as a President of the municipal corporation for local property and chaired the municipal committee of secondary education school unit.
In May 2014, he was elected as a Deputy Regional Governor of Central Greece (regional unit of Evia) with the political scheme of Kostas Bakoyannis and 5 years later, in June 2019, Fanis Spanos was elected as Governor of the Region of Central Greece (Sterea Ellada).
Fanis Spanos was born in Chalkida (Greece) in 1984 and is married to Maria Anastasiou, a teacher and they have got three children.

Professor at the Technical University of Athens (NTUA), School of Civil Engineering, specialized in “Computational Methods in Environmental Fluid Dynamics and in the Design of Environmental Hydraulic Works”. Dr Civil Engineer with studies at NTUA, Imperial College of Science and Technology and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Since 2012, he is Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) having received a series of distinctions, such as TUM Agenda Lehre–Gastprofessuren, DAAD Gastdozenten - Programm, Honorary Fellow of TUM Institute for Advanced Study, August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professor Excellence Initiative. He is Director of the Laboratory of Applied Hydraulics, Director of the Interdepartmental Master’s Programme “Water Resources Science and Technology”, member of the Leadership Team of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), and member of many NTUA Committees. He has been Vice Dean at the School of Civil Engineering (2008-2013).  
He has a continuous 38-years teaching, research and technological experience in the development and application of integrated 1D, 2D and 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models in technical works of (i) applied hydraulics (optimization of the design of channels and complex hydraulic works; dam break and flood propagation), (ii) environmental fluid dynamics (disposal of wastewater, thermal waters, and brine; indoor air circulation, pollution and thermal comfort), (iii) coastal (water circulation, renewal and sediment transport in enclosed areas and artificial islands; oil spill models; aquacultures’ pollution), (iv) eco-hydraulics (optimization of the design of fish passes; hydrodynamic-habitat models, determination of environmental flows), (v) water/wastewater treatment (optimization of the design of tanks and reactors), and (vi) water resources management (flood and sediment transport/mudflow modelling; design of flood early warning systems), including climate change impacts mainly on infrastructure works.
He has been the project leader of 35 research projects, participated in another 20 projects and authored or co-authored more than 290 publications and 300 technical reports. He has taught in many postgraduate programmes in Greece and abroad.  He is member of international scientific organizations and reviewer of more than 35 journals, 40 conferences and many international research programs. He has participated as consultant and/or coordinator in more than 120 projects.

Georgios Syrianos is a Civil Engineering graduate of the National Technical University of Athens.
From 1977 to 1981 he worked in the private sector as a freelancer in the design and construction of various projects, while from 1981 to 1989 he was part of the General Secretariat of Public Works of the Greek Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, working for Services responsible for the supervision of project construction.
In 1990 he joined the private sector with positions of General Manager and Technical Manager in various construction companies, specializing in the construction of complex engineering projects of all types (PATHE and EGNATIA Odos Motorways, ERGOSE Projects, Olympic Projects, Tunnels, Dams, Wastewater Treatment Plants, etc.)
Since 2007 he has been actively involved in the management of major concession projects (MOREAS S.A., OLYMPIA ODOS S.A., ATTIKI ODOS S.A., etc.). Since 2021, he is the Chief Executive Officer of ATTIKI ODOS S.A., while since 2018 he holds the position of the Managing Director of MOREAS S.A. and since 2019 of AKTOR CONCESSIONS S.A. He also holds senior posts in other companies.
Moreover, he is the President of the Association of Technical Companies of the Highest Classes (STEAT); he played an active role in the establishment of Hellenic Construction Industry Council (HCIC) and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI).

Thanos Totsikas has been FIDIC Credentialing Ltd (FCL) General Manager since February 2021. He oversees the day-to-day administrative affairs of the FCL Secretariat ensuring the smooth functioning of the operational and commercial aspects, for the delivery of certification services at a global scale.
Thanos has extensive experience in business administration, quality management and business development in the vocational and IT training, assessment, and certification industry. Before joining FCL, he held executive positions in the training and certification body of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and in ACTA SA, a spin off company of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and certification body of persons and worked with global training and certification bodies.
He holds a BSc in Economics, an MSc in Management, Technology and Quality, globally accepted qualifications from Project Management Institute, Microsoft and Certiport, and speaks Greek, English, French and German.

He is an economist born in Athens 1959.
He is a former MEP (2009-2014), member of the Committees on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, on Budgetary Control and also of the Special Committee on Organized Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering. Substitute member of the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy, on Economic and Monetary Affairs as well as of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis.
2006-2009 he was appointed General Secretary of International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2003 to 2006 he was Deputy of the Athens Mayor, Deputy Mayor for Finance and responsible for the preparation of Athens for the Olympic Games 2004. He also served as Chairman of the Organization of Tourism and Economic Development Company in 2005-2006. From 1990 to 1993 he served as Advisor to the Prime Minister Constantinos Mitsotakis and Head of the Office of Planning and Communication of the Prime Minister.
He was also President and General Director of the Research Center E21 (1994-2001). From 2014 he is elected President of Drassi Party which has suspended operations in order to support New Democracy.
He has worked in advertising and communication since 1985 and has founded and managed four companies in the fields of communication (1994-1999), crisis management (2000-2006), agriculture and processing (2014-2019).
He has studied economics at the University of Athens and Management (MBA Degree) at the City University of London. He holds a Diploma from the British Market Research Society in Marketing Research as well as a PhD from the Dept of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Athens on the matter of social tolerance to corruption.

He is married to the lawyer Helen Papapanou and they have two daughters, Marianna and Irene.

Antonis Marinos was born in Athens in 1973. After completing basic education, he was admitted to the National Technical University of Athens at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, from which he obtained the Diploma in Engineering in 1998. After completing his military service as a Reserve Second Lieutenant of Communications, he began a PhD Thesis at the Medical School of Athens on Artificial Intelligence, and in particular on Expert Systems for Automated Diagnosis. He holds an MBA degree, as well as a certified Project Manager Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.
His working career began as an editor of a periodical in Athens in the field of Informatics, Computers and Multimedia since 1993, with numerous articles, tests and presentations on ICT, until 1998. He then worked as an executive of Oracle Greece, as a project manager in a technical construction company, before moving to Brussels, as an executive of the European Commission, and in particular of the General Directorate of Regional Policy, as a desk officer of the Cohesion Fund's Transport projects for Greece.
In 2004 he returned to Greece and until 2009 he worked as a Consultant in the General Secretariats of the Ministry of Economy and Ministry for Development, having managed a variety of actions and projects, such as the design of the NSRF 2007-2013, all of the construction projects of the Cohesion Fund, “Exoikonomo” for Local Authorities, “Saving at Home”, “Allazo Klimatistiko”, the creation of the Energy Efficiency Regulation (KENAK), etc. Since 2009 he is a member of MOU S.A. as a Computer Engineer for the implementation and management of ICT work. During the period 2012-2013 he worked as an Advisor to the Minister for Maritime Affairs. Since September 2019 he has been working as Head of Office at the General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources.
He was a Board Member in Asprofos S.A. and is currently a Board Member in DAPEEP S.A. He speaks fluent English, French and German. He is married and has two children.

Veljko Janjic, CEO & Co-Founder of Bexel Consulting is esteemed BIM expert and lecturer, and creator of BEXEL Manager platform. He has been supporting the openBIM workflows and innovation in integrated BIM project management with his active role in BIM standardisation through various international associations and committees. Currently, he holds a seat in the buildingSMART International Construction Room Steering Committee, and is a Vice-Chair of FIDIC EFCA BIM and Digitalization Committee. He lectured on many high-profile professional conferences in the field of BIM and project management, and has been a guest lecturer at a number of universities worldwide. He is the president of BIM Serbia association, co-founder of BIM Slovenia and a member of CEN/TC 442 Building Information Modeling committee for ISO standardization.

Nikola Matic is a qualified Engineer with over 30 years experience of Engineering in infrastructure and buildings. He is especially skilled in multi-disciplinary project studies different segments integration under the FIDIC model of contracts. His experience embraces strategy and planning development of land transportation and the engineering of the required infrastructure, including building sector. He has large experience in negotiation, mediation, claim and contract management and problem solving on regionally funded projects. Besides regular tasks in managing companies VMS and DNEC, he is responsible for all aspects of the supervision of construction, for the administration of construction contracts under various FIDIC Conditions of Contract. He is a co-funder and Board member of the national consulting engineers association ACES. As of Sep 2015, as an Executive Member Board of Directors in EFCA (European Consultant Engineers Association) besides regular activities, he is responsible for driving “Future Trends” group, a newly formed EFCA sub-committee. Editor In-Chief for the Publication of FIDIC 1999 and 2017 Model of contracts – translated into Serbian language (Bilingual ENG/SRB edition). Over the last 15 years Mr. Matic has been engaged in numerous cases and trainings referred to the Legal, Technical and Claim & Disputes aspects of FIDIC use, and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Projects

George Karagiannis was born and grew up in Thessaloniki.
He has served as a Secretary-General of Communication and Information with responsibility for the image of the Greek Government in abroad, the management of 36 press offices around the world, as well as Managing Director at the E.T.A. S.A.
From 2019 he has been a Secretary General of Infrastructure at the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport and currently undertakes the position of the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure. In the past, he provided consulting services in the private sector, while he has been an executive of Attiko Metro S.A.
He is married and father of two children.
He speaks excellent English.

Kostas Fragogiannis was born in 1959, in Kavala, where he completed his basic education. After graduating from the British Institute of Marketing (HND), he continued his studies in the U.S., earning a BS in Business Administration and an MBA in International Management & Computer Systems from the University of San Francisco.
For over 30 years, he has held senior executive positions in major companies and groups, such as Emporiki Bank, Interbank, Delta, the Vasilakis Group, Ant1, the Viohalco Group, Vivartia, and the Chipita Group, where he was also a founding member of the Group’s international operations 24 years ago. Before assuming his duties as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and Openness, he was the Development Manager of the Chipita Group, contributing significantly to the further growth and development of the Group's international operations.
Having successfully handled development projects worth hundreds of million of euros throughout the world, he has gained invaluable experience in negotiating with organizations in countries where he has overseen investments. Through his role in the development and internationalization of companies, he has contributed to the creation of thousands of jobs, while also creating considerable added value in each country where he has been active. He has led a total of 18 productive investment projects in 16 countries, 9 investment consortiums, 5 buyouts and, finally, the founding of multiple commercial enterprises in dozens of countries.
Through his many years of international experience, he has gained a full and up-to-date perspective on what is required to effectively attract foreign investments and to promote exports and growth in the international economy.

Sergios Lambropoulos graduated from the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Department of Economics of the University of Athens. He holds an MSc in Management Science from the Imperial College and a doctorate from the NTUA.
He was Professor in the Construction Engineering and Management Department of the School of Civil Engineering NTUA. He is currently Professor Emeritus.
He has been Private and Public Works Contractor, Vice President of the Greek Highway Fund, Intra-muros Consultant for Infrastructure and Networks in the European Commission, Technical Advisor of Motorway Concessionaires, General Manager of the Egnatia Odos (motorway) S.A. for ten years after its establishment and Secretary General for Concessions at the Greek Ministry for Infrastructure.
He has contributed in various professional and scientific activities. He is Vice President of “Sostratus”, the Association of Friends and Alumni of the School of Civil Engineering, NTUA. He is President of the Hellenic Construction Industry Council (HCIC).

Mr. Dimitris Papagiannidis was born in 1959, at Orini (in the highlands of) Nafpaktia. He studied Civil Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace (D.U.Th.). He continued his postgraduate studies from 1985-86 in France the subject of «Metal constructions and underground works», while he also earned a Postgraduate Specialization Diploma at the National Technical University of Athens in the INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES 2011-2012 "Environment and Development" with a grade of Excellent.
In the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he was honored in 2021 with the responsibility of the General Secretariat of Union Resources and Infrastructure, which was re-established at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. Since 2017 he has been/holds the position of the General Manager at the MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT in GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF STRATEGIC TRANSPORT PLANNING AND ROAD SAFETY. Under his responsibility were the EU programs of the Ministry; the approval and monitoring of the National Strategic Transport Plan 2019-2037 (ESSM); the ESS; (the program?) Road Safety 2021-2030; the sectors of "Intelligent Transport Systems-ITS" of Logistics; Air Transport (Waterways etc.); and the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans.
For many years he was/serviced as Director and Executive in the Special Service for Public Works of Hydraulic Infrastructure Construction. He was mainly involved in the management of Large National Projects of National/nationwide Level Plumbing and Road Construction with a budget of over 2 billion €. Ιndicatively: the Acheloos Diversion Projects, Athens Water supply from the river Evinos, Water Supply Patras, Thessaloniki and Fyrlia Island of Paxron L, Straw Dam, Irrigation Networks of Amvrakia-Amfilochia, land improvement works in the area of Valtos, Aetoloakarnania, Anti-flooding works in the riparian zone of the Stream of Eschatia, Attica, and the construction of tunnels in Karpenisi, Agios Ilias Aitolo.
He was President of the Association of Civil Engineers of Greece in the period 2004-2009, and General Secretary in 1998-2004. He was President for 3 terms of DKM and is elected in the Central Delegation of Technical Chamber of Greece and in various sections of Engineers from 1990 until today. During the government of Costas Karamanlis, he was in charge of the Special Secretariat for Community Resources and Infrastructure at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in the period 2004-2009.
He remapped the Special Services of the RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, while he also increased the staff with increased qualifications from the MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION UNIT OF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. Furthemore, he expanded the Services and suggested to the political leadership the establishment and operation of 3 new Special Units, these of a) Coordination, b) Infrastructure and c) Implementation of Co-financed Actions of the 3rd EU-funded programs and in 2007 of the Operational Program for Fisheries and Sea 2007-2013.

Dimitris Zontanos is Chief Planning, Design & Construction Officer for the Hellinikon Project. Dimitris Zontanos was Development Director for Greece, Cyprus & Turkey in the Development Department of LAMDA DEVELOPMENT S.A. since spring 2010. He started working in LAMDA DEVELOPMENT in 2007 as Development Manager. Prior to LAMDA, he worked for Piraeus Bank, CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield. Mr. Zontanos is a professional member (MRICS) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. He is a Chartered Surveyor and holds a Bachelor Degree and an MBA both from University of Aberdeen UK.

Lena Belsi is the Head of the Geocycle activity of HERACLES Group since the beginning of 2012. She holds a BA in Economics from Smith College, USA. She started her career in the USA in the Telecommunications Sector. Upon her return to Greece in 1990 she worked in different companies such as INTRASOFΤ, INTRACOM and MYTILINAIOS, undertaking management positions mainly in the areas of Project Management and Procurement. She was hired by HERACLES Group in 2007 as Procurement Manager, and in the last 14 years she has also held positions such as Energy Manager, Solid Fuels Manager as well as Manager of Alternative Fuels and Alternative Raw Materials. Since February 2019 she is the CEO of Geocycle Hellas S.A., the newly formed subsidiary of HERACLES Group in the area of wastes management, while since June 2019 she holds the position of the Vice President of the Federation of Recycling and Energy Recovery Industries and Enterprises (SEPAN).

Kalliopi Papadaki is a graduate of the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic School, of the Department of Architecture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a Master's Degree in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program "Architecture - Spatial Planning", in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program of the Technical University of Athens, specializing in "Urban Planning". From 1989-2007 she worked as a freelancer in her personal office, specializing in architectural studies and supervision for private and public projects. She took part in architectural competitions and collaborated with large design offices for projects in Greece and abroad. In the period 2007-2009, she worked as a secondary school teacher, teaching technical specialization courses. From 2009 until today she works in the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy as a permanent employee, in the Directorate of Studies and Urban Regeneration Projects. From 2015 until today, she holds a position as a special associate in the private offices of the political leadership of the Ministry (associate of Deputy Minister, associate of Deputy Minister and associate of Secretary General of Spatial Planning and Urban Environment). Throughout her career she continues to be trained through seminars and workshops. She represents the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy in a great number of European committees and programs and participates in or coordinates a large number of national inter-ministerial committees, councils and working groups. She has publications and a significant number of presentations at conferences. She undertakes the organization of conferences, seminars, scientific meetings, events, etc. of the Ministry of Environment and Energy. She is a member of the EU BIM task group, the National Coordinator of EMW, the NRC for com in the EEA - EIONET, and representative of Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy in the National Advisory Group for Blue Prints. She is a member of the main teaching staff of the Training Institute of the National Center for Public Administration and Local Government, the Register of Public Administration Executives and, the Accessibility Committee. She specializes in urban planning, sustainable urban development and urban regeneration policy, building capacity management and digitization of structures. She is a candidate for a doctoral dissertation at the National Technical University of Athens, at the School of Surveying Engineering - Geoinformatics in the field of Urban Planning with emphasis on the design of large-scale urban renovations.

Nikos Tachiaos possesses 35 years of professional and administrative experience in urban planning, engineering, stakeholder engagement management and topographical surveys.
Alongside with his professional activities, he has been engaged for a long time period in the public sector, gaining, thus, significant knowledge of the structure of civil administration. During his terms as Deputy Mayor of Culture and Architecture in the Municipality of Thessaloniki and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served as Alternate Secretary General, he acquired extensive experience in cooperating with national and international official bodies.
During the last eight (8) years, he has formed part of the Management Team of MTC Makedoniki Technical Company, a contractor of TAP Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, as a Stakeholder Engagement Manager, and after the project completion he held the position of the New Business Advisor.
As of September 2019, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors in ATTIKO METRO S.A.
He is married and has a 13-year old son.

Prof. Konstantinos Aravossis is Secretary General of Natural Environment & Water at the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy. He is a Mechanical Engineer (Technical University of Aachen -Germany) with an M.Sc. in Management Science from Imperial College - University of London. He has further been awarded a PhD by the National Technical University of Athens, focusing on Operations Research.
He is Professor of “Planning, Management and Assessment of Technological and Environmental Investments at the NTUA (National Technical University of Athens), Professor at the ATHENS MBA (NTUA - Athens University of Economics) since 1997. He is the Coordinator of the “Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development Research Group” of the Sector of Industrial Management and Operations Research of the Mechanical Engineering School. He was the Environmental Advisor to the President of the Greek New Democracy political party and current Prime Minister.
He was President of the Greek Branch of the Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council (www.wtert.gr) coordinated by Columbia University and associate researcher of the Earth Engineering Center -Columbia University as well as visiting Professor at Imperial College-London. He was President of the Coordinating Committee of the Institute of Production and Operations Management / Hellenic Management Association.
He has been an advisor of the deputy Minister of Culture for the Olympic Games Constructions and their Post-Olympic utilization, President of the Greek Association of Environmental Protection Companies, President of the Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association (HSWMA) (now Hon. President), President of the Ordinary Environmental Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece and member of Evaluation Committees for Investment and Energy Projects of the Ministry of Development. Furthermore, he has been member of the Board of the Organisation of Labour Residencies (OEK).and General Manager of Environmental Companies. He has organised 11 Int. Conferences and has over 100 Publications / 30 research projects.

Mr. Spyridon Pateras graduated in 1993 from NTUA’s (National Technical University of Athens) School of Chemical Engineering and continued with his doctoral thesis in the University of Cambridge, England, in the sector of complex layered materials with application in airplane engines.
Afterwards, he returned to Greece where, for over 20 years, he was active in the sector of engineering projects as manager, co-manager and representative of Greek and foreign companies.
He obtained a large experience in the administration of human resources, in the management of major projects and contracts, in the financial monitoring of projects and companies, in the cooperation between private and public bodies, as well as in the application of modern governance practices.
From the end of 2020 until today he holds the position of Chairman of the Board and CEO of OSE.