Antonios Platias
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Head of Defence and Security committee
Antonios PLATIAS is a Brigadier General (ret). He served at the Ministry of Defence as National Defence Policy Director, as well as Head of Bilateral Defence Cooperation Section and NATO -EU Affairs Office of the International Relations Directorate.
Archim. Aristarchus Grekas
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Head of Religion – Culture committee
Aristarchus Grekas is an Archimandrite, a Clergyman of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens. He is also a Doctor of Theology and Assistant Professor at the Theology Department of the Theological School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
George Mergos
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Head of Economic committee
George Mergos is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds an MSc from Oxford University and a PhD from Stanford University in Applied Economics.
Kostas Ifantis
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Head of International Relations – Strategy committee
Kostas Ifantis is a Professor of International Relations, Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University and at Panteion University of Athens. He worked as a Lecturer in International and European Politics at the Universities of Bradford and Portsmouth, UK (1991-1995).
Thomas Lamnidis
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Head of Energy – Law committee
Thomas Lamnidis is a lawyer. He has a Law Degree at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and a Licence Spéciale en Droit Européen at University of Brussels. The areas of his expertise are in energy, transport, investments, corporate restructuring, privatizations, non-performing loans, and litigation.
Loukas G. Katsonis
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Head of Steering committee
Loukas G. Katsonis is an International Relations expert, publisher of Foreign Affairs The Hellenic Edition magazine since 2011. He holds a master’s degree in Geopolitical Analysis and Geostrategic Synthesis from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens