Professor Ioannis Theotokas
Mr. YiannisTheotokas is Professor of Maritime Business Administration, Chairman of the Department of Maritime Studies, Director of the Inter-Institutional Postgraduate Program “Management in Maritime Science and Technology” and Director of the Laboratory of Maritime Economics, Management and Maritime Accidents.
He has participated in a significant number of European and national research programs and studies (KNOWME, CAPTAINS, MELES, DELTA-S, INNOSUTRA, RURAL eGOV, SLIM-VRT). His research interests include the areas of Management of Maritime Operations, Strategy and Human Resources Management.
From September 2015 to February 2017, he served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Shipping and Insular Policy and from April to September 2015 he served as Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism.
Professor Emeritus Constantinos Chlomoudis
Mr. Constantinos Chlomoudis is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Piraeus, with a scientific subject of Port Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics, University of Macedonia, 1991 and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
His research activities have focused on issues of Port Governance and Organization and on general issues of maritime transport organization. He has published a number of studies in international and Greek scientific journals and conferences. He has participated independently or in collaboration in the publication of many books, related to the field of Maritime Economy.
Associate Professor Petros Pallis
Mr. Petros Pallis is an Associate Professor at the University of the Aegean, in the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, as well as a Member of the Teaching Staff at the Hellenic Open University, in the Postgraduate Program in Supply Chain Management (SCM). He has also taught for more than three years at the Maritime Department of the University of Piraeus, as well as for one year at the Department of Port and Shipping Management of the National University of Athens.
He has published more than twenty-five (25) scientific papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, and he participated in more than twenty-five (25) international scientific conferences.
Mr. Pallis, has significant experience (more than twenty years) in senior and top positions in the Private sector, with the implementation of more than four hundred (400) projects in the field of IT and education and has implemented more than fifty (50) research projects, in National and European programs, such as: FP7, Horizon 2020, Interreg, EMFF, Erasmus, LIFE, COST, GSRT, HFRI, etc..
Dr. Christos Lampridis
Mr. Christos Lampridis is an economist and works as a consultant and researcher on issues of Shipping, Port Policy and Administration. He belongs to the executive staff of the Ministry of Shipping and Insular Affairs while he has served as Secretary General of Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investments of the Ministry.
Mr. Lampridis has published his work in international journals and conference proceedings and has taught Port Organization and Management, Port Planning and European Port Policy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus.
Mr. Lampridis has collaborated with companies and institutions in the private and public sectors in the provision of consulting services as well as at a research level in the subjects of port economy and administration, transport, regional development and the implementation of investments in industry and services.
Dr. Theodoros Styliadis
Mr. TheodorosStyliadis is an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus, specializing in port & maritime economics.
He holds a PhD from the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus, a Master's degree (MSc) in Maritime Economics & Logistics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and a Bachelor's degree (BSc) in International and European Economic Relations from Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
In addition to his academic duties, Mr. Styliadis has been working as an independent financial consultant for over 10 years in public and private organizations operating in the field of transport and other related sectors.
Kriton Valleras
Mr. Kriton Valleras is a scientific associate in port planning and policy. He began his professional career as a nuclear engineer (B.Sc., Yale University, M.Sc., Columbia University) in the USA, dealing not only with technical issues but also with financial sustainability and project management in the energy sector.
PhD Candidate Tozidis Markos
Mr. Tozidis Markos is a PhD candidate at the Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, specializing in the best port concession contracts and good practice in the port industry.
He participates in research groups that submit and implement funded research projects on the port industry.
PhD Candidate Virginia Zarakeli
Mrs. Virginia Zarakeli is a PhD candidate at the Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, specializing in the impacts of the European Green Deal on the port industry and related activities.
She has ten years of work experience in shipping companies, and has extensive participation in research groups that submit and implement European-funded programs and has undertaken secretarial duties in a postgraduate program at the University of Piraeus.