GRNET Management

Board of Directors

GRNET Board of Directors is the supreme governing body that decides on strategic management matters, except issues that lie in the exclusive competence of the General Assembly. The Board mainly sets the strategies and policies for GRNET development, seeks and ensures key funding sources, supervises and manages the company’s assets. It also promotes the national and European dimension of GRNET. The Board consists of nine members and its mandate is four years.

Chairman of the Board

The Chairman of the Board represents the company in Greece and abroad, in Greek, European or International Organizations of any kind. He is responsible for the meetings of the Board of Directors and coordinates its activities.

Deputy Chairman

The Deputy Chairman of the Board shall deputize for the Chairman when the latter is absent for any reason or indisposed.

CEO

The Chief Executive Officer is the company’s senior executive. He manages the company overall activity, monitors its operation, informs the Board of Directors, and heads its staff.

Chairman

Stefanos Kollias, Professor Εmeritus, National Technical University of Athens

Deputy Chairman

Dimitrios Katsianis, Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

CEO

Aristeidis Sotiropoulos, GRNET – National Infrastructures for Research and Technology

Members

Cleo Sgouropoulou, Professor at the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, Member of the Board of Administration of the University of Western Attica
Konstantinos Alketas Oungrinis, Professor, Vice-Rector, Technical University of Crete
Sandra Cohen, Professor, Athens University of Economics and Business
Dionysios Kontogiorgis, Head of Directorate for the coordination of gov.gr, Ministry of Digital Governance
Stella Tsitsoula, Communications consultant specialising in technology and cyber security
Zenon Mousmoulas, GRNET – National Infrastructures for Research and Technology

Advisory Committee

GRNET Advisory Committee is the supreme scientific body that is responsible for  issues in the fields of research and technology. Its members are composed of the educational and research community of universities and research centers, possessing many years of experience and contribution to GRNET fields of activity. The Advisory Committee is independent in its action and operation. It is also responsible for assessing the overall work of GRNET.

Chairman

Efstathios Sykas, Professor Emeritus, Division of Communication, Electronic and Information Engineering, NTUA

Deputy Chairman

Efstathios Hadjiefthymiades, Professor, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, NKUA

Members

Vasileios-Michael Karkatzounis, Legal Consultant
Christos Bouras, Consultant IT – Project Management
Evangelia (Lilian) Mitrou, Professor, University of the Aegean
Aikaterini Pramatari, Professor, Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
Margarita Athanasiadi, Director of Industry, Development, Technology & Innovation, BSE, Business and Industry Liaison
Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Research Director, CERTH-ITI, Head of Multimedia Knowledge and Social Media Analytics Laboratory, Director of Information Technologies Institute (ITI)
Angelos Bilas, Professor of Computer Science, University of Crete