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CURRICULUM VITAE

Nicolas ALEXOPOULOS

Date of birth : 22 March 1952 Nationality : Greek Civil status : Married, two children

University education - qualifications

1976 - 1980 : University of Hamburg Doctorate in Economics and Social Science (Dr. Rer. Pol.), with EC competition policy as a special subject.

1971 - 1976 : University of Athens Degree in Economics

Languages Greek, German, English, French

Professional experience and career

At the EESC

10/2012-09/2013: Deputy general Secretary General Affairs and Consultative Works Main tasks: organisation, supervision and monitoring of the following directorates: General Affairs and Consultative Works

04/2010-09/2012: Deputy general Secretary General Affairs and Human Resources Main tasks: organisation, supervision and monitoring of the following directorates: General Affairs and Human Resources

07/2001-05/2010: Director of the Directorate for General Affairs Main tasks: organisation, supervision and monitoring of the following units: Registry; Relations with the European institutions and national ESCs; Relations with civil society organisations and constitutional questions; Conferences and interpretation; Legal affairs; scheduling of several budget lines.

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Other activities: - President of the AGORA computer applications users' group; - President of the Joint Promotion Committee; - Chairman, at alternate level, of the inter-institutional management committee of the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

07/2000 - 06/2001: Head of the Division for External Relations in Directorate B for Consultative Work Main tasks : administrative management of the division; organisation of the work of the section and its bureau; collaboration in the preparation of texts, reports and opinions; organisation of conferences; contacts with the other institutions; active participation in the setting-up of the EU-India Round Table

10/1998 – 06/2000: Head of the Division for Recruitment, Careers and Induction at the ESC Directorate for Personnel - Assistant to the Director Main tasks: responsible for recruitment and personnel management; supervision of the personnel support service; authorisation and financial management; monitoring the implementation of the cooperation agreement with the CoR.

10/1997 - 04/1998: Acting Director and administrative head of the Common Organisational Structure (COS) with the Committee of the Regions Main tasks : administrative head of the COS, responsible for the coordination, management, supervision and monitoring of the work of all COS departments.

01/1997 – 09/1998: Head of the Planning Unit – Deputy to the Director of the COS Main tasks: coordination, programming and monitoring of the production of documents for the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.

1991 - 1996: Head of the Secretary-General's Private Office Main tasks : direct assistance to the secretary-general in the performance of its duties. Special responsibilities: - active participation in the setting-up of the Committee of the Regions; - participation in the preparation of the budget and the annual negotiations with the budgetary authorities.

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1990 - 1991: Principal Administrator with the Section for Industry, Commerce, Crafts and Services Main tasks: - assisting the head of division of the section in organising the work of the section, and coordination of the activities of the secretariat; - managing the work of the study groups and assisting rapporteurs; - collaborating in the preparation of texts, reports and opinions.

1982 - 1990: Administrator with the Section for Transport and Communications Main tasks: - managing the work of the study groups and assisting rapporteurs; - collaborating in the preparation of texts, reports and opinions.

Previous activities

07/1988 – 01/1989: Adviser with the Greek Ministry for Transport and Communications during the Greek presidency of the Council of the European Communities (on secondment).

1972-1982: Scientific staff member and adviser with the:

- Metra Oxford Consulting research office in London; - Greek Ministry for Economic Affairs; - Europa Kolleg in Hamburg; - University of Hamburg's Institute for European Economic Policy; and the - Planning and Research Centre of the Ministry for Economic Affairs in Athens.

Among other things, I was involved in the preparation of studies on the economy and on the public sector (public-sector corporations) in the countries of the European Union and in Greece.

Publications

 Wirtschafts- und Wettbewerbspolitische Probleme des EG-Beitritts Griechenlands dargestellt am Beispiel der öffentlichen Unternehmen, Hamburg and Göttingen 1981;

 The Greek Bank for Industrial Development as an instrument of industrial policy (in Greek), Thèmes d'Actualité magazine no. 12, Athens September 1981;

 Public Enterprises in Greece (part of the work "Public Enterprises in the European Community" published by Metra Oxford Consulting and the EC Commission (DG IV), London 1982.

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