Curriculum Vitae
Personal information First Name and Surname Konstantinos Foutzopoulos Address Perikleous 30, Marousi Athens 151 22 Greece Telephone Number +306970558235 E-mail [email protected] Nationality Greek Date of birth 16.05.85
Education and training
Sep 2008 - Sep 2009 Master in European Studies Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin, in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office, Germany Expertise in European Energy Security and EU – Russia relations Sep 2003 - Jun 2008 BSc in International and European Economic Studies Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Jan 2006 - Jun 2006 ERASMUS program on a Socrates scholarship Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Jun 2003 Abitur and Apolytirion (German and Greek High School diplomas with a distinction) Deutsche Schule Athen (German School of Athens), Greece
Work experience
Sep 2018 - ongoing Thessaloniki Regional Forum, Thessaloniki, Greece Executive Director and Co-Founder June 2017 - ongoing The Concordia Summit, New York, USA Protocol Officer Sep 2015 - ongoing International Symi Symposium, Greece External Relations and Planning Coordinator Feb 2014 – ongoing Office of the f. Prime Minister of Greece and President of the Socialist International, George A. Papandreou - Athens, Greece International and External Relations Advisor
Nov 2013 – Nov 2014 General Secretariat of the Hellenic Air Training Command, Ministry of Defence - Athens, Greece Administrator
Sep 2009 – Jan 2012 Office of the Prime Minister of Greece and President of PASOK, International Relations Department - Athens, Greece Political Advisor - Member of the International Relations Department
Feb 2008 – Aug 2008 Embassy of Greece – Berlin, Germany Political Department Intern
May 2008 – Aug 2008 European Academy for Taxes, Economics and Law – Berlin, Germany Market Analyst
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Athens, Greece Nov 2008 – Sep 2009 Public and External Relations Unit Intern Legal Protection Unit Intern Jul 2007 – Sep 2007 Kantor Management Consultants – Athens, Greece Industry Sector Intern
May 2007 – Jun 2007 The World Bank – Athens, Greece Organization Assistant – 4th Western Balkans Poverty Reduction Strategy Forum
Sep 2005 – Sep 2006 European Youth Parliament – Athens, Greece Head Policy and Organization Officer
British Council – Athens, Greece Jun 2005 – Nov 2005 Invigilator at the Cambridge University Examinations
Sep 2004 – Jan 2006 Kybos General Partnership – Athens, Greece Public Affairs Coordinator
2 Languages
Greek Mother tongue English C2 – Cambridge University Proficiency German C2 – Goethe Institut Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom French B1 – Sorbonne II (Oct 2004) Russian Basic
Computer skills
Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Access, SPSS, E-Views
Memberships
2019 Member of the Obama Foundation Town Hall Europe 2018 - ongoing Member of the European Association of Political Consultants 2001 – 2008 Member of the European Youth Parliament 2001 – 2008 Member of the Model United Nations 2004 – 2008 Representative of Greece in the World Youth Congress
Publications and Research
- Freie Universität Berlin / Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Research on “EU energy security and the EU-Russian relations” - Humboldt Universität zu Berlin – Berlin Germany - Research on “The EU-NATO relations after the Berlin Plus Agreement” , University of Washington – Seattle U.S.A. - Research on the ” Ethnographic and content analysis of media discourse in Greece” Schwarzkopf Foundation – Berlin, Germany - Research on “The role of Germany as a promoter of federalism in Europe” (Schwarzkopf Scholarship) available at www.heinz-schwarzkopf- stiftung.de/publications)
Other activities and interests
- President of the School Student Council (2000- 2003) - Seminars on American Studies, US Embassy in Athens (2007) - Voluntary activity in remote communities of Scotland -Outer Hebrides Isles (2005) - Seminars on Bauhaus and the Twentieth Century Modern Movement, Weimar (2006) - Amateur photographer - Skiing, Swimming, Travelling