<p> CURRICULUM VITAE</p><p>Nicolas ALEXOPOULOS</p><p>Date of birth : 22 March 1952 Nationality : Greek Civil status : Married, two children</p><p>University education - qualifications</p><p>1976 - 1980 : University of Hamburg Doctorate in Economics and Social Science (Dr. Rer. Pol.), with EC competition policy as a special subject.</p><p>1971 - 1976 : University of Athens Degree in Economics</p><p>Languages Greek, German, English, French </p><p>Professional experience and career </p><p>At the EESC </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>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. </p><p>.../... - 2 -</p><p>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.</p><p>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 </p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>.../... - 3 -</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Previous activities</p><p>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).</p><p>1972-1982: Scientific staff member and adviser with the:</p><p>- 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Publications</p><p> Wirtschafts- und Wettbewerbspolitische Probleme des EG-Beitritts Griechenlands dargestellt am Beispiel der öffentlichen Unternehmen, Hamburg and Göttingen 1981;</p><p> The Greek Bank for Industrial Development as an instrument of industrial policy (in Greek), Thèmes d'Actualité magazine no. 12, Athens September 1981;</p><p> 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.</p><p>______</p><p>.../...</p>