Kostas Andriosopoulos

Director of the HELLENiQ Energy Center for Sustainability and Energy @Alba, and the Academic Director of the Executive Program in Energy Business, at Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, where he holds the position of Affiliate Professor of Finance and Energy Management. Kostas holds a PhD in Finance (Bayes Business School, City University London), where he has been the recipient of the prestigious Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation’s scholarship. He also holds an MBA and MSc in Finance (Northeastern University, Boston, USA), and a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering and Management (Technical University of Crete, Greece). In addition, Kostas held the position of Executive Director of the Research Centre for Energy Management at ESCP Europe Business School and the position of Executive Director of the Energy Transition & Sustainability Center at Audencia Business School. Kostas’ current interests include energy-related geopolitical issues, gas and LNG market dynamics, RES investments, financial engineering and the application of operational research tools on risk management and investment techniques in energy, shipping and agricultural commodity markets. His work has been published in international finance and commodity-related Journals and has participated as speaker in recognized conferences world-wide. He is the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Energy Markets, he has edited special issues in recognized journals, acts as a reviewer for a number of academic journals, and has organized numerous international conferences. In addition to his academic profile, he is the Chairman of the Energy Committee at the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce and the founder and former President of the Hellenic Association for Energy Economics. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Gas Center, serving as an advisor on natural gas markets, and a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece. During September 2019 - February 2021 he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Public Gas Company (DEPA), a position he also held for the period 2014-2015. Since August 2018 he is Country Manager of Akuo Energy Greece, a multinational IPP with Headquarters in Paris, France. Ηe has an extensive professional experience in the business world and has served as a business consultant in energy, food, web & software, commodity trading and shipping industries.s