Nikos Papathanasis

BIOGRAPHY

Nikos Papathanasis presently holds the office of the Alternate Minister at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and he was also elected, at the 2023 elections, as a member of the Parliament in the district of Athens North.

From August 2020 until May 2023 he held the office of Alternate Minister at
the Ministry of Development and Investment with the responsibility of the
portfolio of private and strategic investments, PPP’s and the Just Transition
Fund. Also from July 2019 until August 2020 he held the office of the Deputy
Minister at the same ministry with the responsibility of the portfolio of
Industry, Commerce and Consumer’s Protection.

During his thirty five year career, he served as a C-level executive for large
corporations with a successful track record in developing business plans,
reorganizing and streamlining operations that led to significant positive
economic outcome.

He received his B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and his M.A.Sc. in
Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto, followed by a Masters in
Management Science at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

He commenced his career at the DeHavilland Aircraft Company (Bombardier
Aerospace) in Toronto while later he served as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) and executive Vice
President of Olympic Aviation, a regional airline company. During his
professional years, he worked mainly in the private sector while he reached high
executive and C level managerial positions in companies in Greece and abroad.

He managed companies in the fields of construction, real estate development to
public transportation as he served as CEO in the Athens Line 1 metro rail system
and subsequently Chairman and CEO in the Athens Metro and Light rail system
for a total of eight years. From 2008 to 2010 he served as a President- elect of
the Greek branch of the European Centre of Employers and Enterprises
providing Public Services (CEEP) which is a General Cross Industry social
partner recognized by the EU Commission. From 2017 holds the Chair of the
President of the Institute of Democracy “Konstantinos Karamanlis”, a scientific
non-profit organization. He served from 2016 until the national elections of
2019 as Director General of the presently governing political Party of “Nea
Democratia”.