As part of its efforts to provide high-quality education and research, the MSc program in Competition Policy and Market Regulation of the Department of Economics has established an External Advisory Committee, whose members are external academics and professionals with extensive experience in the field of competition policy and market regulation. “Competition Policy and Market Regulation” of the Department of Economics has established an External Advisory Committee, whose members are external figures from the educational community. The mission of the External Advisory Committee is to advise and support the Director and the Coordinating Committee of the MSc program on issues such as program strategy, relations with the labor market in Greece and abroad, etc. The primary role of the committee is to contribute to the formulation and assurance of the strategic direction of the Postgraduate Program, to express its opinion on the achievement of its learning objectives, their full compliance with international quality standards, and their timely updating in order to respond to changing international requirements. In carrying out its work, the committee periodically reviews the progress of the Postgraduate Program and presents its findings to the Program Director and the Program Coordinating Committee.
The committee will consist of six members, appointed by the Department Assembly every two years (or when a member requests replacement), and its members will come from public organizations and professional bodies, the commercial sector/labor market, and academic institutions/research centers abroad and European Union bodies. Meetings will be held in person or online and will be organized in collaboration with the Department and the Director of the M.Sc. Program.
Based on the above, the Assembly proposes the following as members of the committee:
1. Hara Nikolopoulou (Vice-President of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Attorney-at-law LL.M, MSc – Economics)
2. Athanasios Dagoumas (Associate Professor at the University of Piraeus, Former President of the Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water)
3. Dimitris Varoutas (Vice-President of the National Telecommunications and Post Commission, Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
4. Nikolaos Chostelidis (PwC)
5. Panagiotis Agisilaou (Managing Director at Trojan Economics Ltd)
6. Stamatis Drakakis (Partner, Lawyer at Zepos & Yannopoulos)