Eleni Louri-Dendrinou is a Professor at the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business since 2001 and a member of the Hellenic Observatory Centre Advisory Board. 

From June 2008 to June 2014 she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece responsible for monetary policy, bank resolution, statistics, the national mint and cash management. She was also president of the Hellenic Deposit Guarantee Fund. She served as member of the International Relations Committee of the ECB.

She has published extensively in international academic journals, such as Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, International Review of Financial Analysis among others and has acted as referee for many of them. 

Her research interests are in the areas of Industrial Organization and Market Dynamics, Foreign Direct Investment and International Economics, Finance and Banking Strategy.