Advisory Board Members

The Hellenic Observatory is governed by School policies and regulations and as a departmental research unit is part of the European Institute. It also benefits from the advice and support of its Advisory Board.

This comprises both academic and public figures, as well as representatives of the original donors. Its members are:

  • Professor Yannis Stournaras, Governor, Bank of Greece (Chairman)

  • Professor Vassilis Monastiriotis, Director, Hellenic Observatory; Eleftherios Venizelos Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of Political Economy, LSE

  • Kevin Featherstone, Professorial Research Fellow, Coordinator, Politics & Geopolitics, Hellenic Observatory Centre
  • Dr Spyros Economides, Coordinator, Politics & Geopolitics, Hellenic Observatory Centre; Associate Professor of International Relations and European Politics, LSE

  • Professor Chrisanthi Avgerou, Professor of Information Systems, Department of Management, LSE

  • Mr Spyros N. Filaretos, Chief of Growth and Innovation, Alpha Bank

  • Professor Gikas Hardouvelis, Chairman, National Bank of Greece

  • Mr Theodore Kalabokis, President, Hellenic Alumni Association of LSE (HAALSE)

  • Mr Athanasios C. Laskaridis, Chairman and CEO of Laskaridis Shipping Company Ltd

  • Dr Spiro J Latsis, Member, LSE Board of Governors

  • Professor Eleni Louri-Dendrinou, Professor of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business

  • Professor Achilleas Mitsos, Professor Emeritus, University of the Aegean

  • Professor Elias Mossialos, Brian Abel-Smith Professor of Health Policy; Director, LSE Health

  • Mr Evangelos G Mytilineos, Chairman and CEO, Metlen Energy & Metals

  • Professor Lucas Papademos, Former Prime Minister of Greece; Former Vice President - European Central Bank

  • Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides, Regius Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, LSE

  • Professor Dimitri Vayanos, Professor of Finance; Director, Financial Markets Group, Department of Finance, LSE

  • Professor George P. Zanias, Chairman of the BoD, Non-Executive Director Eurobank SA