Born in Athens in 1955. He studied Economics at the University of Athens, and holds a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD University in France. He speaks fluent English, French and Italian. He is President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee since 2009. In 2021 he was elected President of the European Olympic Committees and in 2019 member of the International Olympic Committee. As an athlete he participated with the National Water Polo Team in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984, while he was Greek and Balkan champion in swimming from 1969 to 1975. He was Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the European Games in Baku (2015) and Minsk (2019), member of the General Assembly of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (1992-1996) and Head of the Greek Delegation to the Atlanta Olympic Games. In addition, he was Member of the Board and Executive Director of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games "Athens 2004". In March 2004, he was appointed by the Prime Minister as General Secretary of State and City Manager of the Olympic Games Athens 2004. In addition, he is President of the Shipping Company Star Bulk Carriers, Chairman of the Board of Euroclinic and member of the Board of Directors of GEK TERNA. He has been President of the Athens Stock Exchange and Managing Director of the subsidiaries of Hellenic Exchanges Group, President of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges, Deputy Governor of the National Bank, Vice President of the Bankers Trust Company, President of ETEVA and Astir Insurance Company , CEO of OceanBulk Containers, EPIRUS SA, and of the Bank of Athens.

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Mary Charalambous – Papamiltiades (MSc, MBA, PhD) is the Director General of the Cyprus Sport Organization. She studied Sport and Physical Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and then she acquired two master’s degrees: an MBA in Sport Management (Distinction) from University of Leicester (UK) and an MSc in Sport Science from Leeds Metropolitan University (UK).

She also holds a PhD degree in Sport Marketing from Loughborough University (UK) Dr Charalambous-Papamiltiades was an assistant Professor at the Business School of the European University Cyprus and Coordinator of the Academic Program “Sport Management”.

She also served as the Head of the Real Madrid School in Cyprus. She was also a founding member of Cyprus Association of Sports Management (CY.A.S.M.) and she held the position of President of CY.A.S.M. for the years 2010-2012 and 2016-2018.

She also served as Member of the Board of the European Association for Sport Management (2018-2019). Dr Charalambous-Papamiltiades has conducted much research on sport management topics and the scientific results were presented in several European and International Conferences and Seminars. In addition, she is the author of two chapters on sport governance in Cyprus included in international academic books [(Sport Governance: International Case studies, O'Boyle & Bradbury, 2013, London: Routledge) and (Sport Governance in the world: A Socio-Historic Approach. Sobry (Ed.), 2011, Paris: Le Manuscript)] Dr. Mary Charalampous – Papamilitiades was also a candidate for the New Researcher Award in 2012 (NRA, EASM, 2012, Aalborg, Denmark)