Nikos Papathanassis | Deputy Minister of Development and Investment

Nikos Papathanasis presently holds the office of the Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Development and Investments responsible for the portfolio of the Industry, the Commerce and the 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 Graduate and Post Graduate education in Engineering at the Institute of Aerospace studies of the University of Toronto followed by Management Post Graduate studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

He commenced his career at 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 operations as he served as a CEO in major metro and light rail companies of public interest. From 2008 to 2010 he served as a President-elect of the Center of Public Companies and Organizations of Public Interest while in 2017 to 2019 as a President of the Institute of Democracy “ Konstantinos Karamanlis”. From 2016 and up to his appointment as a Deputy Minister , he served as a General  Director of the Political Party of “New Democracy”.