Speaker

Katerina Tsapikidou

Director of International Affairs Service

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic {label=Greece, value=Greece}

  • Director of International Relations Service of Thessaloniki-Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
    Director, Greece, 2021-present
  • Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy Counselor, Head of Unit for Council of
    Europe during the Greek Chairmanship of CoE, D03 Directorate OSCE & Council of Europe Greece, 2017-2021
  • Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)Women Hellas, Diplomacy
    Cluster Greece,2019 -present
  • Consul of Greece in India, Embassy of Greece in India, New Delhi, 2001-2016
    Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, D1 Directorate for United Nations and International Organizations, Third Secretary, Greece , 2010-2011
  • Protocol Department , Embassy Attaché Greece, 2009-2010
  • Diplomatic Cabinet of Vice Minister , Embassy Attaché, Greece, 2008-2009
  • Embassy of Greece in Beijing, Embassy Attaché, China, 2007-2008
  • Biding Committee 2013 Volos-Larissa, Press Officer & Translator, Ministry of Culture Greece, 2006-2007
  • European Economic & Social Committee, European Union, Stagiaire in the Secretary General’s Cabinet Brussels, 2004-2005
  • Institute of Industrial Exhibition, DEFENDORY INTERNATIONAL, Assistant to the President Greece, 2003-2004

Education

  • Msc in American Studies, Department of International & European Studies, University of Piraeus in cooperation with New York University, Greece ,2021-2023
    Designing and manufacturing of shoes, Pansik Scuola di Moda, Art and Design, Greece, 2019-2020
  • Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austrian Studies Summer course in German Language and Austrian Studies, Austria, August 2017
  • Diplomatic Academy, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Greece 2007-2008
  • Centre Européen de Recherches Intenationales et Stratégiques, Université de Paris XI, Faculté Jean Monnet, Master’s Degree in International Politics Thesis title: “Kosovo’s final status’’ Cum Laude Belgium 2003-2004
  • Postgraduate in Negotiation Techniques, Institute for European Business Administration, Ghent, Belgium 2003-2004
  • Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, B.Sc in Public Administration, Major-Public Economics, Greece 1999-2003
  • Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Participation in the Erasmus Program, Linz, Austria2001-2002
  • American College of Thessaloniki ‘’Anatolia’’ High-School Diploma, Greece1991-97

Seminars: 2011 next Generation European Leaders, National Representative, Korea, 2011

Languages

  • Greek: Native Speaker
  • English: Excellent
  • French: Excellent
  • German: Very Good
  • Italian: Very Good
  • Hindi: Intermediate
  • Arabic: Basic

Hobbies
Tennis, Horse Riding, Yoga, Shoe designing , Organizing Cultural Events

Personal Status:
Married, 3 Children

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