Speaker

Aimilios Perdikaris has several years of experience in a number of printed, electronic and online media. Since January 2021, he is Chairman of the Board and General Manager at Athens / Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) and earlier served as political correspondent. He also has extensive experience as a communication and media advisor. Among others, he has worked at "Ta Nea", "To Vima", "Proto Thema", "Eleftheros Typos", newsit.gr, capital.gr, "Vima FM" and the Greek Public Television (ERT). In 2024, he was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Public News Agencies Committee of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) and he is also a member of the Board and former President of the Alliance of Balkan News Agencies and Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE), as well as former vice-president of the Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN). He studied Law, Political Communication and New Media (MA) and he specialized in Electoral Sociology (PhD cand.), while he speaks English and German fluently.