Nick Panayotopoulos

2011-12-21T07:17:00.000-08:00

MBA (INSEAD) with training in decision sciences (MIT and Northwestern) with experience in business and policy. Has worked with many business and political leaders and can enhance your or your organisation's decision making power.

Education:
Athens College (Greek-American high school)
SB MIT, USA
MS Northwestern. USA
MBA INSEAD, France

Since March 2003: Daily monitoring and analysis of systemics, dynamics and policy (political, socio-economic, business (SME), social and general dynamics; EU, Europe, UK, USA, world) and their impact on decisions.
Blog: http://npthinking.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com//npanayotopoulos

Main policy areas of experience and/or current monitoring include: social policy and industrial relations, socio-economic policy and modeling and SMEs policy, competitiveness, transport policy, environment policy, trade policy - WTO dynamics.

Experience in critical analysis as well as argumentation (both hardcore debate and consensus building discussion styles, in real life and in social media).

Mass media experience: Since 1995, has appeared as a guest commentator on BBC World and BBC WorldService (May 29, 2005), Euronews (1995) and other TV or radio media.

Key experience includes:

Director of the Brussels Bureau and permanent delegate to the Union of Industrial and Employers Confederations of Europe (UNICE, now BUSINESS EUROPE, Brussels, 3 years, 1991-1994); active member of 3 out of 5 policy committees (ECOFIN, Industrial and Social Affairs) and 4+ of the 50+ working groups (on transport, SMES, regional policy, economic policy, etc).
Business adviser to SMEs in the services industry (1988-1989)
Communications advice and media relations services for a dotcom, an educational services firm and a fairs organiser (2001-2003)
Policy adviser to the Economic and Social Council of Greece (1996)
Policy Adviser to a Greek Deputy Minister of Social Affairs (1996-1997)
Public and EU Affairs management for a multinational company, reporting to the country manager Greece and the EU Public Affairs HQ in Amsterdam (1998-1999)
Dotcom entrepreneur (1999-2001)
Social media - online community management, @npthinking (2008-2011) now @npanayotopoulos . Has built a "community" of 1800 followers from public policy, political parties, NGOs, biz, media (from UK 13%, USA 23%, Brussels 9%, EU 50%) re EU, European, US and global policy and dynamics.
Analysis and programming of IT applications (during military service, 1987-1988)

Other experience:

Member of the Employers Delegation to the European Social Dialogue (and its Macroeconomics working group) and the EU Standing Committee on Employment (1991-1994)
Substitute member of the Economic and Social Committee of the EU (1992-1994)
Participated in the UNICE delegation to the first ever Environmental Dialogue with the European Commission.
Participated actively in the National Dialogue for Competitiveness, Growth and Employment between the Greek Ministries of Economy, Finance and Social Affairs and the main National Social Partners in Greece (which lasted 6+ months, 1997)

Note:
Took 3+ years off his work (2005-2008) to stay at his native country and provide daily care for sick parent and daily manage family matters.