Marina Stefou

Dr Marina Stefou graduated from the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) and holds a Master’s Degree in Law and Business Economy from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus, as well as a Doctorate Degree (Ph.D) in International Economic Law from the same institution.  

As a ‘Marie Curie’ PhD Scholarship recipient from the European Commission and a member of the European Corporate Governance Training Network (ECGTN), she conducted part of her doctoral research at the Department of Financial Law of the University of Genoa between 2006 and 2008. She has published papers on the comparative analysis of corporate governance in Greece and Cyprus, on the American law of corporate governance (Sarbanes–Oxley Act) and its extraterritorial application and on the financial crisis and its effects on corporate governance. In 2011 she successfully completed the special interdisciplinary program for senior executives of the American ‘Harvard Kennedy School’ on the topic of “Senior Managers in Government”.

She has fourteen years of professional experience with the European Parliament, having worked as a scientific advisor to Members of the European Parliament in various Committees. For the past two years, she has served as one of the two advisors of the European People's Party Group (EPP Group) in the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL).

She has specialized experience in the drafting and technical negotiation of European legislation on various topics, including financial governance, constitutional affairs and human rights, employment and generating jobs, social policy and equal rights, promoting equality policies, pay transparency and equal pay, combating gender discrimination and stereotypes, developing demographic policies and affordable housing policies in the Members-States, as well as promoting policies on the reconciliation of personal/family life and professional activity.

She participated, on a technical-advisory level, in the informal working group for the European Child Guarantee, concerning vulnerable children and combating child poverty. She served as President of the Research Centre for Gender Equality (RCGE 2022-2023).