Economist Conferences – Greece
Nikos Chatziargyriou
Chairman and chief executive officer
Nikos D. Chatziargyriou has been chairman and CEO of the Hellenic Distribution Network Operator S.A. (HEDNO S.A.) since April 2015.
He is full professor in power systems at the power division of the electrical and computer engineering department of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), director of the energy systems laboratory and founder of the SmartRue research unit.
He was executive vice-chairman (2007-10) and deputy CEO (2007-12) of the Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC S.A.), responsible for transmission and distribution, chairman of PPC Telecommunications, vice-chairman of PPC-Renewables S.A. (2007-10) and vice-president of the Centre of Renewable Energy Sources in Greece (CRES).
He is fellow member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), past chairman of the Power System Dynamic Performance Committee (PSDP), honorary member of CIGRE, chairman of the strategic CIGRE WG Networks of the Future and past chairman of CIGRE SC C6 Distribution Systems and Dispersed Generation.
He is chairman of the European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Network for the Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) and member of the Energy Committee of the Athens Academy of Science.
He is included in the 2016 and 2017 top 1% most cited researchers.