Ambassador Xiao Junzheng

Male, born in March 1970, Ji’an, Jiangxi Province, and holds a PhD degree in history


1997-1998     Assistant Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies

1998-2002     Third Secretary, Second Secretary, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Islamic Republic of Iran

2002-2003     Assistant Research Fellow, China Institute of International Studies

2003-2008     Second   Secretary,    Deputy    Division    Chief,    Division    Chief,   the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA

2008-2012     Counselor, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Turkey

2012-2019     Counselor, Deputy Director General, the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs, MFA

2019-2021     Minister Counselor, Minister, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Arab Republic of Egypt

2021-             Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Hellenic Republic


Married

Mr. Adonis Georgiadis

Adonis Georgiadis was born on November 6th, 1972, in Athens.
He graduated from the Faculty of History & Archaeology of the School of Philosophy of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
In 1993, he took over the management of publications ‘GEORGIADIS-LIBRARY OF GREEK’. In 1994, he founded the Liberal Studies Center “GREEK EDUCATION”.
Elected MP in Athens B region in the elections of 2007 and 2009 with the LAOS political party.
In February 2012, he joined the Nea Demokratia political party, having resigned from the parliamentary office. Elected with Nea Demokratia in Athens B in the national elections of 2012 and 2015.
In 2011, he was Vice Minister of Shipping in the Government of Lucas Papademos and in 2013 he was appointed Minister of Health in the Government of Antonis Samaras.
On January 18th, 2016, he was appointed one of the two Vice-Presidents of the Nea Demokratia by decision of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the President of Nea Demokratia.
On July 9th, Adonis Georgiadis was appointed as Minister of Development and Investments after the 2019 greek elections.
He is married to Eugenia Manolidou and they have two children, Perseus and Alcaeus.

Dr. Spyridon Flogaitis

He is Professor of Administrative Law at the Law School of the University of Athens, Attorney at Law at the High Court and the Council of State of Greece, former President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal and former Caretaker Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs (2015) and Former Caretaker Minister of Interior, Greece (in 2007and 2009). He is also an Honorary Fellow at Wolfson College of the University of Cambridge and Doctor Honoris Causa at the NSPSPA in Bucharest, Romania, the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in Portugal, at the Titu Majorescu Univeristy in Bucharest, Romania, the State University of Mariupol in Ukraine, and the USPEE in Chisinau, Moldavia. He is Vice-President at the Appeals Board of the European Space Agency, Member of the Appeals Board of  EUMETSAT, Member of the Appeals Board of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. He is Judge at the Administrative Tribunal of EBRD and holds the Chair of the Joint of the Appeals Board at IFAD in the UN. He is former Vice-President of the Organization of Intellectual Property, former Judge at the Supreme Court of Greece, former Arthur Goodhart Professor at the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, former Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Law in Cambridge University.

He was born in Lefkas (Greece) and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Athens with a degree in Law. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a PhD in History from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a degree (Diplôme) of the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes-IVème Section, Histoire et Philologie.

He speaks fluently English, French, German, Italian and Greek and is the author of many publications in the area of public law.

He was awarded with the distinction of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of the French Republic, the distinction of Cavaliere dell’Ordine di Merito of the Italian Republic, the La Croix d’Officier de l’Ordre du Merite de Hongrie and  was honored as Grande-Oficial da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique from the Portuguese Republic

Ambassador Burak Özügergin

Name and Surname: Burak Özügergin

Date and Place of Birth: 1965,  London, U.K.

Marital Status : Married, 2 children

Education : B.A. in Government and Politics & Economics (Double Major), George Mason University (U.S.A.), M.A. in International Law, Johns Hopkins University (U.S.A.)

 

Diplomatic Career

29.11.1985 – 01.08.1986: Attaché, Department of International Economic Relations

01.12.1987 – 31 08.1989: Attaché, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

31.08.1989 – 01.10.1992: Attaché, Third Secretary, Second Secretary, Turkish Embassy in London

01.10.1992 – 01.09.1994: Vice-Consul, Turkish Consulate General in Benghazi

01.09.1994 – 02.09.1996: Second Secretary, First Secretary, Cabinet of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

02.09.1996 – 01.09.2000: First Secretary, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations

01.09.2000 – 28.08.2003: Chief of Section, Acting Head of Department, Head of Department of Maritime Affairs

28.08.2003 – 03.09.2007: Counsellor, First Counsellor, Turkish Embassy in Washington

03.09.2007 – 01.05.2008: Head of Department, European Union Affairs

01.05.2008 – 15.08.2010: Minister Plenipotentiary, Head of Information Department and Foreign Ministry Spokesperson

15.08.2010 – 01.10.2014: Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Croatia

17.08.2015 – 08.05.2018: Ambassador, Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs

08.05.2018 – 10.07.2018: Ambassador, Acting Deputy Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs

18.12.2018: Ambassador of Turkey to Greece

Ms. Odin Linardatou

Odin Linardatou is a journalist and Head of Communications at ELIAMEP. She studied German and Greek Language and Literature at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. She has accumulated over 30 years of experience in Greek Public Television as a journalist, TV and radio presenter covering a wide array of topics in the Greek and the EU policy setting, international and foreign affairs, etc. During her long-standing career as an active journalist, she has edited and presented a large number of TV programmes and newscasts, interviewed a significant number of politicians and famous personalities and ensured that the public audience has access to credible and verified information. She has strong experience working with both Greek and international media. Currently, as Head of Communications is responsible for designing, supervising and implementing the communication strategy of ELIAMEP, acting also as the principal media contact for the foundation.

Ms. Valentina Disoska

Valentina Disoska is an entrepreneur, owner and manager of MM Disoski since 2000. It is a company that works in the fields of consulting and software development, multimedia, marketing, online sales and access to finance.

An architect by profession, further educated and certified to work in many other fields, such as business development and startups, youth learning and work, mentoring, project management, corporate social management, green economy, marketing from brand identity to entering foreign markets and many other topics that are compatible and make her an expert in her work. Certificated from various institutions, such as the European Training Foundation, the International Labor Organization, the German Academy for Green Business and many others. According to her, vocational and lifelong education is the most important for career development.

Valentina Disoska is active in society as a fighter for gender equality, specially dedicated to the development of women entrepreneurship. President and founder of the Association of Business Women since 2010, president and founder of the National Platform for Women’s Entrepreneurship, founder of the Balkan Coalition of Business Women, President of Council for women entrepreneurship in city of Skopje, member of several non-governmental organizations, chambers and movements for the improvement of human rights in North Macedonia and the region.

Other achievements of Valentina are Ambassador for Macedonia for the World Organization of Business Women WED; One of the main speakers at the UN Beijing 20 jubilee conference held in Geneva, an expert on entrepreneurial learning at the European Training Foundation – Turin, Expert for development of  National Strategy for Women Entrepreneurship in the Republic of North Macedonia, and many other achievements.

Awards received:

– Flower of friendship for the development of regional cooperation in the field of female entrepreneurship – Association of Business Women Serbia

– Promotion of entrepreneurship in SEE, creators of the century – Perspectives (SE)

– Award for support and promotion of entrepreneurship – Montenegro

Ms. Esra Doğan Tulgan

Esra Doğan Tulgan is manager of the corporate affairs in the Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, a position she took up in March 2020. Reporting directly to the President of Turkey, the Investment Office is Turkey’s national investment promotion agency responsible for promoting Turkey’s investment opportunities to the global business community and providing investors with assistance before, during, and after their entry into Turkey.

Mrs. Tulgan manages the corporate affairs of the Investment Office by covering public relations activities, identifying key opportunities to deliver investment messages with a clear focus on promoting investment opportunities of Turkey and developing/delivering strategic communication campaigns for building Turkey’s reputation as an ideal destination for international investment.

Prior to this role, Mrs. Tulgan held the position of Senior Project Director in charge of foreign direct investments projects originating from France, Italy and french speaking countries between 2006-2015 and 2017-2020. She served as the senior advisor for FDI projects from US in Chicago between 2005- 2017.

Before joing the Investment Office, she worked as the research expert in the employers’ union of the Turkish textile industry, in charge of external relations and labor issues.

Mrs. Tulgan holds a BA in International Relations from Koç University and a Master Degree in EU Politics from Galatasaray University. She speaks Turkish, English, French, Italian and she’s eager to learn Greek.

Mr. ΥU Zenggang

Mr. Yu Zenggang is the Executive Chairman of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. He started his career in August 1984, and served as the Chief Representative of the Japan Representative Office of Shanghai Shipping Bureau, Director and General Manager of Shanghai Haixing Shipping (Japan) Co. Ltd., Deputy General Manager, General Manager of the Development Division of China Shipping (Group) Company, Executive Vice President of China Shipping (North America) Holding Co., Ltd., President of China Shipping (Europe) Holding GmbH, General Manager of the President Office of China Shipping (Group) Company, Director of BOD Office and General Office, Executive Vice President and BOD Secretary of China Shipping (Group) Company, Executive Vice President and Member of China COSCO SHIPPING Corporation Limited. He has over 30 years’ working experience in shipping industry, and has abundant expertise in corporate management, corporate governance, overseas industry development, international operation, and listed company management. He has taken his current position since June, 2019. Mr. Yu Zenggang graduated from Wuhan University of Technology with a Bachelor’s Degree of engineering science in 1984 and obtained the Master’s Degree in 2012 from CEIBS (China Europe International Business School).

Dr. Avtandil Kasradze

Mr. Avtandil Kasradze has been the Chairman at Georgia’s Technology and Innovations Agency since January 2019.

Before that, he served as the Deputy Chairman of GITA.

Dr. Kasradze has Master’s Degree in International Human Rights Law from the Lund University, Sweden and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Law and Legal Studies from Tbilisi State University, Georgia.

Ms. Emine Perviz Erdem

Born in Istanbul in 1959, Emine Perviz Erdem graduated from Notre Dame de Sion French High School and has a degree in Law and a M.Sc. in Business Administration from Istanbul University. A lawyer by profession, she is a Board Member of Erdem Holding since 1985 and served as a Chamber Counsel for Turkish Airlines between 1990 and 2017 until her retirement.

She is the President of KAGIDER where she has been a Board Member since 2013. Successively, she worked as the President of Soroptimist International of Turkey (2008-2010), Board Member (2013-2017) and Vice President (2015-2017) of Soroptimist International of Europe and President of Soroptimist International Convention (2015.) She has been appointed as Senior Senator for Turkey at World Business Angels Investment Forum in August 2020. She is also acting as the Vice President and the Spokesperson of the WBAF Ethical Governance, Standards of Excellence, and Quality Leadership Committee. Moreover, she has been elected as the President of Federation of Industrial Associations (SEDEFED) in June 2021. She is the Vice President of Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TURKONFED), a Board Member of Global Entrepreneurship Network Turkey, GEN TR, a member of Executive Committee of Istanbul Economy Summit, a member of the Advisory Board of Association of Women Candidates; and Steering Committee member of FCEM, a member of the Advisory Board of Habitat Association and also W20 Delegate from Turkey.

She was a member of UNESCO Turkish National Commission Gender Equality Monitoring Committee between July 2018 – May 2022. Her other civil society memberships include International Federation of University Women and Foundation of Turkish Women in Legal Profession. She has been a spokesperson at several international meetings. She speaks French and English.