Speaker

Theodora Antonakaki, Director of Bank of Greece’s Climate Change and Sustainability Centre, is coordinating BoG's work on climate, sustainability and research at the Climate Change Impacts Study Committee and representing BoG at the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and at the Eurosystem Climate Change Forum, where she has been appointed Chair for a two-year term (2025-2026). She is a graduate of the Polytechnic School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of London, where she was an Honorary Research Fellow. During her career, she has also been an advisor on issues of sustainability and socioeconomic impact, in a wide range of projects. She has lectured at the Syracuse University, the University of Stirling, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Hellenic Open University. She has written book chapters in edited books and published at peer reviewed journals. Ηer work has gained awards from Europa Nostra and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, while she has been honored, by the French Republic, with the title of Knight of the French National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite), as an acknowledgment for her contributions to climate and sustainability issues.