Apostolos is a driven by excellence professional with more than 10 years of experience in innovation support and technology transfer in executive roles. By choice and design a homo universalis who tends to see the big picture, by practice dedicated, efficient, effective, and results-driven with particular attention to achieving strategic goals and measurable impact. He has in-depth experience in his field of expertise, honed through consulting to clients in academia, research and technology centres (RTOs), business incubators, individual entrepreneurs, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large companies. He has led various teams offering advanced services, being responsible for strategy, business development, team skills development, capacity building and coordination of activities. He is challenged by developing new business activities, team building and networking. Having studied in the UK and worked in international collaboration projects, he rejoices in collaborating with teams having diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. He is a confident public speaker and trainer, sharing his accumulated experience in various subjects with audiences in Greece and abroad and able to write clearly and coherently. A competent fundraiser, he has been actively involved in the attraction of over €70Μ (FP7, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, CIP, COSME, SMP, DEP, NSRF-ΕΣΠΑ, HFRΙ-ΕΛΙΔΕΚ, private sources) for projects involving SMEs, RTOS, Universities and public agencies in Greece and the EU in his field of expertise, with more than a quarter of the above for his employer.