Nikolaos was born in Athens, Greece and received the M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Power and High Voltage Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) UK in 2001 and 2004 respectively. Since 2004 he is working for ELEMKO SA, a manufacturing and design company of lightning, earthing and surge protection systems. Also he has been giving numerous technical presentations in engineers and technicians for earthing and lightning protection systems. Currently he is the managing director of ELEMKO SA and his main responsibilities include review of designs relevant to earthing and lightning protection as well as the management of the R & D, production, commercial, technical and quality departments of ELEMKO SA. He is the author of 2 books and more than 20 conference & journal publications all relevant to earthing and lightning protection. Since 2007, he is also an active member as an expert in the International standardization committee IEC SC 37A, IEC TC81 and in the European standardization committee CLC TC 37 working in lightning protection and surge protection standards development. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and International Professional Engineer (IntPE) awarded by the British Engineering Council. He is also awarded the European Engineer (EUR Ing) title by FEANI.