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Alexandros Koutroumbousis holds a degree in Energy Mechanical Engineering (MEng) from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (1999). Also, he holds a MSc on Energy Production and Management from the NTUA (2003). He has a professional license from the Technical Chamber of Greece as a Mechanical Engineer. Since December 2001, he had worked as manager in various energy companies (Public Gas Company SA, Ergaz SA, Attica Gas Supply Company SA, Natural Gas Hellenic Energy Company) with main subjects the design of commercial policy, design-construction-supply (ECP) of facilities for the use of Natural Gas to industrial / commercial customers, development and management of contracts for the supply of Natural Gas Key Accounts and other sectors. He has published various papers in international scientific journals and since October 2019, he is part of the IENE’s research team on IENE’s major study the "SE Europe Energy Outlook 2020/2021" and IENE’s annual report "The Greek Energy Sector 2020".
He is currently an external Research Associate contributing regularly analysis on energy market issues.
Dimitrios Faros is a graduate (2003) of the Department of International and European Studies of the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences of Athens, Greece. He has also attended Summer School courses at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on Modern Political Theories (2001).
Almost ever since October 2008 (2008-2018, 2020-), he has been working as a Research Associate at the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE) (Athens, Greece), co-ordinator of the Institute’s website (www.iene.gr) and editor of the energy portal www.energia.gr .
He speaks English (fluently), French (very good level of knowledge) and German (good level of knowledge).
He has written several articles, published in Greek websites, on Greek and European politics, as well as on international relations.



Kaloyan Staykov is a Senior Economist at the Institute for Market Economics where he is working on analysis in the fields of public finances, energy, health care, and financial systems. Prior to joining the IME team, he has worked as an economist at the Center for Economic Development. He is part of the author's team, which prepared the book Anatomy of the Crisis, published in 2015, with a focus on the development of the public finances during and after the economic crisis. In 2017, he was part of the team that prepared the book Flat Tax in Bulgaria: Background, Introduction and Results, with a focus on the policy in the field of corporate taxation. In recent years he has been involved in the preparation and presentation of IME's annual "Alternative State Budget".
Staykov is a member, and the vise-chair of the board, of the Bulgarian Macroeconomic Association. Currently he is a PhD student at the Sofia University St. Climent Ohridski, Bulgaria, holds a Master's degree in Economics and Management in Energy, Infrastructure and Utilities from the Sofia University St. Climent Ohridski and a Bachelor's degree in International Economics and Business with a specialization in Finance from the Amsterdam University, The Netherlands.


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