Professor Dr. Kostas Andriosopoulos is the Executive Director of the Research Centre for Energy Transition & Sustainability Center at Audencia Business School where he holds the position of full Professor in Finance and Energy Economics. Kostas holds a PhD in Finance (Cass Business School, City University London), where he has been the recipient of the prestigious Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation’s scholarship. He also holds an MBA and MSc in Finance (Northeastern University, Boston, USA), and a bachelor’s degree in Production Engineering and Management (Technical University of Crete, Greece). Kostas is a member in various professional and academic associations. President of the Energy Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce.

President of the Decarbonization Fund of the Greek islands for the Hellenic Ministry of Environment & Energy.
Founder and former Chairman of the Hellenic Association for Energy Economics
Board member of the Global Gas Center – World Energy Council as a Gas and LNG markets expert.

Since August 2018 he is Country Manager of Akuo Energy in Greece, a multinational company based in
France that develops RES projects in 17 countries around the world. His work has been published in international finance and commodity-related Journals and has participated as speaker in recognized conferences world-wide.