Christos Carras was born in London (UK) in 1962. He studied philosophy at Cambridge University and then earned his PhD from the University of Paris I – Sorbonne (1989).  Since 2000 he has been working in the cultural sector. From 2002 to 2005 he was the Project Manager of the EU co-funded MediMuses Network. In 2006 he became the first General Manager of the B & M Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music.  From 2009 to 2022 he was the Executive Director of the Onassis Cultural Centre (Onassis Stegi). In 2022 he began a collaboration with AEA Consulting, a global firm active in strategy and planning for the cultural and creative industries, as a Senior Associate. 

Carras Consulting – Synergies for Culture, founded in 2022 and the main vehicle of his current activities, is a consultancy with four focus areas related to the cultural sector: sustainability, networks, impact, and innovation. 

In 2023 Dianeosis published an in-depth study of the Greek cultural sector of which he was the lead author and coordinator. In 2024 the Handbook of Cultural Work of which he was the editor was published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts