ΚΩΣΤΗΣ ΜΟΥΣΟΥΡΟΥΛΗΣ

I was born in Athens in 1963 and originate from the island of Chios.

I have three children: Elena, Dimitris, and Alexandra-Anastasia. I am married to Mary Panousi, an official in the services of the European Commission and an advisor on strategic communication and European affairs.

I am a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business and hold postgraduate degrees from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in European Economy (1988) and International Relations (1993), as well as a certificate in public administration from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management (1990). I speak French, English, Spanish and Italian. Over the course of my career, I have built extensive experience in strategic planning, human resources management and investment policy, with particular expertise in EU funds, public-private partnerships, privatisations and structural reforms. I have also developed specialised knowledge in the design and supervision of systems, the development of institutional structures, and the use of policy-support tools in public administration.

From 1987 to 2004, I served in the European Commission, in the Directorates-General for Financial Control (DG XX), Research and Innovation (DG RTD), and Regional Policy (DG REGIO). I returned to the Commission in 2014 and remained there until May 2025, serving in the Directorates-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), Communication, on secondment to the European Commission Representation in Cyprus (DG COMM), and Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). During this period, I attended numerous specialised professional training seminars and took part in dozens of missions to almost all Member States of the European Union.

In 2004, I was appointed Secretary General for Investment and Development at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, with responsibility for public and private investment, a position I held until 2007. I subsequently served until 2009 as Secretary General of the Ministry of Development, with responsibility for national energy policy. During the same period, I represented Greece as a member of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank.

In the 2009 general election, I was elected Member of Parliament for Chios with New Democracy and was re-elected in the twin elections of 2012. During my parliamentary term, from 2009 to 2014, I served as Parliamentary Representative of New Democracy, member of the Standing Committees on National Defence and Foreign Affairs and on Production and Trade, and Vice-Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the Hellenic Parliament. From 2010 to 2012, I also served as Municipal Councillor of Chios. In 2012, I was appointed Minister of Shipping and the Aegean, a position I held until June 2013. In August 2015, I was appointed Alternate Minister for Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy in the Caretaker Government, with responsibility for environmental policy.

In 2020, at the request of the Greek Government, I was seconded from the European Commission and appointed, by decision of an Interministerial Committee, Chair of the Coordinating Committee of the National Just Development Transition Plan. In that capacity, I was entrusted with the design and coordination of Greece’s first national development transition plan for the lignite regions and the non-interconnected islands in their transition towards climate neutrality.

During the academic years 2022–2023 and 2023–2024, I served as appointed lecturer for the course “Green Entrepreneurship” within the interdepartmental postgraduate programme “Green Leadership, Organisational Culture and Sustainable Innovative Entrepreneurship” at the University of Western Macedonia.

Since 2023, I have served as an external member of the Governing Board of the University of Western Macedonia, with a term running until 31 August 2027.

In 2025, I was appointed Adviser to the Vice-President of the Government, with responsibility for supporting Greece in the negotiations on the new European Union budget for the 2028–2034 period (Multiannual Financial Perspectives). In the same year, following a proposal by the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship, I was appointed a member of the European Economic and Social Committee.

I have also served as a member of the National Energy Strategy Council, the Energy Committee of the Academy of Athens, the Interministerial Committee on Energy and Climate, and the Board of Directors of DEPA S.A.

I am the author of the book Public Choices – A Personal Narrative (Sideris Publications, 2010), and I have delivered numerous lectures and presentations at national and international conferences, as well as at universities, on issues relating to European governance, regional development, energy, shipping and cohesion policy. My writings have been published in both the Greek and the international press.

In 2020, I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the School of Economic Sciences of the University of Western Macedonia.

For my contribution to European public administration, I was honoured in 2018 by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker. In 2014, I was awarded the Gold Cross of the Order of Merit for Maritime Affairs by the French Republic, and in 2012 the Gold Cross of Saint Isidore by the Holy Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinousses.