Meet EKPIZO

Anna Michalopoulou

Anna Michalopoulou graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business, Marketing and Communication Deaprtment in 2019 and later comlpleted a Teacher Education Program there. She has carried out several academic projects; her University team was awarded the bronze medal at the HR Excellence Awards. She has worked at EKPIZO since 2019, as Communicator and Project Manager of the Capacity Building Programme, being responsible for EKPIZO’s website, social media and newsletter, as well as relations with members and journalists. She is responsible for PSLifestyle's communication and marketing in Greece.

Caralampo Focas

Caralampo Focas has been consulting, writing and researching into cities, transport, consumer and quality of life themes for over 30 years. He has contributed to the expansion of research horizons in methodological, social, economic, comparative and policy issues. Caralampo started his career as a researcher in 1988, at the London Research Centre, where he was responsible for numerous high-profile transport and environmental studies for London. In 1999 he moved to Greece where he was director of the Athens office of the transport consultancy, TRUTH. From 2001 was the Greek Transport Minister’s Adviser on Passenger Transport including the planning of the 2004 Olympic Games. Caralampo has held academic posts at the University of Oxford and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He is also the author/editor of five books and numerous other publications.

Eleni Alevritou

Eleni Alevritou is a retired specialist medical doctor (Pathologist) and ex-member of several medical societies with several publications in Greek and international medical journals. She is a founding member and vice president of EKPIZO. In addition to her responsibilities as vice president, she is also responsible for national-international relations with numerous official bodies, including research centres, universities and NGOs. She works on health and nutrition, education issues on the topics of safety, hygiene and consumer rights as well as supervising national and EU project execution. She is the author of several books and booklets on nutrition, health, diet, GMOs; has publicized several articles relevant to her competence in many newspapers, magazines and EKPIZO’s own publications, while she has given numerous speeches in primary, secondary and higher education institutions. She is the PSLifestyle project supervisor for EKPIZO.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101037342.