Dr. Elias Kikilias, is the General Manager at the Institute of the Confederation of Greek Tourism (Institute SETE – INSETE) and a Research Director at the National Centre for Social Research of Greece.
Between 2009 and 2013 he was the Governor of the Manpower Employment Organization of Greece (OAED – Public Employment Service). He previously held the positions of Director General of the Greek National Institute of Labour and Chairman and CEO of Human Resources Support Services SA. He has been a Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, visiting Professor at the Panteion University of Athens and visiting scholar and visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He has considerable experience in policy design, research planning and coordination.
He also participated in committees and high-level experts groups in Greece and abroad, including the “Employment Committee” and the “Social Protection committee” of the Council of the EU and the Management Board of the CEDEFOP. He holds a Ph.D degree in Economics.