Nikos holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Brighton, UK, and a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics from the University of Exeter, UK. He also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Hellenic Open University and is Black Belt Certified in Lean Six Sigma approach.
Nikos has been working in the Pharma Industry since 2001, starting his career from GlaxoSmithKline (R&D) in the UK working in various positions as QA Scientist (Production Site), Scientist (R&D in Medical Genetics Research) and Proteomics Analyst Scientist (R&D in Medical Genetics Research). Five and half years later, Nikos moved to Clinical Development working as a Clinical Research Programmer for Phase I, II and III studies in Roche Ltd, UK. He moved to Greece in 2008 where he continued to work in various positions in the Pharma Industry as Pharmacovigilance Manager (ALAPIS Ltd.) and Quality & Pharmacovigilance Manager (Teva Ltd.).
He has been working for Bayer Hellas since 2015 when he joined the company as a Quality Systems Manager for the Medical Department. Nikos developed within Bayer as the Head of Medical Operations and Quality Systems for Greece and Cyprus and then his roles expanded to Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. Nikos is now the Medical Digital Lead for EMEA (Short-Term Assignment) in Bayer. He is an active member of Research Quality Association in the UK since 2013 and Member of BoD for ELEFI. He is the author and co-author of various scientific articles.