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Voula Kalliakaki was born and raised in Athens. She is an Agronomist, a graduate of the Agricultural University of Athens.

During her carrier she has worked in the private sector in Companies of Plant Protection products and in positions related to development, registration and distribution of plant protection products, always following the EU Regulatory Framework as well as the National Legislations and Requirements of the countries for which she has been responsible.

In 1986 she was hired by CIPA GEIGY Hellas, while from 2008 she became Head of Regulatory affairs & Stewardship Department of Syngenta Hellas with countries of responsibility Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Kosovo, Slovenia, Croatia, Israel and Palestine.

Today, she is the Head of the Regulatory Affairs Department of Syngenta’s Mediterranean Business area, she is member of the EAME Regulatory Leadership Team representing the countries of Southern Europe (South Zonal Focus Lead). She is the President of the Technical Committee of ESYF and participates at relative Committees for implementation of SUR (Sustainable Use Regulation) and for the implementation of the “Farm to Fork strategy” in Greece.

Afroditi Episkopou is agronomist with a master degree in agronomy from the Agricultural University of Athens.

She started her career in 2013 at Syngenta Hellas in the Regulatory department, coordinating the preparation, submission and evaluation support to New Products and Re Registrations, according to Reg (EC) 1107/2009
In 2015, she moved to the Marketing department of Syngenta Hellas, and took the position of Digital Marketing and CRM Specialist.

In 2017 she assumed her current role as Syngenta CP Marketing Services Specialist & Communications Coordinator, coordinating the organization and planning of corporate communication through social networks, product launches, corporate Events, sponsorships, exhibitions, as well as the implementation of the digital marketing strategy, including operational management of the corresponding channels, Google, Facebook and Instagram.

She is a member of the Syngenta Hellas Business Sustainability team and ESYF communication team.

Mr. Lefteris Vellis was born and raised in Thessaloniki. Graduating of the 1^st Experimental High School of Thessaloniki, he began his studies in the Faculty of Agriculture of AUTH in 1997 and received in 2002 his Agronomist degree specialized in Crop Protection in 2002 and his Master’s degree (MSc), specialized in Sustainable Agricultural Development in 2005. In parallel to his postgraduate studies (2003-2005) he worked at Hellenic Organization of Agricultural Insurances, Veria as an agronomist damage assessor.

From 2007 he started working in the field of plant protection, initially responsible for the HCPA’s program against the trafficking of illegal plant protection products (PPPs). From 2008 until today, he is working as a registration manager for PPPs at companies doing business in crop protection. Alongside his job, in 2013 he completed the postgraduate study program for business executives of the University of Macedonia and received his second postgraduate diploma in Business Administration (MBA), presenting the postgraduate thesis “Economic impacts of European legislation on the plant protection products’ market”. From 2014 until today, he is the head of the registration dept. for PPPs at K&N EFTHYMIADIS, member of the technical committee of HCPA and he has taken part in a number of scientific seminars and conferences in crop protection field. He speaks English and Italian. He is married to Dimitra Papaliagka and has two children.

Tsiotra Irini was born and raised in Thessaloniki. She completed her studies in School of Agriculture, at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a specialization in Food Science and Technology. As part of her continuous development, she started in February 2023 to study at the University of Macedonia in the MBA – Business Executives department.

Regarding her work experience, she started working in 2014 as an agronomist in a fertilizer trading company. In 2016, she moved to the field of plant protection, in the marketing department of UPL company, where she works until today.

Athanasios Raptis is an Agronomist ( MSc) and holds a postgraduate title in International Marketing. He has been member of International and Greek Companies at the position of Sales and Marketing.

In the last 34 working years in the Greek Agricultural market, he has developed commercially various plant protection products, organized and implement communications in the Agricultural market and took part in committees that cooperating with various institutions of Agricultural products’ consumers

Matthaia (Martha) Paisiou-Tsikritea MS Agronomist, Graduated from Athens Agricultural University was born and raised in Athens. Wife of Vasilios Paisios, mother of 2 children (Sofia and Emmanuel) and 5 grandchildren. Work Experience: 1971 NCSR Demokritos – fungi physiology. 1972-1974: PHYTOPROTEKT – import/promotion of PPPs 1975 – 1991 HELLAFARM SA PPPs Registration Approvals, technical support/promotion – Exports. 1991-2019 ALFA AGRICULTURALSUPPLIES S.A.: Registration Approvals, Technical Support/Promotion of PPPs / a.is in EU (Dir91/414). 2020-Today MAGMA-AGRO SA: Technical Consultant for Registration Approvals PPPs / Biological Agriculture, IPM, Biostimulants and Low Risk a.is. From 1980s until today: – Member of the TC of the ESYF. – Member of Hellenic Weed Society. – Honorary Award from the Organizing Committee of 7th Panhellenic Plant Protection Conference /2018. -Participation in many Plant Protection Conferences (Greece and abroad) -Participation/ cooperation with Ministry of Agriculture and Benaki Institute for Regulatory and Legislative decisions related to Plant Protection.

Nota Boumpalou working experience began 20 years ago in event management, concert productions and large BTL activations. The following years she moved to Hatzikiriakio Child Care Institution where she hold the position of Head of Corporate Affairs. In her 10 years, Hatzikiriakio was awarded with the Golden metal of Academy of Athens.

Her next stops were MSPS and WineDot advertising agencies, where she worked in the Digital marketing area and was responsible for Content development and social media administration for multiple clients and channels.

Since 2018, she works in BASF Greece, in the Agricultural Solutions department and she is responsible for communication both offline and online in a local level. At the same time, she is participating in regional and global communication and sustainability projects.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, a master’s degree from University of East Anglia, a certificate from Digima-Athens University of Economics and Business, and she is a Certified CSR practitioner.