Pan. Panagiotakopoulos

• Managing Director of Close The Loop—Consulting and Training (www.closetheloop.gr).
• Dr. Environmental  Engineer, Heriot-Watt University (2005)
•  Greece's National Eco-Innovation Expert for OECD,
• Member of the scientific committee of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
• Associate of the Chamber of Environment and Sustainability.
• Member of the Network of Project Managers in Greece (PM-Greece), Certified Project Manager – IPMA Level D.

Education:
• 2005-- Ph.D.  (Sustainable Development, Sustainable Construction,  Corporate Social Responsibility, Systems-Cybernetics Approach), Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
• 2001-- Diploma of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace.

Academic Positions:

• Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (2007-2008)
• Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Construction Engineering & Management (2008)
• Adjunct Instructor, SEM, 2007 - today).

Work Experience:

• Environmental Specialist, Workers’ Housing Organization (2008-2009)
• Consultant, Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (2008-2010)
• Managing Director, Close The Loop

Research Interests:

• Corporate Social responsibility
• Environmental Impacts and Sustainability (LCA, sustainable construction, sustainability performance of systems, of organizations and of  policies)
• Systems Approach to Sustainability (system dynamics, soft systems, systems analysis)
• Viable System Model (implementations of VSM on sustainability, organizational and environmental issues and on project management.