Career summary

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  Surname: Georgarakis



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  First name: Dimitris



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  Father's name: Petros



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  Mother's name: Irini



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  Date of birth: March 5th, 1952



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  Place of birth: Chania, Crete



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  Marital status: Married, one child

EDUCATION

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  National Technical University of Athens



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  Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering



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  Graduate in 1975

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

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  1976-1980 Scientific staff in the Hellenic Navy Research
  Centre



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  1978-1981 Scientific Associate of the National Technical University of
  Athens



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  1980-1986 Project Leader in Information Systems Department of Olympic
  Airways



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  1987-1991 Manager of Aircraft Ground Services of Olympic Airways



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  1991-1994 Marketing and Management Consultant (in Tourism, Publishing Co.,
  Merchant Marine)



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  1992-1994 Manager of the Training Center of Olympic Airways



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  1994-1996 Ramp-Handling Director of Olympic Airways



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  1994-1995 Member of the Board of Galileo Hellas SA



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  1994-1998 Member of the Board of the Archaeological Receipts Fund



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  1996-1999 Deputy Governor of Civil Aviation Authority



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  1999-2000 Governor of the Civil Aviation Authority



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  2001 -
  Secretary General, General Secretariat of Tourism, Hellenic Ministry of
  Development

Foreign
languages

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  English (fluent)



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  French (moderate)

Trade Union action -
Chambers

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  President of the Engineers Union of O.A. (1986-1988)



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  Elected member of the Council of the Technical Chamber of Greece
  (1987 - up to this day)



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  Member of the Executive Committee of the Technical Chamber of Greece (1993)

Activities - Projects -
Reports

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  Development of the Command of Control
  and Communications Systems



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  Articles on Air Transport



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  Articles on Tourism Policy



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  Organisation and speaker
  at various international and local congresses



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  Organisation of and Implementation of seminars on management issues, business economics
  and information technologies



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  Deregulations of the Air Transport Market
  and Handling in Greece



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  Supervision of the Development of Athens International Airport (Spata)



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  Airlines Reservation System (HERMES)



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  Privatisation of Airports in Cyprus (Presentation
  and Proposals)



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  Legislation and
  Reorganisation of the Flight Safety



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  Development of a New Regulatory Authority of Air Transport
  and Privatisation of Greek
  Airports (Study & Draft Law)



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  Supervision of Operational Plan of the
  Hellenic Ministry of Development (Tourism Sector) and the Athens 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games
  (ATHOC)



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  Supervision of the
  European Union's 3rd Community Support Framework (CSF)

International activities

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  Member of International Aviation
  Organisations (ICAO, EU, Eurocontrol ECAC, JAA)



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  Participation in International Air transport Conventions



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  Participation in International Programmes of the Technical Chamber of Greece
  (Euroform)



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  Vice-President of the Council of Eurocontrol Agency



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  Representative of Greece in Ministerial Conferences MATSE 5 and MATSE 6 involving Air Traffic Control in
  Europe



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  Representative of Greece in the General Assembly of the World Tourism
  Organisation (WTO 2001)



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  European Forum for Tourism



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  Tourism Recovery Committee (WTO)



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  Greek Presidency of the
  European Union / Tourism Sector

Further information

For
further information about the 1st European Golf Investment & Real Estate Conference & Exhibit,
scheduled to take place at the Athenaeum InterContinental Athens,
November 28th-29th, 2003, please contact Mr. Peter
Michel Heilmann, Conference Director.