Nikos Pantalos has more than twenty years of experience on leading EU policy development in industrial innovation, green transition, industrial clusters and the Next Generation EU. Nikos currently works to empower energy transition and decarbonisation of energy intensive industries through electrification and clean technologies. Other policy areas include low carbon hydrogen and skills for industry. After his PhD studies on Control Theory in France, Nikos has spent several years working in the private sector in the telecom industry.