Dimitris Kotios studied Economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business. He then obtained his master’s degree (MBA) from the University of Piraeus, where he enrolled as a PhD in Business Administration & Management, studying the role of analytics in Big Data in making strategic decisions of financial institutions. Since 2014 he has been working as an economist and collaborating with a number of consulting companies, research centers and public organizations, completing a number of projects related to data analysis, local and regional development, macroeconomic research and business process redesign.