Dr. Stelios Loumakis Has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from NTUA since 1992. He obtained an MBA from the University of Portsmouth, UK and holds a PhD from NTUA completing in 2019 his doctoral dissertation in the field of Wholesale Electricity Market Operation and Renewable penetration. During his professional career he has held upper managerial positions in large companies in the field of FMCGs, such as in the multinational Sara Lee Household & Body Care Hellas and Karamolegos Bakery Industry and was active in collaboration with Katselis Bakery Industry in the fast-growing business sector of organized catering and food retail. Since 2006 he is active in the field of electricity market. His company, a pioneer in the industry, licensed, developed and interconnected to the grid one of the first centralized PV plants in April 2008. Further as a consultant, he possesses extensive experience in the field of wholesale electricity market operation and licensing of renewables (RES), cogeneration of heat and power (CHP) units and electricity storage plants (BESS). His clientele includes large corporations such as Intertrade Hellas, El Pack, DEMO Pharmaceuticals, Interphoton Group, Attica Finance Consulting, SPI Energy, EYDAP, EasyPower etc. He is a member of the list of referees and arbitrators of Regulatory Authority of Energy. He has been elected to the Board of the Hellenic Association of PV Energy Producers (www.spef.gr) since 2009, while since 2011 he is the President for six consecutive terms.