2015- present: VIOHACO SA, EU Affairs senior Director. 2007-2014: Member of the European Parliament (MEP), member of the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Technology, Research, Energy) and INTA (International Trade) Committees. 2011-2014: Vice-President of the European Parliament and Vice-President of EUFORES (European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency). 1994-2007: Diplomatic editor for "To Vima", "To Vima tis Kyriakis" and the Athens News Agency (ANA). In 2000 she was awarded the Greek Turkish Friendship Prize by the Turkish Association of Radio and TV journalists. 1989-1994: Paris correspondent for ET1, ANA and To Vima newspaper. She studied at the Athens School of Philosophy, Faculty of French Language and Literature. 1989-1990: Under an EEC scholarship she attended the “Journalistes en Europe” School in Paris.