Katerina Tsapikidou

Director of International Relations Service Thessaloniki

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Experience
• International Relations Service of Thessaloniki-Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director, Greece, 2021-present
• Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy Counselor, Head of Unit for Council of Europe during the Greek Chairmanship of CoE, D03 Directorate OSCE & Council of Europe Greece, 2017-2021
• Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)Women Hellas, Diplomacy Cluster Greece,2019 -present
• Consul of Greece in India, Embassy of Greece in India, New Delhi, 2001-2016
• Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, D1 Directorate for United Nations and International Organizations, Third Secretary, Greece , 2010-2011
• Protocol Department , Embassy Attaché Greece, 2009-2010
• Diplomatic Cabinet of Vice Minister , Embassy Attaché, Greece, 2008-2009
• Embassy of Greece in Beijing, Embassy Attaché, China, 2007-2008
• Biding Committee 2013 Volos-Larissa, Press Officer & Translator, Ministry of Culture Greece, 2006-2007
• European Economic & Social Committee, European Union, Stagiaire in the Secretary General’s Cabinet Brussels, 2004-2005
• Institute of Industrial Exhibition, DEFENDORY INTERNATIONAL, Assistant to the President Greece, 2003-2004

Education
• Msc in American Studies, Department of International & European Studies, University of Piraeus in cooperation with New York University, Greece ,2021-today
• Designing and manufacturing of shoes, Pansik Scuola di Moda, Art and Design, Greece, 2019-2020
• Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austrian Studies Summer course in German Language and Austrian Studies, Austria, August 2017
• Diplomatic Academy, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Greece 2007-2008
• Centre Européen de Recherches Intenationales et Stratégiques, Université de Paris XI, Faculté Jean Monnet, Master’s Degree in International Politics Thesis title: “Kosovo’s final status’’ Cum Laude Belgium 2003-2004
• Postgraduate in Negotiation Techniques, Institute for European Business Administration, Ghent, Belgium 2003-2004
• Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences, B.Sc in Public Administration, Major-Public Economics, Greece 1999-2003
• Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Participation in the Erasmus Program, Linz,Austria2001-2002
• American College of Thessaloniki ‘’Anatolia’’ High-School Diploma, Greece1991-97
• Seminars: 2011 next Generation European Leaders, National Representative, Korea, 2011
Languages
• Greek: Native Speaker
• English: Excellent
• French: Excellent
• German: Very Good
• Italian: Very Good
• Hindi: Intermediate
• Arabic: Basic
Hobbies
Tennis, Horse Riding, Yoga, Shoe designing , Organizing Cultural Events
Personal Status:
Married, 3 Children