Alexandros Spachis

Greece

Ambassador Spachis studied engineering and business administration in Athens, Greece and got Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Management at Imperial College Business School, London. He spent 3 years as Commissioned Officer in the Hellenic Navy, at NATO Eastern Mediterranean Headquarters, and later worked as an academic in London and as management consultant with Ernst and Young in Athens. Alexandros joined the European Commission in 1981 and worked for Industrial & Enterprise affairs, Public Procurement Policy, review and audit of operation of the Single Market, relations with the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and other EU institutions. He served for two years in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs as political director of the Office of the Deputy Minister.

On his return to HQ, he took over the responsibility of reviewing and auditing the capacity of European countries-candidates for EU membership in the financial services. Subsequently he was nominated Adviser for Asia in the External Relations Department,and served for 5 years as Ambassador of the European Union to Nepal. Ambassador Spachis has been a member of the Board of Directors of Search for Common Ground Belgium ASBL/VZW since 2015.