Alex is the Managing Director of Blue Grid Gas & Power, a pioneering company dedicated at developing regional small-scale LNG applications, as well as enabling energy access and efficiency in Southeastern Europe.
He has also been one of the founders of the Greek Energy Forum, serving as its first chairman between 2013 and 2017.
In the past, Alex has held the position of the Senior Gas Analyst in Shell Energy Europe in London, leading a team for the analysis of gas markets' fundamentals and being the focal point for European gas trading analytics for senior management within the Group. In the past, he has also been a member of the Business Development Team, focusing on the origination and negotiation of complex energy deals with major international companies.
Prior to Shell, Alex has worked for Gazprom Marketing & Trading as a Strategy Risk Analyst for new market entries and innovative commercial products/structured deals on gas, electricity, carbon permits and biomass. He also possesses consulting experience, having worked in Mott MacDonald within the energy economics and finance team in the UK.
Alex has also gained valuable professional experience in the shipping industry, serving within the Chartering Team of Thenamaris Ships Management as the Energy & Freight Market Strategist for 4 years. In that capacity, he was responsible for the analysis of the oil and freight markets in support of the chartering strategy for a tanker fleet of 68 vessels.
Since April 2016, he is a member of the United Nations Group of Gas Experts (Sustainable Energy Committee of UN Economic Commission Europe) as a representative of the Greek Energy Forum. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the sea entrepreneurship competition “Blue Growth”.
He holds an MEng in Electrical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc on Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College in London.
