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He is also Chairman of EIPA's Research Committee. Between January 1996 and July 2001 he was Head of the Unit on EC Policies and the Internal Market.

Has been educated in the United States, the Netherlands and Britain. Holds a BA (political philosophy and art history), MA (economics) and PhD (economics) and a Diploma on the economics of the EC.

Previously held academic positions at the London Business School and the Royal Institute of International Affairs. Has also served as Minister Plenipotentiary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, as Secretary-General of the Cyprus Shipping Council and as a Member of the Cyprus Competition Commission.

Has been consultant to the European Commission, United Nations Centre for Transnational Corporations, the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Cyprus Development Bank, various Ministries of the Government of Cyprus and the Chief Negotiator of Cyprus for accession to the EU.

He is currently advisor to the Cyprus Competition Commission and the Cyprus State Aid Monitoring Authority. He is also a member of the Management Committee of the European Institute of Cyprus and a member of the Academic Advisory Group on State Aid of DG Competition of the European Commission.

Author of fifteen books and numerous academic papers. Member of the Editorial Boards of "Intereconomics", "Current Politics and Economics of Europe", "Legal Issues of Economic Integration", "Cyprus Journal of European Studies" and the "Cyprus Review".

He has carried out research on a range of international economic issues such as foreign direct investment, trade in services, international competitiveness and the functioning of the world trading system. His current research interests are in competition policy, economic integration, the completion of the EU's single market, the enlargement of the European Union and, in particular, the development of effective regulatory systems in the new member states.