Christos A. Ioannou, an economist (BA AUEB, M.Sc & Ph.D London School of Economics), is SEV-Hellenic Federation of Enterprises- Advisor to the Board. He has served as SEV Director for Human Capital and Labour Market affairs since 2017, as Deputy Greek Ombudsman in charge of social protection, health and welfare issues in 2013-2017, and as Mediator and Arbitrator with the Organisation for Mediation and Arbitration (OMED) in Greece in 1991-2017. He has acted as advisor, consultant and director for a variety of both private sector and government organizations, national and international. He has research work in the areas of wage and employment policies, labour markets, collective bargaining and human capital.