Anna Diamantopoulou is President of DIKTIO, Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, a leading nonpartisan, Athens-based think tank, and Chair of the European Commission’s High-Level Group on the future of social protection and the welfare state in the EU.

Formerly Greece’s candidate for the post of OECD’s Secretary General, Ms. Diamantopoulou served as the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, and has held several significant portfolios as a Minister in the Greek government as well. She was Minister of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, and, prior to that, Minister of Education, Research and Technology, and Lifelong learning.

Ms. Diamantopoulou is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe, a Council Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a member of the Scientific Council of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Delphi Economic Forum.