{"id":1377,"date":"2026-10-15T08:56:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T05:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eel-conference.slide2open.net\/?post_type=person&p=1377"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T11:12:20","slug":"athanasios-k-ziliaskopoulos","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/eel-conference.slide2open.net\/en\/person\/athanasios-k-ziliaskopoulos\/","title":{"rendered":"Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Athanasios Ziliaskopoulos brings more than 35 years of professional and academic experience in the planning, optimization, and management of transportation and logistics systems.<\/p>\n

His academic career includes research appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, a position as Assistant Professor at Ohio State University (OSU), where he conducted extensive research for the U.S. and Ohio Departments of Transportation and major railway operators, including BNSF and Gulf & Ohio, and a professorship at Northwestern University, where he held the Louis Berger Chair. His contributions have earned international recognition, including the BNSF Research Achievement Award (1997) and the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (1998). Since 2004, he has been a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Thessaly. He also served as Vice President of the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT\/CERTH) from 2007 to 2010.<\/p>\n

In the corporate sector, he served as Chairman and CEO of TRAINOSE S.A. (2010\u20132015), leading the company’s financial turnaround and return to profitability. Under his leadership, TRAINOSE became a strategic link in Asia\u2013Europe supply chains through the development of rail freight services connecting the Port of Piraeus with Central Europe. Concurrently, he chaired the National Logistics Council (2012\u20132016), playing a pivotal role in shaping Greece’s National Logistics Strategy and its first dedicated legislative framework (Law 4024\/2014), with support from the World Bank.<\/p>\n

Between 2016 and 2020, he served as Senior Railway Reform Advisor to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and worked with PEARL on the development of international rail freight corridors.<\/p>\n

From 2020 onwards, he resumed his role as Chairman of the National Logistics Council. In 2021, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF\/TAIPED), overseeing major privatization initiatives until 2024.<\/p>\n

Since 2024, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Train, facilitating the signing of a new Public Service Obligation (PSO) agreement with the Greek State and the procurement of 23 new Alstom Coradia trains.<\/p>\n

Most recently, he was appointed CEO of FxD Logistics, the company responsible for the development and operation of the Thriasio Rail Freight and Logistics Centre, a major infrastructure project designed to strengthen Greece’s position as an international freight transport and logistics hub.<\/p>\n

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