Christos Ellinides is currently the acting Director-General for the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT) at the European Commission. He joined the Commission in 2006 as Director for Corporate Digital Solutions and Services and was appointed later to the post of Deputy Director-General in DGT, responsible for four operational directorates. Prior to this, Christos has been responsible for the introduction and effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in various organisations operating mainly in Europe, for more than 2 decades.
His career has evolved through posts and assignments in varying industries and has acquired broad and extensive experiences mostly in a management capacity including the functions of both a CEO and a CIO. He has delivered speeches, lectures and presentations on business, ICT and linguistic matters on a pan-European level and is an active member in several professional bodies. He has been a director and board member in a number of organisations with substantial international exposure.
Christos Ellinides is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS). He holds a M.Sc. in Business Systems Analysis and Design from the City University of London (UK) and a B.Sc. in Business and Computing from the Nova University of Miami (USA).