Head

Ekaterini SIMOPOULOU

•    Born in Athens, Greece, on June 18, 1962
•    Graduated in Law, University of Athens, 1985
•    National School of Public Administration, Diplomatic Studies, 1987 – 1990
•    Joined the Greek Diplomatic Service as Attaché in 1990 and promoted as follows:

1992     Third Secretary of Embassy
1995     Second Secretary of Embassy
1998     First Secretary of Embassy
2001    Second Counsellor of Embassy
2003     First Counsellor of Embassy
2014     Minister Plenipotentiary Second Class
2019    Minister Plenipotentiary First Class    

•    Served in following positions:
1990-1993       MFA Athens, E.U. External Relations Directorate
1993-1997       Embassy of Greece, Madrid Spain
1997-2000       Embassy of Greece, Amman Jordan
2001                MFA Athens, Olympic Games Directorate
2001-2005       Embassy of Greece Vienna, Austria, Deputy Head of Perm. Mission of Greece to the UN Agencies in Vienna
2006-2009       Embassy of Greece, Pretoria, South Africa
2009-2010       MFA Athens, Cyprus Directorate
2010-2012       Embassy of Greece, London UK
2012-2015       MFA Athens, OSCE Directorate
2015- 2019      Ambassador of Greece to Portugal, with parallel accreditation to Cabo Verde and Sao Tomé and Principe
2019-2022       Ambassador of Greece to Ireland
2022-2024     MFA Athens, Director General, B' Directorate-General for International Economic Relations
2024-           Ambassador of Greece to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein

•    Foreign Languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

•    Married to HE Ambassador AD H. Aristidis Sandis, mother of one daughter.

•    Decorations:    
-    Isabela la Catolica, Spain 2000
-    Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry, Portugal 2017
-    Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix, Greece 2019
-    Grand Cross of the Older of the Merit, Portugal 2019