Speaker

Dimitris Kontaxis is currently the General Manager of Circular Economy of Motor Oil Hellas, the Executive VP of Thalis SA and HELECTOR SA, and the VP of SEPAN- the Federation of Recycling and Energy Recovery Industries and Enterprises in Greece-. Dimitris Kontaxis has marked a career spanning more than 25 years in the oil sector specializing in downstream operations of fuels and lubricants. He has also accumulated experience in the field of Circular Economy mastering the sectors of water management, municipal, and industrial waste management. He is the founder of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) System for waste lubricant oils in Greece, which has been internationally recognized as a best practice in the EU. He studied Economics and Chemical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.