Dr. Dimitrios Athanasakis
Dr. Dimitrios Athanasakis
Vice President Legal at Hill International, Inc. | Amsterdam, Netherlands
- A versatile & highly-driven professional offering a rich & diverse in-house experience in corporate legal affairs, client relations, risk avoidance & mitigation, business development, and advocacy in the EPC, Marine & Offshore Engineering, Energy, Heavy Civil and PMCM industries
- Acknowledged as leader with competency in implementing policy development processes and supporting business with risk exposure reviews for high value transactions. Individually established and standardised major compliance auditing programs for investment, concession and EPC contracts commensurate with US Federal and EU regulations to boost internal compliance and manage third-party risk, generating thus positive cashflow
- Conceptualising, monitoring and auditing pre-bid, pre-contract and post-award policy and contract closeout implementation procedures for trades, including port infrastructure developers, thus achieving customer validation and building consensus to gain a trusted place in the market
- Excellent relationship management skills with track record of establishing strong relationships with regulators, government agencies, tax and labour departments, chambers of commerce, the Company’s Audit and Ethics & Conduct Committee and internal auditors; and maintaining a clear interface with clients (including National Oil Companies, Classification Societies, Energy Traders, Petroleum Product Suppliers, Cross-border SPVs, Container Terminal Operators, Syndicates of Banks, Insurers, and so on), fostering thus enduring and new business alliances