Mr. Karamitsos is acting Deputy Director General and Director within the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) of the European Commission.

His Directorate is responsible for the development and follow-up of the implementation of Maritime transport policy, maritime safety, environmental protection, as well as logistics, land transport and passenger rights. He has also been responsible for the setting up the European Satellite Navigation System GALILEO regarding policy, infrastructure and applications, and for setting the Regulatory framework for the Intelligent Transport Systems.

He has been with the European Commission for over 30 years, in which he has worked on various Transport issues, as well on Telecommunications, Information society, Environment, Tourism and Research and Development. Before joining the Commission he worked with the World Health Organization’s programme on Greater Athens Pollution Control and on the Greek Academic and Public Sectors.

He holds degrees in Civil Engineering and Transportation planning from the Technical University of Athens and from Leeds University.

He has been a Member of the Scientific Council of the “Maria Tsakos” Foundation since 2012.