Professor Plutarchos Sakellaris is currently Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers at the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance and a member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union. He serves as Minister's Deputy at the Eurogroup and ECOFIN Councils. He is also Professor in the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business. He serves on the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece and of the Hellenic Public Debt Management Agency.

He taught for eleven years in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland, USA. He has also taught at the University of Ioannina (Greece), Central European University (Budapest), University of Munich and Yale University. He has presented seminars at numerous Universities and international conferences.

His professional experience has also included: 1. Visiting Expert - European Central Bank (ECB) 2001-2003 2. Staff Economist and Consultant - Federal Reserve Board, USA 1998-2000 3. Research Associate - U.S. Bureau of the Census 1998- 2002

He completed his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University, USA (B.A. 1986) and his doctoral studies at Yale University, USA (Ph.D. 1992).

His research addresses issues on monetary policy, productivity and sources of growth, firm investment in physical capital, the industrial sector and education. His papers have been published in books and in international journals, such as: American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Economic Policy and Oxford Economic Papers.

He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1964 and is married with two daughters.