Our Team

Environmental scientist and spatial planner (MSc), development and environmental planning consultant. He brings almost twenty years of experience supporting public and private bodies on development and environmental matters, in Greece and abroad. As an external expert to the EU, he has developed a thorough understanding of European policy on the environment, regional development and spatial planning. Through his work on projects and programmes under the 2nd and 3rd Community Support Frameworks and the NSRF, his active involvement in preparations for the fourth programming period, and his management of programmes and projects co-financed by European funds, he has an excellent command of the institutional framework, the funding instruments, and the full delivery path of development projects in Greece and the wider EU. He manages numerous international projects in development, the environment and maritime transport (ports and marinas). He has considerable experience organising high-profile international events, and is at ease communicating and working with organisations and executives abroad, particularly across the Mediterranean. He has extensive experience managing and delivering projects under Territorial Cooperation Programmes (IPA Adriatic 2007-2013, Interreg Greece-Italy 2007-2013, LIFE+ and others), and has prepared numerous business plans and development planning studies for SMEs nationwide (for example under NSRF 2007-2013).

Chartered environmental engineer, a graduate of the Technical University of Crete, holding a postgraduate degree in Water Resources Science and Technology with a specialisation in Hydrology and Environmental Water Resources Management (NTUA). His areas of specialisation include: hydrological simulation and forecasting, catchment models, hydrological design (risk, design criteria, application to flow regulation and flood protection works), and laboratory methods for analysing parameters related to water quality and the treatment of drinking water and wastewater. Mr Karampourniotis specialises in advisory services and technical support, the management and delivery of territorial cooperation projects, the design of development aid projects and the identification of funding instruments, support for communication events, and the preparation of studies and reports. He has strong organisational and communication skills, is fluent in English (C2, Proficiency) and highly proficient with computers (touch typing; Office, CorelSuite, Photoshop, Surfer, Modflow; Linux, MS Windows, Apple macOS).

Economist, a graduate of the University of Piraeus holding a postgraduate degree from City University Business School, and a permanent resident of Corfu. His career began in October 1999 in the private sector, where he worked in advisory services, specifically on investment products and the preparation of techno-economic studies. Between 18/12/2004 and 1/04/2005 he worked at Prudential Ltd as an assistant actuary, primarily carrying out actuarial valuations and projections under the main accounting standards (IAS, FAS) relating to employee benefits. He also advised on the establishment of occupational pension funds by employee associations. From 11/04/2005 to 17/09/2013 he served as General Manager at enterprises of the former Municipality of Corfiots and the new Municipality of Corfu, responsible for their administrative and organisational operation. At the same time he was responsible for managing and delivering a large number of national and European programmes whose final beneficiaries were both the municipal enterprises and the municipality itself. Since January 2016 he has been General Manager and a partner at Living Prospects Ltd.

Pelagia is an agronomist specialising in agricultural economics and development, holding a postgraduate degree in integrated rural development and management from the Agricultural University of Athens. She has more than twelve years of experience in the management, monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes funded by international donors, principally the European Commission. Having worked with many consultancies internationally, she has gained considerable experience in identifying new business opportunities (funded by international donors such as the EC, WB, EBRD, EIB, IFAD, UNDP and USAID), in designing business cases and ideas for exploiting research results, and in driving business development. Her core competencies include: (a) evaluating rural development programmes at EU level; (b) delivering innovative research projects in the agri-food sector funded by Horizon 2020; (c) providing technical assistance to the European Commission for the operation of various support offices in rural development and blue growth; (d) establishing and supporting the operation of the National Rural Network in Greece; (e) evaluating SME business plans for funding from the Ministry of Economy and Finance; (f) drafting business plans for large enterprises seeking funding under the investment law; and (g) networking and business cooperation in the supply chain sector on behalf of the Federation of Enterprises and Industries. Pelagia also works with the Agricultural University of Athens on its Policy Design and Evaluation course, and is a certified evaluator of business plans for the Ministry of Economy investment law and of projects funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT).

Environmental protection and management consultant, a graduate of the Department of Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a specialisation in Environmental Physics and Meteorology, and holder of an MSc in Environmental Protection and Management from the University of Edinburgh. His career began in November 2006 at the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Air Quality Division, where he studied atmospheric pollutants and their relationship with meteorological parameters. From February to August 2011 he worked for the Esk Rivers and Fisheries Trust in Scotland on the project "Review of the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Status of the Atlantic salmon and the habitat of the River South Esk", carrying out both fieldwork (electrofishing, ecosystem study, water quality measurements) and analysis of data and measurements. In the summer of 2012 he worked for the NGO "Marine Dimensions" in Bray, Ireland, researching the area's marine mammals, studying and recording their behaviour, and mapping and analysing databases, while also taking part in the organisation's workshops and educational events. He currently works for Living Prospects Ltd as a consultant on the environment, development, technical support, and the management and delivery of national and European projects. In parallel he provides advisory services on sustainable development and renewable energy, and takes part in organising events and international field trips for the NGO "Green Project". He has strong organisational and communication skills, is fluent in English (C2, holder of a British university postgraduate degree) and is an experienced computer user (network installation experience; ArcGIS, MS Office, Google Fusion, Adobe Photoshop, MS Windows, Android).

Economist, a graduate of the Department of Accounting and Finance of the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE), with a specialisation in Accounting. She works at Living Prospects Ltd, where she takes an active part in the management and delivery of projects under Territorial Cooperation Programmes (IPA Adriatic 2007-2013, Interreg Greece-Italy 2007-2013 and others). She also works on the design of development projects and on identifying funding instruments. In the recent past she has worked on the preparation and submission of proposals under Interreg Greece-Cyprus 2007-2013, Interreg Greece-Italy 2007-2013, NSRF 2007-2013 and the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. She is fluent in English (C2, Proficiency) and Italian (C2, CELI 5, Università di Perugia), has basic Spanish (A2), and is highly proficient with computers (Office, Outlook, internet, Windows, touch typing).

Ioanna Tzanavari holds a BSc in Geology and Geoenvironment from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MSc in Industrial Management and Technology with a direction in Energy and Environmental Management from the University of Piraeus. Since November 2019 she has worked as a consultant at Living Prospects, taking part in the delivery of EU-funded projects. Her main responsibilities include project management, the organisation of events, and the preparation of publications and other communication material to disseminate project outcomes. She previously worked at ASPROFOS Engineering on the preparation of environmental and technical studies. She has strong organisational and communication skills and is an excellent user of both English (C2) and computers (Office, Outlook, internet, Windows, and software such as ArcGIS, QGIS and AutoCAD).