Dimitris Samaras is the president of Samaras & Partners Group of Companies, the largest and best staffed engineering and consulting group of companies in Greece, that offers integrated services (Design, Supervision & Issuance of permits for complex projects) for the private as well as the public sector. Counting 30 years of experience, 6.000 clients (international groups, chambers, federations, banking institutions, legal entities of the public entities, agencies of all kinds, owners and managers of immovable assets) supported and serviced, on a daily basis, by a workforce of 350 permanent associates, engineers, economists and other scientific disciplines Samaras & Partners Group of Companies is currently considered a leading group in the sectors of industry, trade, supply chain, energy, agri-food, oil & gas, tourism and real estate. At the same time respecting human values, the development of society, the evolution of business and endeavors the protection of the environment, having its workforce as an ally, the Group carries out an integrated CSR program. A self- made businessmen and an entrepreneur with a vision, Dimitris Samaras, is also member of numerous Associations as well as President of the 601 Constantinople- Vosporos Chapter of American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA). Quoting the Greek philosopher Aristotle, Dimitris Samaras’ s moto is “We are what we repeatedly do, therefore excellence is not an act but a habit” He obtained his MA in Mechanical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. Dimitris Samaras is married and has three children