Eftychios Pallikaris was born in Athens in 1954. He is a journalist and director of the financial portal Powergame.gr. A physics graduate from the University of Patras , Eftychios has worked as a journalist since 1980 in ‘Rizospastis’ as well as radio stations like ‘Flash 961’ and ‘Athens 984’. In the 1990’s he worked as chief editor of the news department in the TV channels MEGA, STAR and NET. He has worked in managerial positions in the newspaper ‘IMERISIA’ for 11 years, has been editor-in-chief in the weekly financial newspaper ‘Ependysi’ for 4 years and has held managerial position in the ‘Athens Voice’ site. In 2019 he was appointed President and Managing Director of the APE MPE (national news provider). Since 2010 he has been collaborating with various Crisis Management Companies, as a consultant, offering seminars in Media training and Crisis Management, as well as advice to various Organizations in both the public and private sector as well as public figures. He speaks English and German.