Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Cambridge. She is Professor of Sustainable Development (Economics and Econometrics) at the Athens University of Economics and Business and the elected President of the European Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (EAERE). Prof. Koundouri is listed in the 1% of most-cited women economists in the world, with 15 published books and more than 250 published scientific papers. She is also the Founder and Scientific Director of the Research laboratory on Socio-Economic and Environmental Sustainability at the Athens University of Economics and Business and an affiliated Professor at the ATHENA Research and Innovation Center where she directs EIT Climate-KIC Hub Greece of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. She is also the co-chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Network Greece, chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Centre for Research on the Environment and the Economy and chair of the scientific advisory board of the European Forest Institute. In the past, Professor Koundouri has held academic positions at the University of Cambridge, UCL, the University of Reading and the LSE. She acts as an advisor to the European Commission, World Bank, EIB, EBRD, OECD, UN, NATO, WHO, numerous national and international foundations and organizations, as well as national governments in all five continents. She is member of the drafting Priministerial Committee for 10-year development plan for Greece, as well as in the Climate Change Committee of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy. She holds a global leadership role in the UN SDSN for European Green Deal (EGD) implementation, Sustainable Shipping and Ports, 4-seas Blue Growth Initiative and is leader (together with Jeff Sachs) of the Senior Working Group on Transformation Pathways for the implementation of EGD.