Dimitris Nikolakis

Dimitris holds the position of the CEO at Druckfarben Romania, responsible for directing the activities of the company in the Romanian market, as well as overseeing its role as a regional hub and its relationship with the other companies in the Druckfarben Group. 
His previous experience includes positions such as Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development Director in the industry of building materials, where he has worked closely with the group CEO, upper management and shareholders, in order to develop medium and long term strategic plans and supervise their implementation by the executive teams.  He has worked in Cairo, Athens, Bucharest, and in Boston.  As a biochemical Engineer worked at Genzyme, (Sanofi Pharmaceutical), a leading biotechnology company as member of the R&D team in charge of process development, technology transfer, scale-up and bioreactor designs.  Holds a US and European patent on a novel bioreactor design, suitable for the production of proteins and enzymes using mammalian cell cultures.
He holds a degree in Management from Harvard University’s Extension Executive School, a Master of Science in Biochemical Engineering from Tufts University, and a Bachelor Of Science in Chemical Engineering from Cairo University.  He is fluent in English, Greek, Arabic, French and Romanian languages.