Petros Synadinos
Member of the Plenary since: 2012
Short CV:
Petros Synadinos was born in Patras in 1954. He studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin and holds two Master’s degrees: the first in Regional Development from Panteion University, and the second from New York University. He also holds a PhD from the University of the Aegean.
He has been systematically involved with the Olympic Games, their significance and impact, since 1986, when he was a member of the core team that prepared Athens’ Bid File for the 1996 Olympic Games. He has participated in numerous conferences and seminars on the Olympic Games in Greece and abroad, and has published many articles and studies in both the Greek and international press.
He was a member of the team that prepared the study “The Future of the Olympic Games” on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1994. In 1996, he served as head of the team that prepared Athens’ Bid File for the 2004 Olympic Games.
He has collaborated on programmes of the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Housing and the Environment, the Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Education, and has served at various times on the boards of numerous non-profit foundations and companies. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organising Committee and as Secretary General of the Ministry of Merchant Marine.