6G Global Summit 2023

Fotini Ioannidou has assumed the role of Head of the Maritime Safety Unit and Deputy Director Waterborne Transport in the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission since January 2021. Currently, her responsibilities encompass the handling of maritime safety legislation and overseeing the coordination of all European Union submissions to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), with a particular focus on the GHG file. Having joined the Commission in 1994, Fotini Ioannidou has experience from various positions, ranging from transport policy and inter-institutional coordination to aviation safety and air traffic management, as well as road safety and human resources management. Prior to her work in the European Commission, she pursued a career as an electrical engineer, serving as a telecoms consultant in Paris.