Dr. Petros Varelidis is the Secretary General of Natural Environment and Waters of the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy.
He holds a Diploma Degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in composite materials and recycling from the National Technical University of Athens, and a Diploma Degree in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business.
He has served as policy advisor of the political leadership in the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy (2009-2021) and is representing Greece on the Bureau of the European Environment Agency (since 2019). He held the position of Director of the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency (2016-2021) and has served as Environment Attache in the Permanent Representation of Greece to the ΕU (2005-2009 and 2013-2015) and the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU (2012-2013).