Bersimis Sotiris is a statistician with a strong expertise in industrial and health statistics, a strong academic record as well as an awarded leader with demonstrated ability to manage organizational and cultural change and create productive teams. Expert in business re-engineering and strong strategic planning using real world evidence, digital transformation, innovation development, negotiation, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

Bersimis Sotiris is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus, an elected member of the board of Directors of the Greek Statistical Institute and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. Moreover, he participates actively in many international scientific associations and he is a member of the “Innovation and technology” Committee of National Bank of Greece. He holds a PhD and an MSc in Statistics and a BSc in Statistics and Insurance Science. He has co-authored more than 70 articles in international scientific journals, 5 books (related to Health Statistics and Informatics) while more than 120 of his papers have been presented in conferences worldwide.

From December 2015 to January 2019, he served as President of the Hellenic Organization for Health Care Services Provision, which is a governmental agency responsible for ensuring health care services to approximately 10.000.000 Greek citizens. In parellel, he served as a member in many governmental committees (Highest National Committee for Health in Greece, e-Health Committee, Committee for the Development of Greek Pharmaceutical Industry, etc) while from April 2018 to January 2019, he served as the president of the European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (the only European entity aiming to prevent fraud).

For his work, he has received the Best Manager Award for 2018 from European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics (ENBIS), which have been initiated to recognize managers who gave a significant contribution to the success of their companies by advancing the use of business and industrial statistics.

Moreover, he has worked with a great number of clinics, pharmaceutical companies and organizations and participated in many funded programs. In addition, from April 2019 to November 2019, he had the responsibilities of the General Manager of Bioiatriki Healthcare Group of companies, which is one of the leading Healthcare Providers in Greece.