Spyros Papathanasiou is currently Assistant Professor at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Economics. Also he is Visiting Lecturer at the Hellenic Open University.

He studied economics at the University of Athens (BSc, 1995) and Banking at the Hellenic Open University (MSc, 2003). He also holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Hellenic Open University (2009) and he has concluded Postdoctoral Research at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2021). He studied entrepreneurship at the University of Athens (CPE, 2002).

He has taught both at the undergraduate and at the postgraduate level at the Hellenic Open University, National Technical University of Athens (School of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences), School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (A.S.PAITE - SELETE), Open University of Cyprus, Athens University of Economics and Business, National and the Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He has worked at Solidus Securities (Head of Investment Strategy), Prelium Securities (Head of Investment Strategy), Value Capital Securities (Head of Analysis Department), ORIGIN Company (Head of Analysis Department), ICAP Hellas S.A (Economic Analyst) for over twenty years in total.

His research interests are in the areas of financial analysis, international stock markets, derivatives, emerging capital markets, business administration, financial management, portfolio allocation, econometrics, entrepreneurship and banking.

His research work has also been presented extensively in international academic conferences. He has served as a referee in several academic journals, and a member of editorial advisory boards of international academic journals.

He has an extensive experience in executive training and e-learning services in the areas of investments, financial derivatives, capital markets and corporate finance.

He has supervised for over thirty postgraduate dissertations.

He has worked out over fifty feasibility studies and business plans.

Finally, he is certified Analyst and Portfolio Manager from Hellenic Capital Market Commission and the Insurance Market from the Bank of Greece.