Zissis Papastamatis has over 20 years of experience as a civil engineer and project manager for public works projects in Greece. He currently serves as the Head of Quality Control for the Directorate of Technical Works in Central Greece, where he oversees quality assurance for EU-funded public construction projects with budgets totaling millions of euros. Some of the major projects he has managed include the construction of highways, bridges, dams, and hospitals. He is also an experienced lecturer on topics related to managing EU-funded public projects.