Dr Spyros Kostakis holds a PhD in Statistics and Informatics from Athens University of Economics and Business (1991). He received an MA degree in Economics from the same University (1984) and a BA degree in Economics from Athens Graduate School of Economics and Business (1982).

During his doctoral studies at Athens University of Economics and Business, he taught Statistics and Econometrics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He also taught Economics and Statistics at the Department of Accounting at the Technological Institute of Piraeus (1991-1993).

Dr Kostakis has been teaching Economics and Statistics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at BCA since 1989. From 1998 and for 13 years, he was Director and Head of the Business Department at BCA, while he was promoted to Academic Director in 2004. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Business College of Athens.

Dr Kostakis has published articles in scientific journals and contributed various chapters in books in the areas of Applied Econometrics and e-Business. His research interests include Applied Macroeconomics and Higher Education Policy and Management.