Current Position and Past Experience
Dr. Vangelis Tsiligiris is college principal of the College of Crete in Greece, researcher in cross-border higher education, and honorary lecturer in the University of Liverpool, UK. For more than 10 years he has been engaged in setting up and leading transnational partnerships involving UK and other European universities.

Before entering academia, Tsiligiris worked as the Chief of Operations at Epixeirein Anaptixiaki – Business Finance and Management Consultants. He was also an Assistant Financial Manager at PROMAS metal manufacturing in Crete, Greece.

Education, Honors and Achievements
Tsiligiris received his BA from the University of East London in 1998. In 2002, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Management at the University of Leicester. He was awarded his PhD in Cross Border Higher Education and Quality Management from Birmingham City University in 2012.

Tsiligiris is the 2013 winner of Instructor of the Year Accounting & Finance programmes from Laureate Online Education.

He is the Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (FHEA) and of the Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI).

Connect
Vangelis Tsiligiris can be found on LinkedIn and on Twitter @tsiligiris.