Our People

Faculty and staff with global experience

A commitment to diversity and inclusion comes naturally to TIME MBE as a jointly offered program from three European Academic Institutions. Its culture is inherently collaborative and its community comprises students, faculty and staff who come from exceptionally diverse backgrounds, geographies, industries and areas of expertise. Together, this creates a rich, innovative, dynamic environment. The ΤΙΜΕ MBE program is governed by the Directors and five program boards with different tasks devoted to ensure efficient administration and academic quality. 

TIME Director

Ast. Prof. Andreas Panagopoulos

The director of the program, Dr Panagopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department, University of Crete, and the director and founder of the TECHNIS think-tank and research group. He holds a Ph.D. from University College London, an M.Sc. in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business and a Naval Officers Degree from the Hellenic Naval Academy. In the past he lectured economics both at graduate and undergraduate level at Lancaster Management School and the University of Bristol. He was a lecturer at the European Political-economy Infrastructure Consortium teaching game theory for managers.  

Management Board

The Management Board is responsible for the everyday management of TIME, for academic operational decision-making and financial matters. The Management Board ensures that strategic decisions are implemented. This includes overseeing the program, faculty recruitment and retention, teaching quality, research activities, student and participant satisfaction and rankings, ensuring the commercial viability of TIME and optimizing its resources. The Board implements and reviews human resources policies for academic staff, conducts periodic reviews of subject areas and is subject to the internal regulations of partner Institutions. 

Exams Board

The role of the Exams Board is to supervise and coordinate the exams procedure and it is comprised by two members from the participating Institutions. Additionally, the Exams Committee oversees the Progress Board, whose role is to review marks on the courses completed, to consider whether the students need to undertake some form of re-assessment, and decide on whether they may proceed to the internship stage and the dissertation. The members of the Progress Board, at the end of the academic term, act as a Final Board, which considers student marks and makes decisions as to whether a Masters or a Diploma is awarded.

Dissertations Coordinator

The role of Dissertations Coordinator is to appoint dissertation supervisors, and to manage the whole process of dissertation writing assisting the students. In the final stages he approves thesis submission and make recommendation on the examination committee which is appointed by individual thesis supervisors.  

The Program’s Assessment Committee is comprised of three members with proven ability to perform program evaluation. The role of Program’s Assessment Committee is to assess and evaluate the running of the program. Specifically, Program’s Assessment Committee is responsible for drafting quality indexes that can advise the Directors and the Management Board as to the quality of all aspects of the program. These quality indexes include (but are not limited to), student satisfaction, student employment, student participation, teaching quality and financial issues. These quality indexes are drafted at the end of every academic year.