Nektaria Efthymiou

Nektaria is a senior leader with 20 years through-the-line experience and track record of achieving results in leading-edge projects. Nektaria has been involved with 5G at the very early stages working with 5GIC as a mentor.

Nektaria comes from an engineering background and has worked in the Mobile Industry for over 20 years and gained significant experience in various disciplines in the industry working with Mobile Network Operators (Telefonica and Three), manufactures (NEC, Motorola, Fujitsu) and EC research (RACE, ACTS and H2020). She has led strategic initiatives ranging from spectrum strategy and acquisition to multi-technologies network, handsets and other connected devices and network solutions. She holds 10 international patents  and her qualifications include an MSc, MBA and PhD on Telecommunications. She is a Technical Director in Atkins Intelligent Mobility and Smart Technologies group and act as specialist advisor on technology and network connectivity requirements, mainly driven by current or future use cases of connectivity with focus on 5G, smart cities and smart mobility.