❅Maria Nikolopoulou

📍European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for Comisiones Obreras Trade Union Confederation ♀️♂️ Equality Group ♻️ Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform ⏳Timebanks

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Hello dear friends and future friends! 😃 Professionally, I was born and raised in a multinational and multicultural working world and this is where I would like to grow old. I’m self-motivated, pragmatic and love working with smiley people with a sense of humour. If you are interested in topics such as Circular Economy, Gender Equality, EU policies or Timebanks we already have a lot in common, so drop me a message and we can chat.

Experience

  • European Economic and Social Committee (8 yrs 8 mos)
    • Member of the EESC's Equality group
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    • President of the Sustainable Development Observatory
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    • Member of the EESC's Commission for Financial and Budgetary Affairs
      Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

  • Member of the Steering Group of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform at European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform
    Oct 2020 - Oct 2025 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    As a representative of the EESC in the Steering group of the Platform, along with the rest of the EESC team, we collaborate with the European Commission in order to draw of the framework under which the activities of the Platform and its Coordination group are operating.

  • Trainer and Talent Acquisition Specialist at Albireo Sinergia
    Nov 2015 - Oct 2017 · 2 yrs

    - Management of the hiring process: Job offers postings, candidates pre-selection over the phone, interviews, follow up on the hiring process and coordination of the different selection tests. - Liaise with the different job portals and research of new sources to find candidates. - Training on product and awareness techniques to the new fundraisers.

  • Transaltor at Freelance
    Jan 2002 - Jan 2016 · 14 yrs 1 mo

    Collaboration with the translation agencies Lingua Global Solutions and Nova Traduccions in Barcelona and several direct clients translation projects as a freelance. As an interpreter (consecutive and simultaneous), I have worked in congresses such as the International Alimentaria trade show, Annual Meeting of Yamaha, Euroforum of Heinz. As a consultant in the movies dubbing studio Sonoblock (Barcelona).

  • Citi (12 yrs 6 mos)
    • Trainer & Training Coordinator
      Mar 2012 - Jul 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      - Creation of the in-class and web based training manuals for EMEA countries for the new banking system implementation - Planning, development and delivery through webinars of the “Team Leaders Development Plan” training program to EMEA Team Leaders. - Organization, coordination and follow up on regional and global initiatives - Planning, development and delivery of local Training and Development programs available for all the employees of Barcelona Service Center.

    • Compliance-Internal Control Coordinator
      Feb 2005 - Mar 2012 · 7 yrs 2 mos

      Risk & Control Self-Assessment Coordinator: Risk and control analysis for Operations and Citiphone areas for different EMEA countries, updating departments’ RCSA documentation, reporting of quarterly control test results, escalation and follow up on control or process breaches, review of Areas’ Continuity of Business plans, internal and external audit preparation.

    • Customer Service Analyst
      Feb 2003 - Jan 2005 · 2 yrs

      Handling transactions complaints, investigation of fraud transactions, recovery of funds due to fraud transactions, keeping up to date the accounting of internal accounts and administrative work.