Since 2018 Lefteris Anastasakis is Vice President of PRIORITY and member of ACEO (EASE). From 1990 to 2017 he worked in managerial positions in multinational enterprises, i.e Titan Cement SA, Petzetakis S.A., SOLVAY-WIENERBERGER Greece. Also, representing the Greek Employers’ Federation (SEV), he participated for many years in the Boards of Directors in numerous public organizations. Representing the Greek cement industry, he participated in the European Cement Association (Cembureau) and in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development / Cement Sustainability Initiative (WBCSD/CSI). He speaks English, Chinese, German, French and Spanish.

Lefteris holds a degree in Chemistry at the National University of Athens (EKPA). He holds MBA from the University of Piraeus, as well as a Master’s Degree in History of Science and Technology from the EKPA and the National Technical University of Athens (EMP). He holds a PhD in Industrial Policy of post-war Greece from EKPA.

In November 2021 he published the book “Innovation and Industrial Transformation in Postwar Greece, 1950-1973.” The book is used as tutorial material in 2 departments in Athens National University.

He is married to Mary Giannopoulou and has two sons who work in Greece and Britain in the IT sector. Lefteris is an amateur Marathon Runner. He also is a volunteer teacher at Hamogelo tou Paidou (Smile of the Child) for 8 years and was a member of the Board of HAMOGELO from 2014 to 2020.