The Institute is managed by its Director (or, when required, the Deputy Director). The Director’s responsibilities are defined in the internal Regulation of CE.R.TH. and the Presidential Decree that created H.I.T. The Director is responsible for the overall quality of the work and the evaluation of the productivity of personnel upon the Scientific Council’s recommendation. Since the creation of the Institute (in 2000) its Director is Prof. G. A. Giannopoulos.

The Deputy Director, is appointed by the CE.R.T.H.’s Board of Directors. For the two year period, 1/7/2012-30/6/2014, the deputy director of H.I.T. is Dr. G. Aifandopoulou, Researcher B’.

The Institute’s Scientific Council comprises of at least five high-ranking researchers and is responsible for recommending to the Director and the CE.R.TH. Board of Directors the Institute’s budget, its annual plan of activities and balance statement, advising on the scientific policy and the Institute’s objectives, and debating  the Institute’s research and development programme.  

The Scientific Council consists of the following:

President

Dr. Maria Panou, Principal Researcher

Members

Dr. Maria Morfoulaki, Special Operational Scientist Α

Dr. Evangelos Mitsakis, Senior Researcher

Dr. Maria Gemou, Senior Researcher

Dr. Afroditi Anagnostopoulou, Senior Researcher

Elected representative of scientific, technical and administrative staff

Vassiliki Papadimitropoulou

Stavroula Dimopoulou (Deputy representative)