Nikos Nikolakakos

Nikos Nikolakakos

EU Policy Affairs

Brussels, Belgium
About

I am a senior EU policy and management professional with over 20 years of experience across climate, energy and industrial transition. I work at the intersection of EU policymaking, strategic leadership and stakeholder coordination, with a focus on decarbonising energy-intensive industries, clean fuels, circular economy and carbon capture, utilisation and storage. My background combines senior management, team and budget leadership, EU advocacy, and practical experience in environmental management, quality assurance and process control within the cement industry.

Currently

EU Policy Affairs at Cement Europe

Available for
Selected work

Transforming Waste to Energy

I explain how tyres, sludge and sawdust can be used through co-processing to recover energy and minerals from waste, supporting recycling and decarbonisation in the cement sector.

Funding Industrial Decarbonisation

I examine why deploying emerging technologies at speed and scale requires enabling infrastructure, particularly electricity, grid capacity, and CO₂ transport and storage.

Secondary Materials in Cement

This webinar explored the role of secondary materials in European cement production, including policy challenges, recommended actions and projects supporting carbon neutrality by 2050.

Alternative Fuels and Net Zero

At the 2024 PCA Sustainability Summit, I presented European experience with alternative fuels as part of discussions on pathways to net zero in the cement sector.

Speaking
Work Background

Environment & Resources Manager at Cement Europe

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Environmental & Licensing / Process / Quality Control Manager at Heidelberg Materials Hellas

Aspropyrgos, Greece
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