Robert Pefanis
Summit Host

Robert Pefanis

Lecturer, Journalist, Author, Podcaster

Robert has worked with leading media groups in Greece, including DOL–Lambrakis Press and Prime Media (Copelouzos Group), from 1994 to 2015.
Since 2016, he has held executive positions in the higher education sector, serving at institutions such as The American College of Greece, Metropolitan College, and currently Mediterranean College.
He is also a part-time Lecturer in Media & Communication and has been teaching at universities and colleges in Greece, Serbia, and Romania since 2002.
Robert is a frequent contributor on politics, communication, and current affairs at ethnos.gr, and host of the weekly “Pandemonium” radio show.
An avid author, he published his first spy thriller, Operation: Elgin Express, in April 2022, followed by Nuclear Winter, a high-suspense political thriller, in December 2022. In December 2023, he released a collection of short stories titled The Biftekberg Group & Other Short Stories. His latest book, Zoi Technitos Kehrosmeni (Artificially colored life) reached bookstores in July 2025.
He is fluent in English and Greek (both native languages) and conversant in Russian.
He is married and a proud father of two sons.