Dimitris Ziouvas serves as the Director of EUROCRIM. Dimitris holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Athens, a Master in Criminal Law from the University of Freiburg (Germany) and a PhD in Financial Criminal Law from the University of Cologne (Germany). Before joining Panteion University of Athens for Social and Political Sciences he served as an Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Compliance at the Law School of the University of Sussex (UK). Dimitris is a research Fellow of the University of London. He is a member of the faculty of the International Anti-Corruption Academy.

Dimitris is a strong advocate for youth civic activism. He founded Anti-Corruption Youth Greece (ACYG) in 2013. ACYG is the only youth-focused and youth-led anti-corruption CSO in Greece to date. His youth-focused work includes co-authoring the “Policy Guide for National Anti-Corruption Authorities on Meaningful Youth Engagement in Anti-Corruption Work” jointly developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC, Hong Kong, China) and the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA) in 2023.

Prof Dimitris Ziouvas has led the MA in Corruption, Law and Governance delivered by the University of Sussex in partnership with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Center in Qatar.

Prof Ziouvas is a practising lawyer admitted in Greece and Germany, and a certified mediator and arbitrator. Dimitris is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and serves as an Ombudsman and Compliance Officer in multinational companies.

In 2016 he received the International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime personally by H.E. the Secretary General of the United Nations.

Dimitris has served as a Member of the Advisory Board of the Hellenic Anti-Corruption Authority.