Vasilis Kopelas

Vasilis Kopelas is the Vice President of Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. covering Corporate Strategy and Business Development in Mobility. Mr. Kopelas has extensive experience in the automotive and fuel cell industries. Over his 17-year career he has held senior positions in R&D, Sales & Marketing, and Business Strategy for Toyota Motor Europe and Jaguar Land-Rover in locations including Belgium, Japan, Russia, and the UK. Prior to joining Advent, Mr. Kopelas served as manager of Toyota Motor’s Fuel Cells Business Group in Brussels, Belgium, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s corporate fuel cell strategy and the commercialization of fuel cell technology solutions in a variety of sectors and applications — actively contributing to Toyota’s vision towards the creation of a hydrogen society in the EU. Mr. Kopelas holds an M.Sc. in Automotive Product Design from Cranfield University in the UK, an M.Sc. in Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineering from Patras University in Greece, and Strategic Management certificate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S.