Konstantinos Panitsas is an economist with The Conference Board, based in Brussels. He is co-author of The Conference Board's flagship annual 'C-Suite Outlook' report, a global survey of C-Suite executives. He has also authored numerous editions of The Conference Board's 'CEO Confidence Survey for Europe', a twice-yearly survey of CEOs of major European businesses. Prior to The Conference Board, he worked as a researcher at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and at Columbia University in New York. Panitsas graduated from Hunter College of the City University of New York with an MA in Economics, and he also holds a B Eng degree in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of Patras in Greece.