Joanna Constantinidou has been a Senior Officer in the Department of Environment since 2004. In this role, she has managed a wide range of environmental studies for plans, programmes, and projects; coordinated the transposition of European directives on environmental noise, environmental impact assessment, and coastal zone management; and ensured compliance with the EU’s environmental acquis. She has also served on numerous national, European, and international committees. Since November 2022, she is the head led the Waste and Circular Economy Project Implementation Unit and since February 2025 she is the head of the Circular Economy Unit. Prior to joining the public sector, she worked from 1999 to 2004 as an architect in the private sector. She holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Architectural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, an MSc in Environmental Management from Imperial College London, and an MBA from the Cyprus International Institute of Management.
