Treatment optimisation: making cancer treatment accessible and sustainable in Europe (lunch meeting)

Yannis Natsis is the Director of the European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP), the umbrella organization representing 46 national statutory social security institutions from 18 EU Member States and Switzerland. ESIP is the voice of social security and protection in Europe—or, as Yannis describes it, “one of Europe’s truest treasures.”

Based in Brussels, Yannis has over 10 years of experience in EU advocacy and policymaking. In May 2019, he was appointed by EU Member States to the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), a position he held until December 2021. Since 2018, he has also served as a Board Member of the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), the leading EU health policy platform.

Before joining ESIP in February 2022, Yannis spent six years creating and leading the advocacy strategy for better and more affordable medicines at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA). Prior to that, he worked with the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD), focusing on health and pharmaceutical policies. From 2006 to 2010, while still in Greece, he was an investigative reporter for the country’s most acclaimed investigative TV news program, Fakeli, and a contributor to one of Greece’s most respected daily newspapers, Kathimerini.

Yannis holds a Master’s degree in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent, UK, and a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from Pantion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece. A Greek national, he is fluent in Greek, English, and French.