Maria E. Flemetaki

Maria E. Flemetaki is a Chemical Engineer (Diploma) with an MSc in Environmental & Sanitary Engineering and a Certified Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser. She currently serves at DEDISA S.A. as Director for Development and Planning and for Monitoring of Hazardous Waste (Dec 2024–present), following a long tenure since Jan 2007 as Sub-Director responsible for the transportation of dangerous goods and chemical engineering affairs within the Technical Services Directorate. Previously, she managed composting operations at the Mechanical Recycling & Composting Plant of Chania (Apr 2005–Dec 2006), organizing, monitoring, and supervising process performance and quality. She also worked briefly as a Technical Consultant for consulting firms and vocational education and training centers (Feb–Mar 2005), after over a decade as a Senior Company Executive/Senior Consultant (1993–Jan 2005) advising on environmental management, waste handling, and process improvements. Her core strengths include hazardous and solid waste management, DG transport compliance, environmental auditing, process engineering, policy and planning, stakeholder liaison, and team leadership.