Petros Mandalis is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Proxy Foods, an AI platform for R&D food formulation, where he leads the company’s AI strategy and development. A data scientist specializing in machine learning and large language models, he has more than a decade of experience building AI solutions. This includes work at Accenture’s Analytics Center of Excellence across pharmaceuticals, financial services, consumer products, and energy. Before Proxy Foods, he was Head of Data Science at the National Bank of Greece. He holds a PhD from the University of Piraeus, where he also lectures on data science, machine learning, and data management.