Education
Graduate “Anatolia” College, Thessaloniki, 1962
Graduate Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dpt. of Agricultural Sciences, 1967
Honorary Doctorate, Kingston University, England
Professional career:
Chairman REDESTOS - Efthymiadis Agrotechnology Group, established 1935. A leading business group in Greece and Southeast Europe in the field of Agricultural technology, supplies and services.
Social activities:
Today:
Chairman & CEO Thessaloniki Innovation & Technology Center – Thess INTEC S.A.
Founding member of THEOPHANO prize, Governing council
Chairman of the Business Information and Clearing Center (BICC) President of the Association for Democracy in the Balkans
In the past:
President of the Federation of Industries of Northern Greece
President of the Northern Greece Businessmen’s Cultural Association
Chairman of the STABILITY PACT / Business Advisory Council for Southeast Europe, Brussels
Chairman of the Business and Cultural Development Centre
President of the Thessaloniki Technology Park
President of the Hellenic Crop Protection Association
Member by Excellence of the Board of the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Thessaloniki
Contributed to several European think tanks on development and cooperation in Southeast European region.