Born in Thessaloniki-Greece, in 1955. After graduating the German School of Thessaloniki, he studied Economics and Business Administration and his post-graduate studies, in Germany, were in Operation Research. He speaks English, German and French. He owns a company with textiles in Thessaloniki since 1981.
The 1st time he was elected at the Board of Directors of Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was in 1987 and - since then - he is a member of the Administration Committee the TCCI, being the 1st Vice President of the Chamber, since 2006. He has served in significant positions of the Board of Directors of the Thessaloniki International Fair (until today), the Transport Authority of Thessaloniki, the National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (Hon. Vice President today), the Traders Association of Thessaloniki, the BSEC-BC Hellas, the Hellenic Chambers & Business Transport Association, the General Council of the World Chambers Federation, furthermore he has been a Member of the ICC Commissions on Intellectual Property & on Environment and Energy etc.