Education Graduate “Anatolia” College, Thessaloniki, 1962 Graduate Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Dpt. of Agricultural Sciences, 1967 Dr. (h.c.), KINGSTON University, England Dr. (h.c.) INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY 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, (1993-1997) • President of the Northern Greece Businessmen’s Cultural Association, (2004-2010) • Chairman of the STABILITY PACT / Business Advisory Council for Southeast Europe, Brussels, (2005-2006) • Chairman of the Business and Cultural Development Centre – KEPA, (2015-2017) • President of the Thessaloniki Technology Park • President of the Hellenic Crop Protection Association (1986-1988) • Member by Excellence of the Board of the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2006-2015) • Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Thessaloniki (1994-2022) Contributed to several European think tanks on development and cooperation in Southeast European region.