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.