Speaker

Nikos Efthymiadis
Entrepreneur, Thessaloniki, Greece

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.