Εconomist specialised in European Integration, former alternate Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (1981 -1989), principal administrator at the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission (1989- 2009) and former Special Secretary for Community Resources and Infrastructures at the Ministry for Rural Development and Food (2009 – 2012). From 2014 to 2020 was the Chairman of the Board at the Friends of the Olive Oil Society “Fileos” and since 2019 Secretary-General at the European Chamber for Sustainable Development and Vice-President in charge for the Strategic Planning at the European Organization for Certification a-Cert. As of June 2021, he is chairing the Working and Steering Group for the Agrifood Sector at the Just Transition Development Scheme in Greece. Finally, since August 2021, he is a Senior Policy Advisor of Green4Growth ( www.gr4growth.com)