Dimitrios Valachis
CEO, Fourlis Group
Dimitris Valachis was born in Nea Ionia, Volos-Greece. He has studied Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University in Athens. His professional career began in 1987 at Henkel Ecolab in the Group Sales Department. At Ecolab, he held various managerial positions during the following 15 years. In 2002, he moved on from the position of Managing Director for Greece and Cyprus.
He, then, joined Frigoglass, initially as Regional Operations Director and then as Cool Operations Director leading factories and sales offices worldwide. In his last position with Frigoglass, he successfully completed its entry in the Chinese market, with the development of a local product range, the staffing of the company, and the construction and operation of its first production plant.
Mr. Valachis contributed decisively to the establishment of the biggest company with business in the mediterranean fish farming (aqua culture industry), by the expansion of Andromeda in Spain & the acquisition of the two biggest companies of the industry in Greece, Nireas SA and Selonta SA (project nemo). He completed the acquisition approval process by the European Competition Commission as well as the preparation for the merger of the companies.
Since 2023 he is a member of the Board of “FOURLIS HOLDINGS SA”, “HOUSEMARKET SA”, “INTERSPORT SA”, “TRADE LOGISTICS”, “WELLNESS MARKET” and a member of the Board of the company Endless EC.