Thomas Koutsoupias
Thomas Koutsoupias
President
Agricultural Cooperative "Agrinio Union", Greece
He was born in Neapoli Aitoloakarnania Greece in 1966.
He is a proud father of four children, who have studied and worked in the agricultural sector (finance and technology).
As a farmer himself, he works in a very successful way in the agricultural sector and specifically in kiwis’ farming - using really advanced methods at the national level-, while he is one of the main growers and packers of kiwis (yellow and red) in the country.
In 1996, he founded the Agricultural Cooperative of Neapolis, which nowadays produces and shortens a very big quantity of white and green asparagus, plus a big quantity of a variety of kiwis in its three (3) hi-technology packhouses. The products are exported in Europe, the U.S.A, Canada, India, the Middle East, and soon all over the world.
Since 2000, he has been Chairman of the Agricultural Cooperative “Agrinio Union”, Chairman of the dairy industry (AMFIGAL S.A.), Secretary General of the National Union of Agricultural Unions (ETHEAS) and Chairman of the Union of Energy Communities in Aitoloakarnania (with more than 400 million euros’ projects).
He was Deputy President of the Board of PASEGES and he is a member of the Financial and Social Committee (OKE).
At the same time, he is a really active member of the local community, developing an important social activity in the prefecture of Aitoloakarnania.