People.

George Saliaris-Fasseas

Founder & Sales Manager

George founded Greek Grape Company in 2017 to fill the seedless grape market gap of October & November in European supermarket shelves. George is currently partner at Homerun Investments and has a long career in advertising, media and technology sectors. He started in grapes in 1997 as a procurement manager in Richard Hochfeld Ltd (UK) serving mainly Tesco. George holds an MSc in Information Systems from London School of Economics and a BSc in Management Sciences from Warwick University.

Kostas Kalathas

Farm Manager

Kostas is responsible for the quality of the end product and worker efficiency of the Agios Pavlos, Halkidiki farms. Kostas is a second generation seeded grape grower and in 2010 he left his accounting job to focus on his family farms. Prior to that he was working at EpsilonNet in Thessaloniki. Kostas holds a BSc in Accounting & Finance from University of Thessaloniki.

George Gerosterioudis

COO

George is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of GGC. George began his career in 2012 as a sales development representative, in multiple fields such as retail, industry and agriculture. George holds a bachelor in Applied Informatics and two masters degrees in Information Systems and Management (Brunel) and International Business (University of Macedonia).

Leonidas Kaplanis

Agronomist

Leonidas is responsible for the health of our vineyards. He is an agronomist since 1997 and holds his own business –an agronomist shop- in Agios Pavlos, Halkidiki. He is an expert on grapes and olive trees. He holds a BSc in Agronomy from University of Thessaloniki.

Ilias Balliu

Farm Operations Manager

Ilias is responsible in implementing the farm processes and coordinating the workforce to carry out GGC operations.

Alekos Balliu

Tractorist

Alekos is responsible for the tractors and application machinery in Agios Pavlos farms. He has 15+ years experience in relevant positions.