Mr. Efthimios O. Vidalis has a BA in Government from Harvard University and a MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
In 1998, Mr. Vidalis joined S&B Industrial Minerals S.A., a multinational group of companies, and served as Chief Operating Officer until 2001, when he was appointed as Managing Director (CEO).
Earlier in his career, Mr. Vidalis spent 20 years at Owens Corning, USA, where he held several managerial positions including Vice President of the European Reinforcement business (1986 to 1993) and President, Composites and Insulation (1994 to 1997).
Mr. Vidalis is also currently Chairman of the Greek Mining Enterprises Association, serves on the Policy Advisory Board, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University and has a number of other directorships including the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, TITAN S.A., RAYCAP S.A., and Zeus Capital Partners Real Estate Fund. Mr. Vidalis was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Future Pipe Industries in February 2008 and also sits on the Audit Committee.