Spyros Kouvelis was born in Athens, Greece. He holds an MSc in Agricultural/ Environmental Economics from the University of Reading in the UK. He has worked as Acting Chief Executive Officer of WWF Greece until 1997. Member of the Agriculture and European policy teams of WWF International, and chair of the WWF Mediterranean Team. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as an Athens-based consultant to the WWF European Policy Office. In 1997 he was appointed Advisor to the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Environment, Planning and Public Works of Greece, where he worked until 2001. Since 2001, he holds the position of MedWet Coordinator, directing the MedWet Coordination Unit in Athens, a Ramsar outposted unit responsible for the coordination of the Mediterranean Wetlands.
