Dr. Thomas Kirchberg served as the Chief Specialist of the Food Industry Department of "Gosagroprom" of the Republic of Moldova since 1987. Since 1989, Mr. Kirchberg has worked in private business in Russia and in Moldova. Specialization - scientific research, practical construction works, manufacturing and mounting of equipment and steelworks for enterprises of these countries. He has been the manager of the "Extra" cooperative, which later became "Extra - K" SA. In 1995, he founded an engineering office in Frankfurt-am-Main, representing the interests of various companies from CIS and providing advisory assistance to West European companies interested in business development in CIS countries. Since 2002, he worked with Südzucker AG concern under the project in Moldova. Since July 2004, he has been the Chairman of the Council of Sugar Producers' Union of the Republic of Moldova. Since April 2006, he has been the Speaker of the Board of Südzucker Moldova. Dr. Kirchberg serves as President of Supervisory Board of Saint Louis Sucre S.A. He has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board for Sudzucker Moldova SA since April 2008. Mr. Kirchberg has been a Member of the Supervisory Board at Agrana Beteiligungs AG since July 10, 2009. He has been a Member of Executive Board of Suedzucker AG since September 1, 2007. He serves as a Member of Supervisory Board of Agrana Fruit France S.A and Ekosem-Agrar GmbH. He worked at "Moldprodmontaj", participated in the construction and reconstruction of many companies active in the food industry of the Republic of Moldova. Since 1984, he has led the Inc. laboratory for the Food Industry of Moldova.

 agri, aquaculture