Dietrich Treis graduated from Cologne University of Applied Sciences where he majored in Agricultural machinery engineering.

His work experience includes positions in Germany and Ukraine. In Germany he worked for John Deere, the world largest producer of agricultural and logging equipment. His responsibility was area service management in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. He also set up product service and dealer support in these countries and trained the dealers’ key personnel.
In Ukraine he joined the German-Ukrainian agricultural project of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Mr. Treis held the position of project manager with the focus on farming consultancy.
The goal of the project was to set up a farm consultancy in Ukraine.

Since 2005 Mr. Treis has been an independent consultant on farming and agriculture. He also provides professional expertise on starting agricultural business in Ukraine.