The Management Team

Michael Tourkistas is the founder of East Coast Seafood Inc. and the AHI Group. He attended Northeastern University as an undergraduate, and graduated from the Owners/Presidents Management Program at Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Obtaining a retail seafood company in 1981 through his restaurant business, Mr. Tourkistas has built an international seafood company and has become a leader in the global seafood industry.

Spiros Tourkakis joined East Coast Seafood, Inc. and the AHI Group at its inception in 1981. After familiarizing himself with the product and the industry Mr. Tourkakis focused on product management. In the following 25 years he built the industry's largest and most reliable supply network establishing the company's industry leading relationships with harvesters and shore buyers.
Today he directs the company’s vast strategic sourcing and inventory management division. Mr. Tourkakis holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, an MBA from Suffolk University and a Diploma in Business from MIT. He is the recipient of the 2003 Leadership Award from the Reusable Packaging Association of North America and the 2004 Annual Innovation Award by the Material Handling Management Publication. He also sits in the Entrepreneurship Leadership Council of Suffolk University.

James C. Bouras joined the AHI Group in 1986 after spending four years in public accounting with Pannell Kerr Forster auditing various businesses, and three years as Financial Controller of a privately held manufacturer. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, attended the Key Executive Program at Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant.