Yannis Panagiotou was born in Nicosia in 1981.
He graduated from Archbishop Makarios III High School and served his military service as an Infantry Reserve Lieutenant.
He studied at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds a degree in Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology. He continued his studies at King's College London, University of London, where he obtained postgraduate degrees in Educational Policy (MA) and Educational Research (MSc), while he specialized in the field of professional learning and development (Diploma on Learning & Development) at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
He worked in the House of Representatives as a Research Associate where, through monitoring parliamentary business, he was responsible for studying government budgets and analysing the economic, social and political implications of legislative work.
He worked at the Ministry of Finance, Department of Public Administration and Personnel, as a Training Officer of the Cyprus Academy of Public Administration, and was responsible for learning support for change and reform, for the design, implementation and evaluation of programmes, as well as for the training of Civil Service staff in strategic planning.
He worked at Ernst & Young (EY) as Senior Director of Consulting Services and as Head of the EY Academy of Learning & Development. He managed major projects in the public and private sectors, acted as a consultant to organisations, businesses and governments, and was awarded the EY International Learning Innovation Award in Consulting Services for innovative service development.
He was actively involved in public affairs as a young man and as a student, having served as President of the National Student Union of Cypriots (EFEK) of Athens, Secretary of International Relations of the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions (PofEN), Representative to the European Students' Union (ESU), President of the Mediterranean Students' Network (MedNet), Secretary General of the Cyprus Youth Council (SYNK), Member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Youth Organization (CYYO) and President of the Youth of the Democratic Party (NEDIK).
He is the father of a daughter aged 8 years old.
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