Apostolos Tamvakakis was awarded his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Athens University (1978) and holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the UoS (Canada) where he majored in Econometrics.

He has worked with Mobil Oil Hellas S.A., Investment Bank, ABN AMRO Bank as Deputy General Manager for Greece and with National Mortgage Bank and National Bank of Greece as Vice Chairman.

He is member of the Board of Directors of "VIVARTIA S.A.", "TITAN CEMENT CO" and "FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH - (IOVE)"