After completing his secondary education in Limassol, he studied Accountancy at Putney College and Wallbrook College in London.

On qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

In the course of his career, after briefly working in Accountancy firms, he was Managing Partner of Savvides and Partners/Pannell Kerr Forster, Chartered Accountants and Auditors, a firm which he originally set up in 1979.

He has also served as member of the Board of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority and Chairman of Apollo Football Club.

He was appointed Minister of Health on 25/8/1999.

He is married with a son and two daughters.