He graduated from the Greek Gymnasium of Famagusta in 1965 and in the following two years he served in the Cyprus National Guard. From 1967 to 1971 he studied physics at the University of Athens and graduated from the University of Cardiff, Wales, with a Master’s degree in electronics.
In January 1974 he returned to Cyprus and worked for National Cash Register as a systems analyst up to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974 during which he served in the Cyprus National Guard 386 Battalion. After his demobilization in September 1974 he returned to Britain and joined ATV and then British Telecom (then Post Office). He worked at the British Telecom Research Centre in the microelectronics division, on the development of data networks and subsequently headed the Information Technology department of Greater London and Southeast England.
Later on he consulted with companies in the same sector.
He was president of student and later of Greek Diaspora organizations and was actively involved in the Justice for Cyprus campaign. From 1978 he became involved with the United Kingdom Greek education and researched extensively Cyprus" modern history.
