Born in 1953  in Trikala, Greece, G. Yannoussis attended Varvakeio High School in Athens and went on to study Civil Engineering at the National  Technical University of Athens. He completed postgraduate studies  in  Regional Développement at the «Panteion’s  Institute for Regional Development», and Rural Development and Planning at «Paul Valery University» and  the «Centre International des Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes»  in  Montpellier, France. In 1984 he moved to Brussels where he served as an officer of the European Commission at the General Directorate for Régional Policy. In the context of  his functions he dealt with Greece’s co-funded development programs, and  then moved on as Head of Unit of the respective Departments of Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg the Tcheque Republic, Italy, Malta, Slovénia and  Portugal.  From August 2012 to October 2014 he was apointed Secretary General for Public  Investments and  European Structural Funds in the Ministry of Developement  in  Athens, Greece. Married to Nina Commeau with  whom they have four children : Dimitris,  Sophia, Cristina and Vasilis