Ioannis Lymvaios conducted graduate studies within the fields of Finance and Tourism Business Administration both in Greece and Spain, and, currently, he works at the Hellenic Development Bank S.A (HDB S.A.).
Ioannis is married, he has two sons and he speaks Greek, English, Spanish and Catalan.
Since 2008 he is elected a member of the General Council of National Confederation of Disabled People of Greece (NCDP) and a member of Panhellenic Federation of Associations of Parents and Guardians of Persons with Disabilities (POSGAMEA)
Since March 2019, he has been elected as the Organizational Secretary of the Panhellenic Federation of Associations of Parents and Guardians of Persons with Disabilities (POSGAmeA) and since October 2021, as the Organizational Secretary of the NCDP.
Additionally, Ioannis is an alternate member both at the Hellenic National Commission for Human Rights-NCHR (since 2017) and the Economic and Social Council of Greece (since 2015) as well as he participates as a full member in the Management Board of the National Center for Social Solidarity (since 2016) and of the National Council for Fostering and Adoption (since 2004). Also, he is a full member in the Management Board of the Organization of Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity (since 2018) and a full member of the National Organization for the Provision of Health Services (since 2021).
Ioannis has been an active member at first-level associations of parents and guardians of persons with disabilities, while from 2009 to 2011 he has been elected as the General Secretary and from 2011 to 2019 as the President of POSGAmeA. Also, during the period 2012 to 2017, he was a member at the Management Committee of the Social Welfare Center of Attica Region.
In the past, he worked as: employee at the private sector, laboratory associate and hour-paid teacher at Piraeus University of Applied Science (Departments of: Business Administration, Accounting and Technical Application), trainer in vocational training programs subsidized by LAEK, internal auditor and member at the Hellenic Institute of Internal Auditors of the Hellenic Fund for Entrepreneurship and Development.
He is a certified educator of the National Center for Public Administration and Local Government-EKDDA, as well as a certified adult educator of OAED/LAEK.
Lastly, since 2001 Ioannis participates as a full member in several committees and working groups at the Ministries of Development, Health, Labor, Education.
He has published articles on entrepreneurship and people with disabilities and has given numerous lectures on the rights of people with disabilities.