Those included a diploma in French studies (DEUF), a Master's degree in public law (DEA de Droit Public Intern), a master's degree in public finance and tax law (DEA de Finances Publiques et Fiscalite) and a PhD with the thesis title: "The compulsory collection of taxes in French and Greek law".
From 2008 to 2009 she completed a postgraduate program on "Comparative Tax Policy and Administration" at Harvard University.
[2] Savvaidou has worked as an adviser to the Ministry of Finance and to the private sector over the issue of tax.
[4] Savvaidou became the Secretary General of Public Revenue on 24 June 2014, succeeding Haris Theoharis, who cited personal reasons for his resignation.
[5] This took place because an anti-corruption prosecutor, Yiannis Dragatsis, had filed charges against her[6][7] and she was expected to answer questions over them on 20 October.