Manolis Mitakis was born in Piraeus in 1965. He is a graduate of Pharmacy School of the University of Patras.

Manolis joined Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals since 1990 holding various positions within the organization. Since 2013, he is the head of the company's Corporate Affairs department (Communications & public affairs), Manolis is President of the Committee of German Health Sector Companies at AHK.

He has been involved in the field of health communications between Doctors, Pharmacists and Patients, and is an author of 5 books in the fields of pharmacy counseling, pharmaceutical care, and patients’ communication. Manolis has also published articles on pharmaceutical policy, marketing, and pharmaceutical counseling in specialized industry journals, as well as articles on the history of the medicines in various newspapers and magazines, trying to communicate the science of Medicines to patients and society, and facilitate in diseases awareness.