Adonis holds a BSc degree in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a Masters from the University of Bristol in European Policy Studies and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in Politics. Additionally, he then received funding to undertake a post-doctoral fellowship to study the Europeanisation of Cyprus’s Economy while based at the European University of Cyprus and in cooperation with the LSE and the University of Manchester. Mr. Pegasiou has over 10 years’ experience in academia which includes him lecturing at both the ‘University of Cyprus’ and the ‘European University of Cyprus’ and is currently the Academic Director at the ‘European Institute of Management and Finance’. In addition, Adonis has over a decade experience as a consultant for the public and the private sector, where he served on the Boards of Cyprus Airways as well as most recently the Cyprus Cooperative Bank, among other. He holds a number of professional qualifications including Certificate in Risk in Financial Services (offered by CISI), Certified Global Sanctions Specialist Certification (offered by ACAMS) and Diploma in ‘Governance, Risk and Compliance’ (offered by ICA).