Marios Mortis
Academic Director
Adonis Pegasiou is the Academic Director of EIMF since May 2019. He holds a PhD in Politics (University of Manchester), an MSc in European Policy Studies (University of Bristol) and a BSc in Economics (London School of Economics (LSE)). Furthermore, he holds the ‘Certified Global Sanctions Specialist’ (CGSS) Certification offered by the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and a Diploma in ‘Governance, Risk and Compliance’ (Merit) offered by the International Compliance Association (ICA). Following his doctoral studies, he held positions in the public and private sectors including Cyprus Airways (Head of Chairman’s Office and Non-Executive Board Member), the Secretariat of Cyprus Presidency of the Council of EU, the Embassy of Kuwait in Cyprus (Consultant to the Ambassador) and the Cyprus Cooperative Bank (Non-Executive Board Member – appointed by the Government approved by the Parliament and European Central Bank). In between his professional appointments, Adonis Pegasiou was awarded post-doctoral research funding by the Research Promotion Foundation of the Republic of Cyprus to examine the ‘Europeanisation of Cyprus’s economy’. For the duration of the post-doctoral project, he was based at the EUC Research Centre (Cyprus) and was also a Visiting Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of the LSE. In addition, he has been involved in numerous research projects, published his work in various peer-reviewed journals and participated in numerous international conferences. Moreover, he has taught at the European University Cyprus (EUC) (2014-2016) and was an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Cyprus between 2015 and 2019.
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Dr. Panikkos Poutziouris
Professor in Entrepreneurial Management
Dr Panikkos Poutziouris is Professor of Entrepreneurial Management and Head of Research Coordination at the EIMF. Previously he was Rector at UCLan Cyprus, and Chair of the Centre for Entrepreneurial Development Alliance and Research. He is also a Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, working with the Economics and Policy Group on Circular Economics and Entrepreneurial Development Models. For two decades, he was a Senior Lecturer and later a visiting Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business at the Alliance Manchester Business School-UK. Professor Poutziouris teaches, educates, researches and advises around the world on the development of entrepreneurship and family business. On the consultancy front, Dr Poutziouris has offered his advice and support to a number of small-medium-large sized family enterprises; finance houses/banks, governments, enterprise support agencies and universities, including Sand-Aire Private Equity, Family Business Network International, Institute for Family Business. He has enjoyed sponsorship and collaborations from Family Firm Institute, UBS Wealth Management, Tilney Fund Management, Saggita Fund Management, BDO Stoy Hayward, KPMG, PWC, PKF National Westminster Bank, and Grant Thornton etc. More recently he has served as an advisor– consultant for the Family Business Expert Group working for the European Commission, Directorate of Enterprise and Industry and for OECD on Entrepreneurship Policy.
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Dr. Despina Christofi
Lecturer
Dr. Despina Christofi holds a PhD in Law (University of Central Lancashire, 2018), an LLM in International Commercial Law (University of Glasgow, 2014) and an LLB (Hons) (University of Leicester, 2013). Her research interests evolve around EU economic and financial governance in times of crisis, European Banking Union, banking supervision and regulation, Alternative Dispute Resolution methods and International Investment Law and Arbitration.
She has served as a Lecturer in the School of Law at UCLan Cyprus for several years, and worked in academic positions in other private institutions, teaching and supervising students in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. She is currently holding an Adjunct Faculty position in the Open University of Cyprus. She has been I actively participated in curriculum development and assessment, ensuring that particular legal programs remained relevant and aligned with industry standards. For two years, she had the position of officer in the Central Bank of Cyprus, working on the preparation of specific Directives on the governance and supervision of credit institutions in Cyprus and representing the Central Bank of Cyprus in European Central Bank working groups on fit and proper, internal governance and remuneration for financial institutions. Dr. Christofi is a member of the Cyprus Legal Council and an accredited trainer of Cyprus Human Resources Development Authority, a Fellow in Higher Education Academy and a mediator. Finally, she has been actively involved in giving expert legal opinions in EU financial crisis law and banking law for Cypriot law firms and legal authorities.
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