Petros Florides has over 25 years financial services experience in areas of private banking, fund management, stockbroking, private equity, proprietary trading and microfinance. He is currently employed by World Vision International as Director of Global Governance for the regions of Europe, Middle East and Asia. Petros has published numerous articles on governance and related areas, and was the lead author of the Code for Public Sector Governance which, after five years of public consultation, was approved by the Cyprus Council of Ministers in July 2019 for implementation.

He is also a Non-Executive Director of Windsor Brokers, NetU Consultants, Cyprowealth Advisory Services and Pearlscope. Petros is Co-Founder of the Cyprus National Advisory Council for the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (‘CISI’), and has also served on its UK Board of Trustees since June 2019. He is also accredited in two different methods of psychometric testing, and integrates an understanding of human behaviour in his teaching of professional and executive courses in the areas of governance, risk, leadership and ethics through CISI Accredited Training Providers. Petros is also a regular speaker at public events on the same subjects.