Maria Loizou
Board Member
Maria Loizou holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Cyprus and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Bristol. She is a CySEC Certified AML Compliance Officer and holds the CySEC Advanced Certificate.
She has a diverse professional background with extensive experience in academia, statistical analysis, and banking. She began her career as a Postgraduate Associate at the University of Cyprus before transitioning to a role as a Lecturer of Economics at a local college. She then ventured into the field of statistical analysis, working as a Statistician at ACNielsen Amer. Afterwards, and for 22 years, she worked for the Bank of Cyprus Group, holding various positions and as such, gaining expertise in different aspects of the banking sector but also becoming versatile in an ever-changing financial environment. Her last position at Bank of Cyprus was Manager of Strategy Operations and Analytics of the Compliance Division.
Since September 2022, she took a different career path as she left the banking profession and took up teaching economics to lyceum students thus sharing her knowledge and passion for the subject.