CFA LEVEL 1 BROCHURE_ May 2024 Exam Final

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ANDREAS SFIKOURIS (BSc, MSc, CFA)
Andreas has been a CFA Charterholder since 2012 and
has a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics from the
University of Bristol and an MSc in Finance from Imperial
College Business School. He has over 10 years’
experience both in the banking industry and the financial
advisory sector. Through his banking experience he has
been involved in structuring PPP/ PFI project finance type
financings for infrastructure projects mainly for European
based projects such as highways, railways and
renewable energy power stations. As a financial advisor,
he has worked on various engagements whose scope
covered areas such as valuations, privatizations and
debt restructuring for both public and private companies
from different sectors including financial services, retail,
real estate and manufacturing. He is currently a finance
manager for a global tech company and is responsible for
supporting the financial planning activities for the
company’s financial sector MEA activity. Andreas has
also delivered lectures leading to the CFA Level I exam.
CHRISTOS VOTSIS (BSc, MSc, CFA)
Christos has been a CFA Charterholder since 2006. His
other credentials include an MSc in Investment
Management (CASS Business School), a BSc in
Business Administration (Cardiff University) and a
certificate in Asset Management (Agence de Transfer de
Technologie Financière, Luxembourg). He is a financial
professional since 2003 and his career has been split
between Corporate Finance and buy side Investment
Research. His experience ranges from the valuation of
highly complicated exotic financial instruments to the
completion of multi-million M&A deals. He is also a highly
experienced instructor and since 2010 has held part-time
University lecturer positions and delivered numerous
professional seminars. Currently, he manages the equity
participations of a large Financial Institution and is also
the founder of Analytica Financial Solutions Ltd, a
company specializing in financial intelligence solutions.
DEMETRIS NICOLAOU (BSc, MBA, CFA)
Demetris Nicolaou holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance
& Economics and an MBA from the American University in
Washington, DC. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds
advanced Certificates of Professional Competence from
CySEC. He previously served as President of the CFA Society
of Cyprus. Demetris was the Chief Financial Officer of D.
Nicolaou & Sons Ltd; previously he worked at Alpha Bank
as Head of Asset Management and in the USA at Emerging
Markets Management as Co-Portfolio Manager. Demetris
is a Non- Executive Director of Axia Ventures, an
investment banking firm. He is also a Non-Executive
Director of Hanseatic Capital Management, a fund
management company with expertise in shipping. Demetris
is a Certified Trainer by the Human Resource Development
Authority (HRDA) and teaches courses in Risk
Management, Portfolio Management, Ethics, Derivatives,
Financial Planning, Investment Planning, Anti Money
Laundering, MiFID II and more. Demetris has also delivered
lectures leading to the CFA Level I exam.
SOPHOCLES SOPHOCLEOUS (BA, FRM, PRM, CFA)
A Fulbright scholar and CFA Charterholder, Sophocles
currently works as Investment Advisor to Swiss-based
activist manager Veraison Capital. From 2019-21, he was
head of asset management at S.P.A. Financial Services.
Previously, he managed institutional equity portfolios for the
Cyprus Development Bank financial services subsidiary and
spent over 11 years with London-based Emerging Markets
fund manager Argo Capital Management (peak AUM of $3
billion). Sophocles is also a visiting lecturer at the Cyprus
International Institute of Management. On an annual basis,
he organizes the Cyprus Value Investor Conference. In his
spare time, he shares investment ideas on his personal blog
(fatapha.com). Sophocles graduated from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a double major in
Economics and Finance. He also earned the Financial Risk
Manager (FRM) and Professional Risk Manager (PRM)
qualifications.
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