Marios M. Skandalis
Professional affiliation
Full Biography
Marios Skandalis is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK, a licensed member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in the US, a Fellow member of the Chartered Governance Institute 鈥 ICSA in the UK, and a Certified Financial Consultant. He is also a Fellow member of the International Compliance Association in the UK and a professional member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics in the US.
Currently, he is the Chief Compliance & Corporate Governance Officer of the Bank of Cyprus Group. His professional career began in 1995 when he served as an Audit Supervisor and a Senior Management Consultant with Ernst & Young in the South-Eastern European region. In 2000, he moved to the Bank of Cyprus Group where he served as Chief Financial Officer of the General Insurance of Cyprus for over a decade. He then began serving as Manager for the Organization of the Bank鈥檚 Overseas Operations until 2013 when he was appointed as Legal Representative and head of the Bank of Cyprus鈥 operations in Greece.
Mr. Skandalis is the President of the Cyprus Integrity Forum, the largest non-governmental organization in Cyprus for combatting corruption and promoting transparency, as well as the Vice President and founder member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Cyprus. He is also a Board member of the Global Practitioner Advisory Board of the International Compliance Association in the UK.
Mr. Skandalis is the past President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and the former Executive Vice-President and founder member of Transparency International in Cyprus. He is an active anti-fraud/corruption, compliance, and corporate governance professional and chairs or participates as keynote speaker to related international conferences/forums in Europe, Asia, and the US.
Mr. Skandalis is the winner of the 2016 Banker of the Year Award 鈥 Cyprus by the AI Magazine in the United Kingdom. He is also the winner of the 2017 American Academy Nicosia Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of his remarkable success and achievements in compliance, corporate governance, and anti-financial crime. Mr. Skandalis has also been honoured as the international silver award winner of 鈥淏est Compliance Team鈥, by the International Compliance Association (UK) for 2022.
