Brief biographical note of the candidates Standing for election to the Council of IPCAC At the Annual General Meeting, which will be held on 18 June 2014 (by alphabetical order) (1) Candidate s name: PIERIS MARCOU (544) Deloitte Ltd Partner, Head of Tax and Legal Services Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Chartered Institute of Taxation Batchelor s Degree Chrysanthou & Christoforou / Deloitte: Partner, Head of Tax (2000-date) Chrysanthou & Christoforou / Deloitte: Senior Tax Manager (1995-1999) Coopers & Lybrand: Tax Manager (1992-1995) Touch Ross, London: Tax Supervisor (1990-1992) Active member of the Institute since 1992. He served as chairman of the Tax and VAT Committees. He is an advisor to the Ministry of Finance on treaties for the avoidance of double taxation. He actively participates in negotiations with the Inland Revenue Department and the Ministry of Finance for the formulation of the Cyprus tax legislation. He is author of various articles on local and international taxation practices and regular speaker in conferences and seminars.
(2) Candidate s name: PHILIPPOS RAPTOPOULOS (1111) Ernst & Young Partner, Head of Tax Services Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ΒΑ Accounting & Finance Ernst & Young: Partner, (2010-date) Ernst & Young: (2008-2010) Inland Revenue Department: Principal Assessor (1998-2008) He possesses extensive experience as a tax consultant and on matters of tax compliance, which he acquired during his service in the IRD and the private sector. Member of the Tax Committee of the Institute Married,
(3) Candidate s name: SPYROS SPYROU (978) Human Resource Development Authority of Cyprus (HRDA) Director of Financial Services Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Masters in Business Administration BA Accounting & Management Science HRDA: Director of Financial Services (2002-date) HRDA: Accountant 1 st grade (1996-2002) BPP College: Lecturer for accounting courses (1995-1998) BP Cyprus: Finance Controller (1994-1996) BP Cyprus: Accounting Officer (1991-1994) Member of the Public Sector Committee of the Institute President of the Welfare Fund of the employees of HRDA Deputy General Secretary of SYANAD
(4) Candidate s name: DEMETRIS TAXITARIS (1632) Symmetria FS Ltd Managing Director Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales MSc Mathematical Trading & Finance BSc Mathematics with Statistics Symmetria FS Ltd: Managing Directorς (2013-date) CISCO Ltd: Head, Asset Management (2001-2013) Deloitte, London: Audit Senior (1997-2000) Member of the Council of the Institute Member of the board of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association Chairman of the Board of the Cooperative of the Teachers of Cyprus.
(5) Candidate s name: CHRISTOS VASSILIOU (715) KPMG Ltd Board Member Head of Consulting Services unit Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Corporate Finance Qualification ICAEW BA (Econ) Accounting and Finance (Joint Honours) Worked for KPMG Leeds from 1991 to 1994. He returned to Cyprus in 1994 and continued working for KPMG Cyprus. He became a partner in 1999. He is the head of the Consulting Services unit of the firm. He is also heading department of Investment Funds of the firm, as well as of the KPMG Academy. In addition, he was in charge of other functions of the firm such as the unit of financial services. He was led the human resource department of the firm from 2003 till 2012. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Board of KPMG. Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Member of CIFA and vice president of the committee for AIF and UCITS Member of the board of Cyprus GCC Association Member of the board of Cyprus UK Association Married, father of three children.
(6) Candidate s name: CONSTANTINOS YIANNAKOU (2316) Audit Officer, at the Audit Office of the Republic of Cyprus Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Audit Office of the Republic of Cyprus.(2010-date) Accounting department of the OCECPR (2007-2010) Accounting department of Cyprus Tourism Organisation (2002-2007) Audit department, Horwath P. Kalopetrides & Co (2000 2002) Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Member of the Cyprus Institute of Internal Auditors Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors