Andreas Pourgouras
Andreas was awarded a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Newcastle University in 1973 and an MSc and DIC in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College in 1974. He went on to work as a Technologist at Shell (UK) Oil Ltd and returned to Cyprus in August 1976 to take up the position of Analyst at the Cyprus Development Bank Public Company Ltd (CDB). During a career spanning 32 years at CDB, he had a diversified exposure in all aspects of financing, loan syndication, project financing, investment banking, risk management, corporate finance and business strategy. Organisationally he held various senior posts culminating as Head of Banking Operations. Following his retirement and upon privatisation of the CDB he was appointed as a non-executive director and served for 3 years. Currently he holds other non-executive directorships in Phanos Epiphaniou Ltd, K.Kythreotis Holdings Public Ltd, Central European Aggregates Ltd and CEE Equity Partners Ltd.