About Christos Makedonas

Christos is leading the Digital Risk Services at Grant Thornton (Cyprus) Ltd and he is the Managing Director of our subsidiary company Grant Thornton (Cyprus) Cybersecurity Ltd.

He has been involved and lead projects in multiple areas and disciplines such as Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Data Protection, Discovery & Digital Forensics, Third-party Assurance, Internal and External IT Audit, Internal Control Design and Evaluation, Risk, Regulatory & Compliance, Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery, Business & Operational and Information Risk Management and Strategy, CAATs, and IT Governance.

Christos has a Banking Operations Diploma, a BSc in Computing Informatics from the University of Plymouth and a MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems (Focus in Information Security) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He also has the below professional qualifications:

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• Certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
• Certified Cyber Forensics Professional (CCFP)
• Certified BrainSpace Analyst
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
• Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E)
• Certified Forensics Investigation Practitioner (CFIP)
• Certified Malware Investigator (CMI)
• Certified Security Incident Specialist (CSIS)

About Andreas Spyrides

Andreas is leading the Quantitative Risk at Grant Thornton (Cyprus) Ltd and he is the Head of the subsidiary company Grant Thornton Quantitative Risk (Cyprus) Ltd.

He is a finance professional with 7 years of experience, a CFA charter holder with a M.Sc. in Banking and Risk from The University of Edinburgh and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from The University of Surrey.

Andreas is an experienced Quantitative Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. His most recent appointment prior to joining Grant Thornton Cyprus was in the Wholesale Credit Risk department of Barclays International based in London holding the position of Vice President and leading a team of analysts.