Chairman of Bank of Cyprus Group Josef Ackermann, congratulates in a written statemen, Vice-Chairman and major shareholder of the group Wilbur Ross, on his nomination to the position of United States Secretary of Commerce in President-elect Trump`s cabinet.

“We congratulate Wilbur Ross on his nomination to the post of United States Secretary of Commerce. Having worked closely with Wilbur on the Board of the Bank of Cyprus Group over the past couple of years and seen, first hand, his tremendous contribution to the successful turnaround of the Group, I am confident that President-elect Trump has made an excellent choice,” says Ackermann.