The Bank of Cyprus board has named Yiannis Kypri as the new Chief Executive Officer.
He had been Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer. Yiannis Pehlivanidis will continues in the position of First Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer.
Yiannis Kypri obtained his degree in Economics from the London School of Economics on a scholarship and he is a Chartered Accountant.
He joined the Bank of Cyprus Group in 1980 where he has held a number of senior management positions.
In 2006 he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Cyprus Group and in 2010 as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer.