Yannis Matsis was CEO of Hellenic Bank Group in Cyprus and was responsible for managing the Bank and its Insurance subsidiaries from April 2017 to September 2020. Yannis made his career in investment banking in the City of London, building and managing global debt capital market teams spread around geographical locations such as London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sao Paulo. Prior to his current role, Yannis was a Partner and a co-founder of Point Nine, a Financial Technology (FinTech) company that was subsequently acquired by Mitsubishi UFJ Group (MUFG). Yannis is currently serving as Chairperson of the Board of the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency / Invest Cyprus, and also as Chairman of the Board of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. Amongst other Board roles, he also served on the Boards of Hellenic Bank, the European Banking Federation, and as Chairman of the Association of Cyprus Banks. Yannis graduated from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, first with a Bachelor’s (B.A.) degree and then with a Master’s (M.Eng.) degree in Chemical Engineering.