Maria Panayiotou is the Board Secretary of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) and the Managing Director AML & Compliance Officer of GMM Fund Management. She holds an MSc in Finance (University of Cyprus) and a BSc in Economics (University of Cyprus). She has passed the Advanced Examination on Financial Services Legal Framework with the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission. In the past, she was the Head of Administration at LLPO Law Firm, with 14 years of experience in the fields of Company Registration and Administration under various professional sectors and industries. She also served as the AML Officer at LLPO Law Firm from 2016 onwards, and previously served as the Compliance Officer’s Assistant at LLPO Law Firm. She is the Board Secretary of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) since November 2019. Maria was appointed to GMM Global Money Managers AIFM Ltd Board of Directors in March of 2019.