Michael Grekas is a Board Member and leads the Indirect Tax function and the Tax Technology development team at KPMG. He has extensive experience in Cypriot and European VAT legislation, EU VAT matters and decisions of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Michael has provided professional services to several large both multinational and local enterprises of various sectors, focusing on the financial services and real estate industries. He has provided indirect tax advisory services to several financial and payment institutions, Cypriot investment firms, UCITS, AIFs and real estate companies. He was involved in various projects concerning VAT automation solutions and assists in the VAT coding design and implementation. He is also Vice-Chairperson of the VAT committee of ICPAC (Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus). Michael is the instructor in various KPMG training courses, presenter for various KPMG seminars and author of indirect tax publications. In 2015, Michael was certified by the HRDA as a “Trainer of Vocational Training”.