PRESIDENT 2011-2012

Polys Michaelides

General Manager

Laiki Cyprialife Limited, Cyprus

Born: 1955, Nicosia, Cyprus

Married (with a son and a daughter)

Education:    Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

Career History: 

General Manager, Laiki Cyprialife 2002-today

—Assistant General Manager Laiki Cyprialife 2001-2002

CFO Laiki Cyprialife 1999 – 2001

—General Manager & Group CFO, Paneuropean Insurance Co. Ltd,. 1996 – 1999

—CFO Interamerican Insurance (Cyprus) Ltd. 1993 – 1996

—Senior Audit Manager (specialising in the audit and consulting of insurance
companies in Cyprus and Greece), Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants 1986 –
1993

Audit Manager, Birket Wesson Chartered Accountants U.K. 1978 – 1986.

Other positions held in other organisations and associations:

Member since 2002 and President of LIMRA Greece & Cyprus Region 2010-12 —
Vice-President of LIMRA Europe

—Vice-President of the Insurance Association of Cyprus

—President of Rotary Club Nicosia –Lefkothea 2011-12

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

—Member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus

Languages spoken:  Greek and English

Leisure interest:  Gardening, Travel

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 IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Phidias Karis