Marios Demetriades is currently running MD Mindset Capital, involved in significant projects in the infrastructure space and various investments related projects. He is also a Board member in various high profile companies in Cyprus and abroad and an Entrepreneur invested in several startups. Over the years, he has acquired significant experience in Capital Markets as an Investment Professional, as well as the real economy, through his tenure as a Minister covering a large part of the Cyprus economy. During his term as a Minister, he completed the privatization of the largest commercial port and opened up the Aviation sector resulting in more than 40% increase in traffic. He also promoted heavily the Cyprus shipping sector.
Marios Demetriades holds a BSc degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a CFA Charterholder. He started his career with BDO Stoy Hayward in London before moving to EY in Cyprus. After that, he spent 15 years working for Laiki Investments and Piraeus Bank Cyprus running their asset management departments. In March 2014, he became the Minister of Transport, Communications, and Works for Cyprus, a position he kept until the end of the term of the government in February 2018.