Athina Panayiotou

Director General
Cyprus Organization for Standardization

Athina Panayiotou

Director General
Cyprus Organization for Standardization

Biography

Since 2014, I have been the Director General of the Cyprus Organization for Standardization (CYS) and the Cyprus Certification Company (CCC) overseeing and guiding the everyday operation of both the National Standards Body and the government owned Certification body that operates not only in Cyprus but in many other countries.
I have been a Lead Auditor and Lead Instructor for Quality, Food Safety, Environmental, Eco-Management, Anti-bribery, Business Continuity and Corporate Social Responsibility Management Systems for almost 20 years as well as a greenhouse gas emissions verifier.

I have worked as a business consultant in Pricewaterhouse Coopers for 2 years, as well as a scientific officer in Hoffman La-Roche pharmaceutical company