Ioannis Tirkides
Biography
Ioannis Tirkides is Economic Research Manager at Bank of Cyprus and President of the Cyprus Economic Society. He has a long career in the domestic banking sector where he held research and managerial positions in economic analysis, planning, equity analysis, fund management and investment strategy. Prior to that he had taught at private universities in Cyprus and was contributing author for the Economist Intelligence Unit on the Cyprus economy. His research interests focus on country economics, monetary economics, the Eurozone, and global and development issues. He has published in these areas as co-author and chapter contributor in several books. He studied economics and holds degrees from the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta in Canada.