Monica Ioannidou Polemitis
Verified Expert in Finance
Management Consulting Expert
Limassol, Cyprus
Toptal member since March 24, 2022
With 20+ years of experience in strategic advisory, Monica has led multiple engagements across sectors. She's facilitated the valuation of new business ideas and secured financing from private and public sources, including extensive work with private equity funds and European Union financial instruments such as the EU and European Investment Bank. Recently, Monica has launched Hybrid ConsulTech, a company offering comprehensive digital transformation solutions across Europe and the Middle East.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Certification Highlights
Case Studies
Industry Expertise
Other Expertise
Work Experience
Founder and CEO
Hybrid Consultech
- Designed and launched my own company after fomulating a business plan and financials.
- Formed a collaboration agreement with a US-based software development company.
- Identified and engaged my first clients in my newly established company.
Head of Strategy and Management Consulting
Big 10 Audit and Consulting Firm
- Managed a large project in the healthcare sector, which required mapping the country's total workforce and estimating healthcare needs. Performed a gap analysis between the two and predicted future needs.
- Managed the transition from the previous management of the firm's local office.
- Completed several engagements in sustainability compliance.
Executive Director | Head of Portfolio Management
MAP Fund Management Services Ltd
- Set up MAP fund management services, a regulated entity, and a fully authorized alternative investment fund manager.
- Managed the company, reporting to the Cyprus regulator and the business development activities as an executive director.
- Participated in the valuation of investment targets and decided whether a fund under management should proceed with an investment or not as the head of portfolio management.
CEO
MAP Innovation
- Set up MAP innovation and grew its operations in Cyprus and the UK.
- Provided consultancy services to clients primarily in the fintech and agrifood sectors.
- Established a strong collaboration with the Cyprus University of Technology in agrifood innovation and developed a pre-accelerator in this sector for them.
Director
ARIS Accelerator
- Designed and set up the corporate accelerator (ARIS), sponsored by Deloitte and Bank of Cyprus and managed it until mid-2019.
- Scouted and recruited startups, designed and delivered training curriculum, and oversaw the progress of the resident teams.
- Took responsibility for matchmaking resident startups with their industry and identifying investors for scaling.
Director
Deloitte
- Prepared a business plan for Deloitte CY to set up an innovation and entrepreneurship center and a startup accelerator. After multiple interactions with senior partners, set up both in 2017; promoted to director to manage them.
- Assisted seven startups based in Cyprus, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, and Lebanon with their fundraising activities, including connecting them with private investors.
- Completed an innovation strategy project with Bank of Cyprus, including a strategy to identify two major pain points and a field trip to Tel Aviv to match them with startups for collaboration.
Education
Master's Degree in Politics
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Politics
University of Essex - Essex, England, UK
Certifications
Certified Blockchain Expert
Blockchain Council
Advanced Certificate
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Skills
Finance
Seed Fundraising, Startup Funding, Due Diligence, Market Research, Financial Modeling, Venture Funding, Revenue & Expense Projections, Forecasting, Blockchain, Fundraising, Pricing, Pricing Strategy, Private Equity, Valuation, Asset Valuation, Intangible Asset Valuation, Fund Management
Industry Expertise
Open Innovation, Early-stage Startups, Agriculture
Other
Commercialization, Go-to-market Strategy, Strategic Planning & Execution, Market Sizing, Grants, Grant Proposals, Business Models, Early-stage Funding, Fundraising Consultant, Pitch Decks, Early-stage Venture Capital, Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management, Customer Engagement, Competition Research, Business Services, Business Strategy, Growth Strategy, Startups, SaaS, Management Consulting, Global Strategy, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), Due Diligence Consultant, Incubator Management, Pricing Models, Investment Funds, Edtech Design, Direct to Consumer (D2C), Startup Consulting, Fintech, Innovation, Technology Transfer, Finance, Innovation Management, Business Planning, Alternative Investments, STATA, Business Plan Consulting, Strategy, Go-to-market Plans, Financial Innovation, Subscription Pricing, Compliance, Business to Government (B2G), Business & Digital Transformation, Process Automation, Financing, Financials
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