Monica Ioannidou Polemitis
Verified Expert in Finance
Management Consulting Expert
Monica has 15+ years of experience leading financial and strategic advisory engagements with large corporates, SMEs, and startups in the financial, telecom, public, and shipping sectors. As a director at Deloitte, Monica launched and led an innovation and entrepreneurship center and a startup accelerator, where she advised and assisted startups in securing private and public financing. Monica has also published on innovation financing and technology trends and is a Certified Blockchain Expert.
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Work Experience
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.
- Responsible 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
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