Nassos started his career in assurance, with a focus on financial services. He joined Abacus in 2009 and worked in senior roles with the firm’s international corporate services department.
Since 2015, Nassos has been serving as the firm’s Information Security Officer while simultaneously heading the Abacus Compliance Department. In addition to overseeing all inhouse compliance, risk and information security matters, Nassos and our integrated team of lawyers and compliance specialists, have been advising a number of private, public and governmental organisations from around the world on a variety of compliance, information security, risk and other matters. He is also a member of our firm’s Risk Committee.
In 2014, Nassos became an ACAMS member and soon after a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Nassos is also a Certified Risk Management Specialist on Russian sanctions, ISO27001 Lead implementer since 2016 and a Business and Finance Professional (BFP). Nassos has given a number of presentations on both Compliance and Information Security topics in Cyprus and abroad. He served as Chairman of the Regulator’s (ICPAC) AML & Compliance committee and founding member and Vice chair of the ACAMS local chapter. Nassos was also leading the DNFBP module for the National Risk Assessment and participated in numerous task forces for the issuance of Directives, Guidance Notes and Certifications in the field of AML, CTF and Compliance. Nassos is a graduate of the Kingston University in the UK with a Bachelor’s degree (Hon) in Accounting and Finance. Nassos is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).