Charalambos Charalambous was born on 30 September 1983 in Athens and grew up in Limassol. He is a refugee from the occupied villages of Masari, Morphou and Vatyli in Famagusta.
He graduated from the Apostles Peter and Paul High School and served his military service as an infantry reserve officer. He holds a BSc in Mathematics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, specialising in Statistics and Operations Research, an MSc from Warwick University, Warwick Business School, in Financial Mathematics (Financial Engineering) and the professional qualification ACA, Associated Chartered Accountant, from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, as well as the professional qualification Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He also holds the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Advanced and AML certificates and has been a member of the Cyprus Association of Chartered Accountants since 2014.
He has fifteen years of experience in the private accounting and financial services sector in Cyprus. He started his professional career in one of the major audit firms in Cyprus as a chartered accountant, specializing in the tax area. He subsequently worked as an executive director in corporate and investment services firms with a presence both in Cyprus and internationally, specialising in the area of regulatory compliance. He also worked with the University of Nicosia as an expert in the field of teaching finance. He was a member and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roofing Finance Organisation for 4 consecutive years, a member of committees of professional associations and a member of the Board of Directors of Anorthosis Famagusta. Finally, he was a member of the Athens Vanguard and a member of the Supreme Council of the Democratic Rally. During 2022, he was the campaign manager of the election campaign of the President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides.
He is married to Krystia Karseras, and they have three boys, Kyriakos, Giannis and Andreas Epifanios.
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