Chris Pavlou (banker)

Chris Pavlou (banker)
Vice Chairman
In office
2012–2013
Preceded by Neoclis Lysandrou
Personal details
Born Chris Pavlou
(1945-05-30) May 30, 1945
Famagusta, Cyprus
Nationality Cypriot, British
Political party No affiliation
Residence Cyprus, Europe
Profession Banker
Religion Christian

Chris Pavlou (born May 30, 1945) is an International banker and a business executive. He was the Vice-Chairman of Cyprus Popular Bank. He was in this position since September 17, 2012.[1][2] On 28 March 2013 he resigned as Vice Chairman of Laiki Bank (Cyprus Popular Bank) but in April 2015 was appointed by the Central Bank of Cyprus in its capacity as resolution authority as Special Administrator of the legacy entity of Laiki Bank.

Banking career

Pavlou joined Barclays, London, in 1966 where he gradually moved up to the position of Deputy Chief Manager. He later spent five years in New York as Senior Vice President running Barclays Foreign Exchange and Money Markets in North America.[3]

In February 1987 he joined the Hong Kong and Sanghai Banking Corporation Ltd. (HSBC) as Chief Treasury Manager responsible for all Treasury activities.[4] Within five years the business was transformed into a market leader and profits increases tenfold.

In August 1992, he was appointed Treasurer of HSBC with responsibility for all treasury operations of Asia and Hang Seng Bank. He was a frequent visitor to the bank´s 20 treasury operations in Asia. By 1995, HSBC was recognized as the leading treasury Bank in Asia with the exception of Japan. In September 1995, he was posted to Tokyo as treasurer HSBC Midland in order to develop the Bank´s underperforming business there. Within three years the goals were achieved.[5]

In 1998, he joined Laiki Bank (23% owned by HSBC) as a consultant and then as a member of its board.[6]

In 2006, he joined TFI Markets, and under a successful three year term he retired in October 2009. He remained as non-executive chairman until 2011.[7]

In the media

Chris Pavlou has been featured in BBC’s foreign exchange documentary Billion Dollar Day[8] The currency trading documentary was created by the British Broadcasting Corporation on June, 4th 1985 and it features Pavlou as Head of Treasury at Barclays Bank in London. He has also been interviewed several times regarding the 2012–13 Cypriot financial crisis by Reuters, Cyprus Mail, Channel 4 and other media.[9][10][11]

Freedom of the City of London

He was awarded the famous Freedom of the City of London and thus enrolled in the usual ceremony in Guildhall, where he received a guide to conducting his life in an honourable fashion along with the sealed certificate.[12]

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Business positions
Preceded by
Neoclis Lysandrou		 Vice Chairman, Cyprus Popular Bank
2012–2013 		Succeeded by
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