Coming from diverse financial and legal backgrounds, our team has been carefully selected for their extensive industry experience and commitment to delivering superior service. Our team possess deep regional knowledge of the markets where we operate helping us to create and deliver tailored solutions for our clients.
The Loggerhead Team speaks 7 languages, including:
English, Greek, French, German, Afrikaans, Filipino and Arabic
Marios is the Founder and Managing Partner of Loggerhead Partners. He is a financial executive with an international career spanning over 20+ years across investment banking, hedge fund management, private equity, wealth management, corporate and structured finance and real estate investments.
Marios is the Senior Advisor to the Group CEO for the Bank of Cyprus; a role he assumed in late 2017 as he stepped down from the Board of Directors after 4 years to take a more active role at the Bank through Loggerhead Partners. Loggerhead Partners is now responsible for the Bank of Cyprus Group’s equity participations that arose through the restructuring process. In this capacity, Marios chairs or participates in the Management of these investments including:
Prior to his time at Bank of Cyprus, Marios co-founded Auvest, a Global Macro Hedge Fund, where he headed the finance, operations and risk management functions between 2008-2013. He set up and managed the firm’s main operations office in Nicosia and was a member of the investment committee.
Marios is a former Senior Vice President of Clariden Leu Bank (part of Credit Suisse Group) based in Zurich and Head of Business Development for Eastern and Central Europe and Turkey. He led a team of Relationship Managers covering these markets and worked with larger clients on the structuring and management of their wealth. Prior to this he was Chief Financial Officer of Amana Group, a major industrial contracting company based out of Dubai. He was instrumental in setting up the Corporate Office structure and designing the Finance and Accounting functions across the Branch network.
Marios was also a co-founder and Vice President of Capital Risk Group LLC, New York. He started his career as an Analyst and later an Associate at Enron, based out of Houston, Texas and worked for the in-house principal investment and corporate finance group. He interned at McKinsey & Co in Athens and J.P. Morgan Chase M&A in New York.
He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (2001), and a B.Sc. in Finance from Louisiana State University (1997).
Marios spends his time between all three locations where Loggerhead Corporate Services has its offices and travels extensively across the globe.
Marios is fluent in English and Greek.
Nicolas is in charge of the Dubai-based Corporate Services division of Loggerhead Partners and has been with the firm since late 2016. A seasoned banking professional, Nicolas started his career in banking in London before moving to Geneva spending several years with Société Générale Private Banking as a Risk Management specialist.
Nicolas holds a Master’s Degree in Banking from Grenoble Ecole de Management and completed his undergraduate degree in Economics at the Montesquieu University, both in France.
Nicolas is fluent in English and French.
Joelle is a Relationship Manager for the Dubai-based Corporate Services division of Loggerhead Partners, managing a diverse client portfolio of institutional and individual accounts.
An experienced financial services professional, Joelle started her career in South Africa with Investec Asset Management in 2012. She later moved to a financial advisory firm, where she worked in an advisory capacity. She has extensive knowledge in the fields of succession planning, wealth structuring, investments and taxation. In 2017, she moved to Dubai to gain international exposure and work experience.
Joelle holds an Honors Degree in Financial Planning from the University of the Free State and completed her undergraduate degree in Business Management at the University of Pretoria, both in South Africa.
Joelle is fluent in English and Afrikaans.
Katerina Ioannidou is the VP of Strategic and Corporate Development at Loggerhead Partners. She is based in Cyprus and is responsible for coordinating the execution of the firm’s strategic initiatives and supporting management in effective decision making.
Katerina has a cross-functional background. She started her career at Auvest, a Global Macro Hedge Fund in Cyprus, serving as one of the first members of the risk management team.
In 2013, she moved to Switzerland to gain international exposure and work experience. There she first worked in the reporting team of a private equity and clean energy asset management company and later switched to the banking sector, to work for Credit Suisse AG, Zürich, as a project manager.
Katerina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Cyprus and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Financial Mathematics from Leeds University Business School, UK.
Katerina is fluent in English, Greek and German.
Maribel is the Finance and Accounting Manager at Loggerhead Partners. She is responsible for the company’s Finance, Accounting and HR functions. She has been with the company since 2014.
She is also responsible for our client’s outsourced accounting and treasury operations. Maribel graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, majoring in Management, from a top University in the Philippines.
Maribel is fluent in English and Filipino.
Ahmed is the regional advisor for Loggerhead. Ahmed is currently the Head of Financial Services at the Emirates National Oil Company, the financial advisor to a senior member of the ruling family of Dubai, and CEO at the family trading business.Prior to his appointment at Jumeirah Group, Ahmed was appointed the corporate finance and investor relations manager at the head office of Dubai Holding, which is a conglomerate owned by the Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, H.H. Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. In 2005 Ahmed was the appointed Treasurer for the Government of Dubai’s Department of Finance managing the short-term liquidity and funding requirements for the large-scale Dubai Government projects, a position he held for 2 years. He previously worked for Amlak Finance PJSC in the Investments department, managing the investment and deposit activities and raising funds for the company. Ahmed started his career as a Credit Analyst with Union National bank in 2003.
In 2015, Ahmed completed an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School and he also holds an MBA from the American University in Dubai, and a Bachelor of Science in Financial Economics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, USA. He is a fellow with the Young Arab Leaders organization in the UAE. Ahmed is an Emirati national and he is married with two kids.
Ahmed is fluent in English and Arabic.
Constantine (Dino) is an entrepreneur and consultant in business operations, HR and the training & development industry. He is considered a world-class inspirational trainer having trained, presented and led diverse events for numerous corporations and associations. As an entrepreneur and founder of several businesses, he has delivered over 10,000 hours of professional training, hosting and presentations in more than 30 countries over the last 20 years.
Dino’s knowledge areas span from Business Mapping, Business Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Corporate level training to developing programs, career management and education. He teaches professional qualifications and topics such as Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business Planning, Marketing and HR for professional bodies such as ACCA, CIMA and the CFA Institute and various universities. Dino has also been involved in corporate accounts training for well-known multinational firms.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut (USA), a Master’s Degree and PhD from the University of Surrey (UK) and a Diploma in Corporate Governance from the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). He is also a Fellow RSA UK, a Fellow of the Institute of Business Consultants UK, an Associate Member (AICA) of the International Compliance Association and a Senior Certified Professional from the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM – SMP) USA.
Dino is fluent in English and Greek.
