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 a strong leadership ability, strategic thinker, trusted, ethical, with broad international experience in banking, corporate finance, wealth management, hedge fund management and restructuring. Lived and worked in the USA, Europe and Middle East.
Marios started his career at Enron, based out of Houston, Texas where he 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. After his MBA graduation, Marios co-founded and acted as a Vice President of Capital Risk Group LLC, a financial intermediary in New York City. He later moved to Dubai to work as the Chief Financial Officer of Amana Group – a major industrial contracting company. During his tenure, he was instrumental in setting up the Corporate Office structure and designing the Finance and Accounting functions across the Branch network. Marios was later recruited and relocated to Zurich, Switzerland to pursue a two-year contract with Bank Leu in a new role that supported the post-merger integration of Leu and four other banks into Credit Suisse. Serving as a Senior Vice President of the newly formed Clariden Leu Bank and a Head of Business Development for Eastern and Central Europe and Turkey, Marios led a team of Relationship Managers covering these markets and worked with larger clients on the structuring and management of their wealth. Back to his home country, Cyprus, he co-founded Auvest, a Global Macro Hedge Fund, and headed finance, operations and risk management for 5 years before heading back to the UAE in 2013 to found Loggerhead Partners.
In parallel to his duties of managing his company, Marios served on the Board of Directors of the Bank of Cyprus as a Non-Executive Director, for 4 years. During this time he sat on the Boards of Bank of Cyprus UK and Bank of Cyprus in Ukraine. In 2017, he stepped down to assume a more active role as the Senior Advisor to the then Group CEO. In the line of these duties, Loggerhead Partners was responsible for the Bank of Cyprus Group’s equity participations that arose through the restructuring process. In this capacity, Marios chaired or participated in the Management of a number of investments including Nicosia Mall Properties, CY REIT and Elea Estate.
Marios holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (2001), and a B.Sc. in Finance from Louisiana State University (1997).
He spends his time between all three locations where Loggerhead Partners operates from and travels extensively across the globe.
He 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.
