Athena Shipilli Tsingi holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics & Accountancy joint honors degree from City University of London, is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) from the Institute of Internal Auditors US, and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from ISACA. Since November 2023, Athena is the General Manager of Eurolife, the largest life insurance company in Cyprus. From June 2024, she also serves as an executive member of the Board of Directors. She joined the Bank of Cyprus in September 2021 and worked in Compliance Division until July 2022. Next, she served as Director of Wealth Services at Bank of Cyprus until October 2023. Before joining the Bank of Cyprus, Athena was the Chief Risk Officer and member of the Executive Committee of the Group of CNP Cyprus Insurance Holdings Ltd from June 2014 to August 2021. From July 2009 to June 2014, she served as the Head of Internal Audit and the Head of Compliance in the same Group. Previously she had worked at KPMG Cyprus from February 2007 to July 2009 from the position of Manager in Internal Audit, Risk & Compliance Advisory Services. She began her career at Moore Stephens Chartered Accountants London as an External Auditor from September 2000 to March 2003 while in April 2004 she returned to Cyprus and worked at Mega Tv Channel in its Finance Division. Athena served as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Cyprus Investment and Securities Corporation Ltd (2/2023 – 3/2024) and LCP Holdings and Investment Public Ltd (8/2022-4/2024). From November 2023, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Insurance Association of Cyprus. Athena was distinguished at the 2024 Global Banking and Finance Awards as the «Best New Insurance CEO Cyprus».
