Ioannis Petri is the Founder and CEO of Athlos Capital, a leading investment services firm in Cyprus, which also launched Sophic, the first Cypriot fintech platform. Ioannis has extensive experience in the investment sector, having begun his career in 2007 in London as part of the Credit Hybrids and Exotics team at a top-tier international investment bank. In 2009, he returned to Cyprus to establish and lead the Investment Services division of a private bank. In 2016, he founded Athlos Capital and, leveraging his deep expertise in fixed income markets, expanded the firm to include a wealth management division offering a full spectrum of investment services. He holds a degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham and a Master’s in Financial Risk Management from the ICMA Centre at the University of Reading.