Every entrepreneur believes in their business. But what makes a bank believe in it too? Zacharias Marangos shares what more than two decades working with businesses have taught him about the numbers, decisions and people behind a company that is ready to take its next step.

Zacharias Marangos has worked in BOC since September 2001. He started as a Management Trainee and went through various positions as a Credit Officer in SME, Corporate and Large Corporate Banking Departments in BOC. He is currently in charge of the SME Banking Division of BOC. Zacharias’ role is to manage the 9 managers of the various Units to be able to perform and deliver the targets for this segment of the Bank. Main aspects of the job are meetings with customers, loan origination process, cross selling, portfolio quality monitoring and meetings with personnel.  Zacharias graduated from London School of Economics in 2001 with an MSc in Finance & Economics, after graduating from Warwick University with a BSc in Mathematics and Statistics.