Michalis Persianis

    Michalis Persianis is the Chairman of the Fiscal Council of Cyprus since 2021. He has been Corporate Affairs Director at Bank of Cyprus from 2015 until 2021.  He worked as a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones from 2011 to 2014, and as Chief Editor for Finance at Kathimerini newspaper (Cyprus edition) from 2009 to 2014. 

    From 2005 to 2009 he was Head of Research (Presidential campaign) and Parliamentary staffer (European Parliament). Michalis Persianis also worked as an analyst for the Institute of World Politics (2005), and provided political support to George Vassiliou, the Chief Negotiator for Cyprus’ accession to the European Union.  He earned his BA in Political Science from Rutgers University, New Jersey, in 2002, and went on to earn an MA in International Economics and European Studies from John Hopkins University in 2005.

    Speaker Details
    • Profession
      Chairman
    • Company
      Fiscal Council, Cyprus
    Speaker Details
    • Profession
      Chairman
    • Company
      Fiscal Council, Cyprus