Dr. George Theocharides is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM), a Research Fellow at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT), and a Director at Goal Portfolios Ltd. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Cyprus Blockchain Technologies Ltd, a non-profit organisation. He serves as the Programme Director of the MSc in Financial Services at CIIM. He is also a member of the Training/HR Committee of the Cyprus Investment Fund Association (CIFA).