Dr. Stelios Platis worked as a consultant to financial institutions at KPMG (UK) and then as the Head of Strategic Planning at Laiki Banking Group. In 2003 he founded and directed up until 2015, the internationally-awarded regulatory consulting Group, MAP S.Platis, providing risk management, internal audit and compliance support services to the EU financial services sector. In 2015, Dr. Platis has taken up the position of non-executive Chairman of MAP S.Platis Group and MAP FinTech, as well as the position of Institute Council Chairman of the European Institute of Management and Finance (EIMF). Dr. Platis is certified to provide a number of investment services, and served as Internal Auditor / Compliance Officer / Risk Manager for a significant number of Investment Firms providing investment services in the European Union and globally and acted as a consultant on financial, risk management and economic matters to a number of organisations, committees and boards of directors. He has been a Director of Complyport since November 2019.

Dr. Platis holds a PhD and an MPhil in Economics and Finance from the University of Cambridge and BA (First Class) from the University of Essex in Accounting, Finance and Economics.