Jeremy Downward

Paris Frangoulis

Executive Director

Executive Director

In 2016 Jeremy set up Aristeus, a fully regulated asset management firm in Cyprus and is the company’s CIO.

In 2001 Jeremy set up a family office managing the investments of a prominent European family. The office made investments across the asset class spectrum in developed and emerging markets. He acted as CIO until late 2015 and remains a board member.

Previously Jeremy was a founding partner and board member of Greece’s first investment bank, Alpha Finance from 1989 to 2001. Alpha Finance listed on the Athens Stock Exchange is April 1995 and was sold to Alpha Bank in 2001.

Prior to Alpha Finance he worked at Continental Illinois Bank in New York, Athens and Piraeus.

Jeremy graduated from Leeds University in 1976.

He sits on the boards or advisory committees of various companies, investment vehicles, educational bodies and NGOs.

Jeremy is also a holder of CySEC Advanced Certification.

Paris founded Black Swan RAC in 2016, a consultancy firm advising on risk, compliance and macro analysis. Formerly, he was the CRO at Alpheus Advisors SA, a major European family office.

He started his career with Maple Partners UK, a London based proprietary hedge fund manager where he worked as a quant in risk and trade. He left Maple in 2004 to set-up the RM unit at Egnatia Finance SA a major Greek brokerage/asset manager.

Paris holds a Durham University PhD researching the frequency of arbitrage opportunities in the FTSE100 options market. He holds a MSc in Business Finance and an Engineering degree from the University of London.

Paris worked extensively with regulatory authorities when applying for model approval or under supervision. He taught Financial Engineering and Econometrics at the University of Durham and his current business and research interests lie in risk management, asset allocation, time-dependent risk exposure and macroeconomic trading.

Kristiana Tsingi

George David

Executive Director

Non-Executive Director

Kristiana joined CySEC regulated Aristeus in 2018 and is currently responsible for AML and Regulatory Compliance.

In 1999 she joined a family office and worked there for 19 years serving over time as back office manager and operations manager as well as being responsible for human resources. Prior to that, she worked as a financial analyst and assistant to the CFO of Soya Hellas SA.

She holds a BSc in Banking and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is also a holder of CySEC Advanced Certification.

George served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Coca-Cola HBC AG from 1981 to 2016.  He serves on the boards of Petros Petropoulos SA and Kar-Tess Holding. He is a member of the board of the AG Leventis Foundation, chairman of the Centre for Asia Minor Studies, vice chairman of the Council of the University of Cyprus, Regent of the University of Edinburgh and a member of the Honorary board of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy. He began his career in 1959 with a group of companies controlled by his uncle AG Leventis in Nigeria.  George is also a member of the Social Responsibility Committee of Coca-Cola HBC AG.  He graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1959.

Henry C. Leventis

Kyproulla Karantoni

Non-Executive Director

Non-Executive Director

Henry is currently a member of the Leventis/David Group, a family group with interests in bottling and other diversified investments, and serves on the board of the Nigerian Bottling Company.

He has a background as an equities analyst, and holds an MBA from London Business School.  Henry also has a MChem degree from the University of Oxford, and a PhD from Imperial College London.

Kyproulla is a Director at Fiducitrust Services Ltd, a licensed corporate service provider in Cyprus and has also been appointed as a Member of the Council of the Cyprus Stock Exchange.  Kyproulla has over 14 years professional experience and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus.  Previously she had joined KPMG in Nicosia, where she qualified as a chartered accountant.  Following her studies, she worked with Andersen in London (People Strategy Consulting Department).  Kyproulla studied Management and Systems Science at City University (CASS) of London.