Marios has a Master’s Degree in Monetary and Financial Economics from University of Cyprus and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (honors) / Minor Degree in Justice from American University, Washington, DC through a Fulbright Merit Scholarship.

Marios’ first contribution to Cyprus / EU energy diversification was through his work between early 2018 and mid 2022 with the Cyprus Hydrocarbons Company (CHC) where he led the Cyprus side of the Gasvessel project consortium (https://www.gasvessel.eu/): he coordinated all (13) international partners to meet deliverables and deadlines for the Work Package and end-of-package presentation. Coordination responsibilities included the venue organization and planning; Market Research: quantifying the energy needs of the EU partners and relevant economies. Market Analysis: evaluate the cost advantages for various countries of using LNG and Gasvessel technology and the feasibility of various scenarios for the various partners.

Marios other passion is education where he founded and leads Mindswaps an E-learning online education / teaching platform / online community. He has taught at some of the leading academic institutions in Cyprus: such as at University of Cyprus (Financial Education), Terra Santa College (Economics/Business Management), The American Academy, Nicosia as Acting Head of Economics (taught Economics & History; early on he taught Economics at The English School and The Grammar School.

Some other of his business interests include ownership / management support to Primepack Cyprus, a light industrial company, as the Founding Partner/Managing Director;  Teleer, Torino  a Telemedicine Startup as Founding Partner/Managing Director.   

Marios had a chance to get a global experience early on in life where he spent childhood years in Africa, with Greek and Russian as his parental languages. When he has time away from his wife and 2 daughters, and from trying to make this world a better place, scuba diving and soccer are his favourite sports.