Vassos Shiarly


Vassos Shiarly is a British Cypriot banker and politician. He studied at the London School of Economics and Wayne State University. From 23 March 2012 until 28 February 2013, Shiarly served as the Finance Minister of Cyprus. He was responsible for implementing a second round of austerity measures.

Career

Shiarly worked for 19 years in various accounting firms in London. His last employment before repatriating to Cyprus in 1985 was with then Coopers & Lybrand, where he held the position of Senior Manager. In Cyprus, Shiarly became actively involved in the banking sector joining the Bank of Cyprus initially at the Bank's Investments arm and later to the position of Senior Manager of Customer Management Services. From 1998 to 2009 he served as a Senior Group general manager of banking Operations and Development. From 2009 to May 2010 he was the Senior general manager of the Bank. He was called to serve as Minister of Finance in 2012 after Kikis Kazamias resignation for medical reasons. Shiarly also serves as Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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