Management Team
OMEROS NISHIOTIS – CEO/CIO
Omeros Nishiotis is the Executive Director and holds the position of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Fortified Capital Ltd. He is a holder of the Advanced Professional Competency Certificate for all investment services issued by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission. He brings in excess of twenty one years of experience in the field of Asset Management, Investments and Finance. Omeros has previously served as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of financial Services firms in Cyprus and Australia and as the Investment Manager and Business Development Manager of an International well established Insurance company located in Cyprus, as well as several managerial positions in Investment Firms in Cyprus, focusing on wealth management and product development.
Omeros is a member of the Society of Technical Analysts of the UK with a MSTA designation (Diploma in Technical Analysis). Also, Omeros holds a BA (Hons degree in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Essex UK, and a MBA in Finance and a D.I.C. in Management from Imperial College London UK.
MARIOS EPAMINONDA – EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS/Chief Risk Officer
Marios Epaminonda is an Executive Director and holds the position of Chief Risk Officer at Fortified Capital Ltd.
MICHALIS HALIOS – Director
Michalis Halios is a non-executive director of Forticap specializing in matter of risk monitoring and IT. He is a Director in Quantex Consulting Ltd and has over 25 years’ experience in the IT industry and its related disciplines. His consultancy experience includes the implementation of ICT and delivery of IT systems, particularly in the areas of Financials sector Back Office systems, Trading systems, ERP Systems, Clouds and Mobile applications, Content Management and Web service delivery. Over the past year, Michalis is advising various companies including Wargaming.net to define their ERP Implementation strategy.
SAVVAS ORPHANIDES – LLB, ACCI, MBA, Director
Savvas Orphanides is a member of the Board of Directors at Fortified Capital Ltd. He is a holder of the Competency Certificate for all investment services issued by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, and he has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. Until October 2014, he was an Executive Director in a leading, Cyprus-based investment advisory firm, where he had previous served as a Chief Executive Officer.
He previously served as the Group Chief Executive Officer in a chief financial services group in Cyprus, where he was amongst the founding members and a major shareholder. He also worked as an Investment Advisor in a global leader in wealth management institution, where he delivered inter alia, tailored management services, equity portfolio management and advisory brokerage services. He also has a rounded experience in insurance services and legal advice. Since 1999, Savvas has been serving as a member of the Board of Directors of various private and listed companies.
Savvas studied Law under an Undergraduate Scholarship at the University of Bristol, in United Kingdom and completed his Masters of Business Administration at the INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau of France. He also holds an Associateship Diploma (ACCI) by the Chartered Insurance Institute, where he was awarded the Barnfield Prize. He is a qualified Advocate and member of the Cyprus Bar Association, is an SFA licensed advisor and UK broker dealer.