Curriculum Vitae of the members of the Disciplinary Committee of the CyPAOB
Nicos Yiapanas
Mr. Nicos Yiapanas was appointed by the Council of Ministers on 26 March 2025 as Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Cyprus Public Audit Oversight Authority (CyPAOB). He is a graduate of the Kykkos Pancyprian Gymnasium for Boys and in 1981 earned a degree in Legal and Economic Sciences from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specializing in Public Law and Political Science. He was admitted to the Bar in 1982 and he practiced law continuously until 1999, when he was appointed as a Temporary District Court Judge.
On 1 September 2000 he became a District Court Judge, and in June 2011 he was promoted to Senior District Judge. In 2017, he assumed the position of President of the District Court, a position he held until his retirement on 1 October 2021.
During his judicial tenure, he served at the Larnaca–Famagusta District Court, the Limassol District Court, and the Nicosia District Court. He also served for two years as President of the Larnaca–Famagusta Assize Court. In addition, he participated in various professional seminars and conferences, both in Cyprus and abroad.
In 2024, he was appointed by the Independent Authority Against Corruption as an Inspection Officer for a specific investigation.
In addition to his judicial career, Mr. Yiapanas served as a Municipal Councillor in Agios Dometios (1992–1996), a Board member of the Nicosia Bar Association, and a member of the Council of the Cyprus Judges’ Association.
Maria Kapardis
Dr. Maria Krambia-Kapardis holds a Ph.D. from Edith Cowan University in Australia and is a Professor of Accounting specializing in Forensic Accounting at the Cyprus University of Technology. She has served as the Head of the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management, as well as the Associate Dean of the School of Management and Economics at the same university. Before returning to Cyprus, she held an academic position at a university in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Krambia-Kapardis was a founding member and the first president of ‘Transparency International-Cyprus’ (2010-2017), as well as the founder and first chair of the ‘Economic Crimes and Forensic Accounting’ committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) (2010-2014). Additionally, she served for several years as a member of the disciplinary committee of ICPAC, a national expert for the European Commission on corruption issues, and has contributed her expertise to combat economic crime at the European level. She is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and a Certified Fraud Examiner (USA). Dr. Krambia-Kapardis has also been a Visiting Scholar at the universities of Cambridge (UK), Girona (Spain), and Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia). In 2015, she won two global awards for her publications in the corruption field, and in 2017, the Gold Business Magazine named her one of the 100 most powerful and influential women in Cyprus. In June 2019, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners awarded her the international Community Outreach Award for her contributions to reducing corruption and collusion in her country. In December 2019, she was awarded the international ACE Award, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the Academic Research and Education category.
Dr. Krambia-Kapardis has published several books, articles in scientific journals, and book chapters in the fields of economic crime, corruption, ethical behavior, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, gender issues in business, and business ethics. Her most recent book was published in 2019 by Palgrave Macmillan, titled 'Financial Compliance: Issues, Concerns and Future Directions.' Dr. Krambia-Kapardis has conducted numerous studies funded by European research programs as well.
Antonis Loyides
Mr. Antonis Loyides holds a BA (Hons) in Accounting, Finance and Economics from the University of Sheffield. He is a ICAEW Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC). He has been a member of ICPAC’s Accounting Standards Committee for 10 years.
In his professional career, Antonis worked in professional firms like PwC and Grant Thornton, gaining considerable experience in financial reporting and analysis, auditing, banking, and taxation. At Grant Thornton he became the firm’s IFRS and Training Partner as well as the Head of Quality. Since 1 February 2026, Antonis joined Taxand as a Partner in the Direct Tax department, supporting at the same time the firm on IFRS.
For more than 10 years, he taught on a full-time basis advanced level professional courses on financial reporting, auditing and banking for ICAEW and ACCA exams, managing at the same time the school of professional studies (European University) in Limassol for more than 5 years. Also, for about two years, he taught courses on financial reporting, auditing, taxation and costing at the University of Cyprus. Antonis during his whole career has presented numerous seminars mainly on IFRS to CFOs, professionals and audit firms.