Pangratios Vanezis graduated from Lancaster University with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting & Finance. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has been with KPMG in Cyprus for over two decades, starting in 2003 and rising to the role of Board Member in 2017.

Pangratios possesses a versatile industry experience across sectors such as financial services, fintech, technology, FMCG, and aviation. He is committed to excellence and stakeholder value creation and is deeply engaged in innovative and high-impact deal transactions.

He is the KPMG Enterprise and Startups team leader having played a pivotal role in its establishment. Pangratios actively supports entrepreneurs in transforming ideas into successful enterprises. He is actively involved in mentoring startups with business model development, go-to-market strategies, assisting in fundraising rounds and exits, and arranging thematic hackathons.

He is the fintech and audit technology business leader and actively participates in numerous forums and publications. He is also part of the crowdfunding initiative of Cyprus.

Pangratios brings vast experience in innovation and leads the technology and innovation transformation of the audit function within KPMG, as well as co-leading Accounting Advisory Services and partaking in the IFRS Helpdesk as a subject matter expert.

He is currently chairman of the financial services committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus (ICPAC). Previously, he served as chairman of the Accounting Committee (2018-2022) and the Financial Services Committee (2022-2024) of ICPAC. Pangratios is certified by the Human Resource Development Authority as a “Trainer of Vocational Training”.