Costas Charitou is the CEO of the Lanitis Group. He initially joined Lanitis E.C. Holdings in 2002 as Assistant to the Chairman in matters of Group Strategy and Business Development. He subsequently spent a year in Greece as the Managing Director of Lanitis Xylapo S.A., before returning to Cyprus in 2003 to become the CEO of N.P. Lanitis Ltd, a position he held until he was appointed Group CEO in 2012. Costas serves as Director on the Board of various companies, including Lanitis E.C. Holdings, Amathus Ltd, Lanitis Energy Ltd, Cybarco Holdings and Lanitis Golf Public Co. Ltd among others. In 2001, Costas obtained a PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the London Business School. Prior to that, he worked as a Consultant at The World Bank in Washington, D.C. Costas also holds a MA in Mathematical Statistics and a BA in Economic Theory & Statistics (Double Major), both obtained from The American University, Washington, D.C., where he studied on a Fulbright scholarship.