- Curriculum Vitae
Dimitris Demetriou is a graduate of Economics from the University of Piraeus and a member of the Association of Certified Public Accountants (SOEL) since 1998.
He has worked for many years as a manager in international audit firms such as BDO, GRANT THORNTON and BAKER TILLY HELLAS.
As a Chartered Accountant, he completed the two-year postgraduate education and professional training program at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Education (IESOL), and received the International Certification “A.I.A” in “I.F.R.S” for the “Diploma in International Financial Reporting Standards”, as well as for “Strategic Business Development, with Budgeting, Costing & Business Plan Tools” with the “Diploma in Management Accounting Costing (M.A.C)”.
His experience includes regular, tax and financial audits of financial statements of listed and non-listed companies and public organizations (local authorities, funds), prepared either according to the accounting standards governing Greek legislation or according to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as well as M&A, Due Diligence, Evaluation and Tax Planning of companies.
Since 2002, he has been a lecturer in specialised seminars of financial, tax and business nature.
He has taught for several years International Auditing & Finance and Finance. I.F.R.S & Reporting, Offshore Companies, Greek Accounting Standards, Business Valuation, International Tax Planning, both in-house and at recognized training companies, as well as for the Chamber of Finance or other professional bodies (PofEE, EFEEA).
In 2004, he participated in the editorial team of the book “International Financial Reporting Standards I.F.R.S.” by Grant Thornton. He is a frequent contributor to financial newspapers and magazines on the application of IFRS and I.F.R.S.
During the first transition of the listed companies to I.F.R.S., as head of the Group’s financial management in the fish farming sector NIREAS S.A., he successfully completed the project of converting the individual and consolidated financial statements of 22 companies of the Group.
The same for other companies operating in Greece, such as VIOIATRIKI S.A. Participated as Financial Advisor and Auditor in major development and reorganization projects, such as the sale of TRAINOSE in cooperation with TAYPED and EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, as well as in audits of major entities such as ENTERPRISE GREECE AE, E.O.D.Y (NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH) and E.O.P.E.E.P.
Through his many years of experience and specialization in the application of GAAP and IFRS, he was given the opportunity -in collaboration with EPSILON TRAINING- to publish his first book on “Analysis & Analysis and Interpretation of Accounting & Financial Reporting Tax Basis”. Today he is the founder and CEO of CPA Firm of Chartered Accountants, Auditors & CONSULTANTS.