President and CEO

Mr Atiopou is the founder of Pazisma. He leads the firm’s leadership team in setting the strategic plan to advance the firm's mission and to promote growth in clients’ base, revenue, and profitability. He oversees the firm’s operations. Along with the other member of the leadership team, he ensures that Pazisma engagements are efficient and cost-effective for both the client and the firm, and that they meet the firm’s principles and quality standards.

Mr. Atiopou also carries the active duty of the head of the Pazisma’s International Development Unit. Mr. Atiopou has over 20 years’ experiences in various industries including financial services, agribusiness, Information Technology, and international development. Before founding Pazisma in 2004, Mr. Atiopou was an officer and senior consultant at The Bank of Canada where, among others, he oversaw the implementation of critical information technology systems in the Department of Banking Operations, managed the IT budget, and facilitated the decision making process on the Currency IT Governance Structure.

Before joining the Bank of Canada, Mr. Atiopou served as a financial advisor in one the major Canadian financial services company. He also served as Deputy Director for a Canadian based non-for-profit organization that promotes economic growth, gender equality, and workers rights in the Caribbean. Prior to that, Mr. Atiopou has conducted numerous management and technical consulting engagements for UK and Belgian based agribusiness companies, and worked extensively to develop and promote entrepreneurship in Africa.

Mr Atiopou areas of expertise are Enterprise and performance Improvement, Economic development, Finance, Natural resources and energy, Information Technologies, and Agribusiness. He has graduate degrees in Business Administration, Finance, Agricultural economics, and Information technologies.