[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/speakers\/” button_text=”SPEAKERS” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_border_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” button_icon=”#||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_team_member name=”Dr. Nicodemos Damianou” position=”Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy (DMRID)” image_url=”https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nicodemos-Damianou.jpg” icon_color=”#163d94″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” position_text_color=”#E09900″ position_font_size=”18px” position_line_height=”1em” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” title_text=”Nicodemos Damianou” sticky_enabled=”0″]Dr Nicodemos Damianou is the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy of the Republic of Cyprus since January 2026.
\nHe is an IT and Information Security professional with many years of experience in Payment Systems and Fintech, Risk Management Methodologies and Digital Transformation Technologies. He served at managerial positions within the Bank of Cyprus Group, while from November 2017 to January 2024 he was the General Manager of JCC Payment Systems Ltd.
\nHe holds a BSc Degree in Computer Science from Brown University USA, a PhD in Computer Security & Policy-based Management of enterprise-wide Computer Networks from Imperial College UK, a Diploma of Information Security from Imperial College, and an MBA from the University of Cyprus.
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Dr Nicodemos Damianou is the Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy of the Republic of Cyprus since January 2026. He is an IT and Information Security professional with many years of experience in Payment Systems and Fintech, Risk Management Methodologies and Digital Transformation Technologies. He served at managerial positions within the Bank of Cyprus Group, while from November 2017 to January 2024 he was the General Manager of JCC Payment Systems Ltd. He holds a BSc Degree in Computer Science from Brown University USA, a PhD in Computer Security & Policy-based Management of enterprise-wide Computer Networks from Imperial College UK, a Diploma of Information Security from Imperial College, and an MBA from the University of Cyprus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244986"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245382,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244986\/revisions\/245382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cyprusconferences.org\/ridingthewave-cyprus2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}