Maria is an Actuary and Director in Deloitte Middle East, specialising in life insurance and risk management related projects. Over the past 3 years, she has been leading a number of IFRS 17 implementation projects in the Middle East, Cyprus, Greece and Malta. With more than 10 years of professional experience, Maria has supported European clients on Solvency II related projects including reserving, SCR calculation, ORSA and Risk Policies. She currently serves as Head of Risk Management Function and Actuarial Function Holder for 3 European insurers. Maria holds a BSc in Actuarial science and an MSc in Management and Regulation of Risk from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (U.K.) and the Cyprus Association of Actuaries.