Marios Leonidou

Marios is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Export Controls and Sanctions team, within Extended Enterprise in London. Marios specialises in helping companies comply with international export control and sanctions regulations, specifically for the UK, EU and US jurisdictions.

Marios has a wide range of experience with providing services across a diverse range of companies operating in the aerospace and defence, oil and gas, technology, consumer, and manufacturing industries. Marios has particular experience in:

• Performing general and topic-specific export controls and sanctions risk assessments and audits that consider both local and US extra-territorial controls
• Developing and implementing target operating models for large-scale Trade Compliance Programmes to efficiently manage compliance obligations across jurisdictions and leverage automation to create value within organisations
• Developing fundamental trade compliance policies and procedures for processes ranging from export classification to sanctions screening, license management, logistics inbound and outbound, and recordkeeping, amongst others
•  Developing and delivering export controls and sanctions training for military, dual-use and sanctions regulations, for all target audiences across beginners, intermediates and experts
• Conducting mass classification exercises for items across jurisdictions, including items containing and using encryption, and supporting clients with liaising with government authorities on classification, licensing and sanctions queries.

Across a similar range of industries, Marios has also delivered wider regulatory and strategic risk projects relating to anti-bribery and corruption compliance, and internal auditing. Prior to joining Deloitte, Marios worked in several law firms and in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Within UNODC, Marios worked for the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), dealing with Member State export and import monitoring and assessing compliance with United Nations international drug treaties. Marios holds a Bachelors Degree with Honours in History from the University of Reading United Kingdom, with First Class Honours.