Theodoros Loukaidis is the Director-General of the Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation (RIF), the national funding agency responsible for supporting and promoting research, technological development and innovation in Cyprus. Prior to joining RIF in 2020, Theodoros held strategy and business development roles in large multinational corporations, including CKHH and Colt, in Group offices in London. He holds an MBA from Warwick Business School (UK), an MSc degree in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial College London and a BEng (Hons), First Class, in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from UMIST (UK).