In brief our services include:
• Establishing a Cypriot Company
• Complete application process to obtain CySec authorisation to operate as a Cypriot Investment Firm (Brokerage, Forex (FX) and Marker Making)
• After license Legal and Accounting support
• Internal Audit services
• Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering services.
HISTORY
GP Global Ltd is a limited company established in 2002. The main activities of the company are to provide a complete range of consulting/advisory services for the establishment, license and operation of Investment Firms (Brokerage, Forex (FX) and Marker Making), under the current MiFid Law, in Cyprus.
Our mission is to provide our clients with a fully integrated, personalized business and financing solutions. Precision is the cornerstone of our business. Precision in the way we communicate, precision in the contracts we make and precision in the way we meet our commitments. Integrity: We contact our affairs in a manner consistent with the highest ethical standards and strictly guard the confidentiality of our clients’ personal and business information; Excellence: We are dedicated to the quest for excellence in the quality of the services we offer and the quality of relationships we maintain.
The firm’s activities (Some of them are offerred by our preferred service provider GP GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LTD) are focused in the following core areas:
• Establishment and licensed of Cypriot Investment firms (Brokerage, Forex (FX) and Marker Making Firms)
• Creation of Companies
• Internal Audit services
• Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering support
• Strategic Consulting Services
• Company Restructuring
• Feasibility studies
• Business Plans
• Accounting & Auditing
• Tax Planning
• Business Management.
Founder and Director
Founder and Director of GP Global Ltd is Mr. George Papanicolaou.
Mr. George Papanicolaou has more than 20 years experience in the Financial industry. He worked for several years in managerial positions as area Manager, Head of Brokerage, Compliance Officer, Anti Money Laundering Officer, General Manager and Executive Director in Cypriot Investment Firms as well as Managing Director of GP GLOBAL LTD offering consulting services and training courses to Investment Firms, focuses in Internal Audit, compliance & AML issues. He offered numerous courses/seminars both in Cyprus and abroad in Investment Firms Law as well as in Compliance & Anti Money Laundering. George Papanicolaou is also a Chairman of a Nomination Committee in a company listed in the Oslo Stock Exchange.
George Papanicolaou holds a BSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (USA), an MBA with specialization in Finance from Leicester University (UK) and a Postgraduate Certificate in the Mechanics of Risk Management from Middlesex University (UK).
He also holds an ICA International Diploma in Anti Money Laundering from the International Compliance Association and the University of Manchester, as well as an Advance and Money Laundering certificate from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission for the provision of investment services/activities.
He is a Member of the AML and Compliance Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC), Fellow of the International Compliance Association (FICA), Mentor of ICA new students, member of the Cyprus Institute of Internal Auditors and the first Network chair for Cyprus of the International Compliance association.