Mr Kyriacos Patsalides is currently the Associate Director and Director of Academic Affairs at Intercollege Nicosia and the Cyprus Maritime Academy. Mr Patsalides holds a Bachelor Degree in Mineral Resources Engineering from the Technical University of Crete – Greece (2012) and a Master’s Degree (awarded with Distinction) in Oil and Gas Engineering from the University of Aberdeen – Scotland (2014). Mr Patsalides is currently pursuing his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cyprus. For the past seven years, he has been working in Higher Education as a Head of Department/Academic Director/Associate Director in the Oil and Gas and Maritime sector. He has proven organisational, social and leadership skills and is experienced in team management and coordination. Mr Patsalides has abundant experience in developing, implementing and evaluating strategic plans and objectives. Moreover, he is an internal auditor for the Quality Management System ISO 9001:2015, currently developed for Intercollege and the Cyprus Maritime Academy. Mr Patsalides is also responsible for monitoring and evaluating the Onboard Practical Training for student-cadets of the BSc in Nautical Science programme.