Dr. Maria Krambia-Kapardis is currently a Professor of Accounting with a specialization in Forensic Accounting at the Cyprus University of Technology. Professor Krambia-Kapardis is also the Associate Dean of the School of Management and Economics at the same University. Maria is the founder and first Chair of Transparency International-Cyprus (2010-2017), the founder and first president of the Economic Crime and Forensic Accounting Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (2010-2014) and a co-founder and member of the Board of the Cyprus Branch of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE- Cyprus) (2017- ). Her research interests
[...]are corruption and anti-corruption; ethical behaviour; fraud detection, investigation and prevention; and ethical leadership. She has published extensively internationally including books such as (a) Financial Compliance: Issues, Concerns, and Future Directions and (b)Corporate Fraud and Corruption: A Holistic Approach to Preventing Financial Crises. She is a Fellow member of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and a Certified Fraud Examiner. She has been awarded a number of prizes for her publications by Emerald Literati Network and the ACFE awarded her the global Achievement in Outreach/Community Service Award for being an active contributor to her community and being committed to helping improve the quality of life where she lives and works. In December 2019 she was awarded the ACE Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in the academic research and education category. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-1118;