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Stavros Kyris is a results-focused chief strategy, financial and operating officer. In his role with Nokia Technologies, he is responsible for developing winning business and IP strategies, coordinating global operations as well as delivering compelling financial results from licensing. He has broad experience in strategy development and execution, IP, M&A and commercial deal-making, transformations, as well as significant P&L responsibility for global high-tech companies. Stavros has executed successful IP deals, cross-border M&A, JVs, and equity investments across technology domains. He has held roles in corporate business development, establishing and capturing impactful, profitable opportunities in the wireless, fixed, consumer devices, applications, and services domains. Stavros has also served as the chief of staff to the group CEO at Nokia and as a senior strategy consultant at Andersen Consulting (subsequently Accenture Strategy). He holds an MPhil in management from the University of Manchester, and a BSc in industrial engineering from the University of Piraeus. He has completed executive programs on IP transactions at UCL, M&A at London Business School, venture capital at Berkeley, strategic CFO at Stanford. He is a frequent panellist at IP events, where he enjoys discussing IP strategy and deal-making.