The GlobalSource Team
Constantinos Achillides, Director (Cyprus)
Major General (Ret.) Constantinos Achillides served in senior posts in the military and intelligence communities of Cyprus and Greece. He is the GlobalSource director, based in Nicosia, with special responsibility for Cyprus, Greece and Mediterranean operations. Gen. Achillides was born in Anarita Village near Pathos, in May 1938. In 1955, he cut his university studies short to return to fight in Cyprus’ War of Independence. He later returned to Greece to finish his studies, eventually attending Military College in Greece. After graduation, he took on gradually more senior posts in the Greek and Cypriot armies, retiring as a Major General in 1991 following a much decorated career. Later that same year, Gen. Achillides was appointed head of the Cyprus Central Intelligence Service, a post he held for three years. Since that time, he has held a number of advisory roles with the Cyprus government.