GCBR Expert

Marios Stavrou

GCBR role:

Member, GCBR Expert Network

Job title:

Enterprise & Operational Resilience Leader | Business Continuity & Critical Infrastructure

Based in:

Cyprus

Geographic focus:

Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, MENA, Global

Languages: English, Greek

Marios Stavrou, MBCI, M.ISRM, is an enterprise and operational resilience professional specializing in business continuity, critical infrastructure resilience, dependency mapping, cascading risk and scenario-based stress testing. He leads and contributes to resilience, crisis preparedness and operational readiness initiatives across the private sector, public authorities and critical infrastructure environments. His work focuses on moving organizations beyond traditional continuity planning by identifying critical dependencies, examining how disruption propagates across interconnected systems, and validating resilience arrangements through realistic exercises and stress-testing. Marios is also involved in European research and capacity-building initiatives, including Horizon Europe activities focused on societal resilience, digital disruption and critical infrastructure. He regularly contributes to international conferences, professional education and executive-level discussions on operational resilience, crisis governance and systemic risk. His practical experience spans major emergencies, multi-agency coordination, organizational crisis response and resilience programs development, allowing him to connect strategic resilience frameworks with real-world operational conditions.

Member of the GCBR Expert Network · Business Resilience Research · Paris Resilience Summit