Prior to joining Alba in 2018, he was a Bank Examiner at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Dr. Tzioumis has also worked at the World Bank and the London School of Economics. He has several publications in leading academic journals. He received his MSc in accounting and finance, and his PhD in industrial relations from the London School of Economics, where he specialized in personnel economics.