Andrew Sotiris Sardanis (Greek: Ανδρέας Σωτήρης Σαρδάνης; 13 March 1931 – 28 February 2021) was a notable journalist and businessman of Cypriot-Zambian origin.

[4][5] Sardanis held prominent positions in the Zambian government, including serving as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of State Participation and Chairman of the Industrial Development Corporation.

Andrew was born in colonial Cyprus and migrated to Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in October 1950, when he was 19, as part of a group of migrants displaced by the end of World War II.

[9] He spent most of his early life working for his brother in law in a transport company which operated between the Copperbelt and North-Western Province.

In 1991, MIBL purchased a network of 11 banks from the French liquidator of Banque Internationale pour l'Afrique Occidentale (BIAO).