Management Committee

Constantinos Neophytou

Constantinos is the CEO of an investment management and venture capital company in Nicosia. Since 2001, working alongside entrepreneurs, private and institutional investors, he has helped finance and build many businesses in the US, UK, Netherlands, Greece, Israel and Cyprus. He serves on the Board of Directors of companies in the fields of investment management, healthcare, software development, renewable energy sources, recycling, etc.

He is a Chartered Director, Fellow of the Institute of Directors (UK), and also holds professional certifications from the Wharton School (Certified Investment Management Analyst), the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (Advanced), and the Insurance Institute of Cyprus. He served as an independent expert evaluator and rapporteur in various areas of research and development programmes on behalf of the European Commission (15 years) and as a Special Finance Advisor to the European Commission for the promotion of humanitarian projects (pro bono).

Prior to working in the investment management industry, he held a Welcome International Prize fellowship at Harvard Medical School, where he worked with Nobel Prize winner, Professor Linda Buck. He studied on full merit-based scholarships at the University of Cambridge (BA, MA Hons) and at University College London (PhD). He is a co-inventor on two patent portfolios in the area of neurodegenerative disease.

Georgios Lambrianou

Anthi Drakou – Klerides

Anthi Drakou – Klerides was born in Nicosia.

She graduated from the Secondary School of Kykkos in Nicosia, Science Section with First Class.

She received her Law Degree at Kapodistriako University of Athens. She is a graduate of HTI of Nicosia in Civil Engineering. She first worked for several years with the Construction Company of Joannou & Paraskevaides Ltd, in the Department of Prefabricated
Buildings.

In 1981 she was employed at the Cyprus Ports Authority for 39 years. She progressed to the various positions of the administrative pyramid and in 2002 she was promoted to the position of the Manager of Personnel and Administration and served there for 15
years. Her duties included the co-ordination of all the administration work of the Authority and she handled all personnel and trade union matters. In parallel, she was assigned the duties of the Secretary of the Board.

In 2016 she was appointed as General Manager of the Cyprus Ports Authority on a five-year contract. She was responsible for the comprehensive, efficient and effective organisation, management and supervision of all services provided by the Autority. She had the duty of supervision and was legally responsible for the Budget of the Authority.

Kypros Louca

Kypros Louca was born in Nicosia in 1985. He holds a postgraduate Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary University of London, a postgraduate Master degree in International Commercial and Business Law from University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich and a Law Degree from Democritus University of Thrace. He is also a licensed Insolvency Practitioner.

As a lawyer, Kypros is mainly focused on handling high-profile international transactions largely in the areas of Banking & Finance, corporate, mergers and acquisitions of corporations, corporate restructurings, as well as in cases of international commercial arbitration, insolvency and corporate and banking dispute resolution. Under his professional capacity as a licensed Insolvency Practitioner, Kypros is regularly appointed and acts as liquidator and receiver and manager of legal entities.

He is a member of the Cyprus Bar Association, Kyrenia Bar association and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) of London.

Kypros is the former president of the Institute of Young Scientists of Cyprus (INE) and an active member of other volunteer and non-profit organisations.

Loizos Economides

Chrysis Phiniotis

Maria Antoniou Hamatsou

Mrs Maria Antoniou Hamatsou was born in Nicosia in 1975 and graduated with honors from Kykkos B’ Lyceum in Nicosia. She studied Law in the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She then obtained a Master’s degree in Criminal Law and Justice, Faculty of Law from Leicester University in the UK. She was admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 2000 and became a qualified lawyer.

She is an Accredited Mediator on civil and commercial disputes, a member of the Mediator’s Registry of the Cypriot Ministry of Justice and Public Order and a Family Mediator. She was also trained as Instructor of Professional Training by HRDA - CyQF EQF 5 and as aTrainer on Online Teaching.

She has worked in major reputable law firms in Nicosia until 2011 when she founded her own Law Firm under the name MARIA P. ANTONIOU LLC, dealing with litigation cases. Her main areas of expertise are Civil Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Banking Law as well as other Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures such as Arbitration and Mediation.

She was appointed as a Member of the Cyprus National Committee on "Environment and Child’s Health" as a representative of the Pancyprian Confederation of Parents' Associations of Schools of Public Primary Education, served as Assistant Secretary and Member of the Pancyprian Confederation of Parents' Associations of Schools of Public Primary Education and as Deputy President and Assistant Secretary of the Federation of Parents’ Associations of Public Primary Schools of Nicosia.

She is married and she has a son and two daughters.

She is a Member of the Board of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (Cyta), since December 2020.

Zinon Zinonos

Dr. Zinon Zinonos was born in Limassol in 1980. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus, specializing in the Internet of Things. He also holds a Master's degree in Advanced Information Technologies from the University of Cyprus and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and Informatics (CEID) from the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras.

Since 2021, he holds the position of the Project Manager of Pafos Smart City, and since 2023, he is a visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the American University of Beirut - Mediterraneo. From 2017 until 2021, he served as Assistant Professor, Deputy Chair, and Coordinator of the postgraduate program in Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the Department of Computer Science at Neapolis University. From 2013 to 2017, he worked at the University of Cyprus as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center of Excellence KIOS.

His interests include innovative technologies and applications for Smart Cities, the Internet of Things, wireless and mobile networks, and sensor networks.

He is married and a father of three boys.

Margarita Marathefti Fasoulioti

Andreas Procopiou

Dr Andreas Procopiou is an Electrical Engineer with a PhD in Renewable Energy Sources from the University of Manchester, a postgraduate MSc degree in Electrical Power Systems, and a BEng (Hons) degree from Brunel University London. Currently holding a managerial position in a renewable energy production company, he boasts a diverse career that has taken him across Cyprus, Australia, France, and the United Kingdom.

Dr Procopiou brings extensive experience in project and resources management and fostering collaboration between research centers and industry. His previous roles include serving as a Senior Research Fellow in the field of Smart Grids at the University of Melbourne and as an engineer at one of Europe's largest research and development centers, Électricité de France R&D in France. Throughout his career, he has offered technical support and consulting services to international companies and research institutes, alongside publishing over 30 scientific and research articles in reputable international journals. As a dedicated professional, he is an active member of the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK) and the international Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).