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Nicosia & Limassol 2022 - 2023 Faculty:

Nicosia

Limassol

Fotis holds a BSc degree in Business Administration and an MSc in HRM & IR. He is an Associate member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development since 2008; he is certified by OEB as an Industrial Relations & Labour Legislation Professional and has obtained a PhD in Business and Management with concentration in HRM at Manchester Business School. During his Doctorate studies, Fotis also worked as a seminar leader of various HRM topics at the University of Manchester. His research interests focus on the way that various HRM elements are intended; implemented and perceived and his favorite quote is that ‘the most important assets of any important business walk out the door at the end of the day’ (Allen & Wright 2008: p88).

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Human Resource Management
Employment & Industrial Relations
Leadership

Dr Myria Kkali is a full-time lecturer at CIM and the Academic Director at the Nicosia Campus. Her research interests include sensemaking and sensegiving practices in organisations, data-based marketing and social marketing.

Myria has been working in academia since 2012, when she was employed as a GTA in the Nottingham University Business School (Marketing department), where she received her PhD in 2018. She has been working as the Academic Director (Nicosia) at CIM since June 2017, where she delivers modules in topics such as marketing management, consumer behaviour, research methods, global marketing and contemporary marketing challenges. She has presented her own research at the 2015 British Academy of Management Conference, held in Portsmouth in October 2016, and her conference paper was published in the conference proceedings.

Myria is very interested in bridging the gap between academia and industry and has published a number of articles in the Business Bulletin of the CIM Research Centre. She has also delivered training seminars and has participated in consulting projects. She has developed close ties with many industry specialists since her move back to Cyprus in 2016 and has co-founded an NGO focusing on bringing about social change through music, by bringing opportunities to children and young people from low socio-economic backgrounds. Myria acts as the marketing and communications officer of the organisation.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Management
Digital Marketing
Human Resource Management

Nectaria Hadjiyianni has a degree in Applied Accounting from the Oxford Brooks University, a Master of Laws in International Business with Employment and Human Resources from the Cardiff Metropolitan University and is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK and of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Cyprus (ΣΕΛΚ). She is also a holder of the professional certificate in Life Insurance and Insurance from the Insurance Institute of Cyprus.

Nectaria is a professional banker at a major bank in Cyprus. Her professional experience includes working in several sectors of the bank with major the Retail Banking Services. She is also a part time trainer in the bank, delivering lectures to bank employees both theoretical and practical. Nectaria is an Accounting and Finance lecturer, developing and delivering courses of Professional Qualification (ACCA) as well as Academic Programs in Accounting and Finance with her primary teaching experience in Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting, Advanced topics in Financial Accounting, and Financial Statements Analysis.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Financial Accounting
Financial Management
Management Accounting

Theodora Physounis was born and brought up in London, UK. She finished school in Hampstead and went on to study Economics after which she achieved BA (Hons) and Masters Degrees. Since 1992, she has been teaching both Economics and the English language at various levels privately and at different institutions. Theodora taught Economics and related subjects at the University of Westminster, London for eight years where she also undertook research and contributed to publications. She also taught Economics and the English language at the Philips College, Nicosia for nine years. She joined our institution in 2012 where she teaches Economics, Business English, Banking and related subjects and Professional Skills for Business and Finance.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business English
Economics
Banking

Yangos Hadjiyannis studied at the University of Nottingham where he earned an LL.B. with a First Class Honours. He then moved to the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall) to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies and then for an LL.M. in International Law, which he earned with a First Class. Achieving 1st place among Law students at Trinity Hall College, he was proclaimed a Bateman Scholar for Academic Excellence. He moved back to Cyprus in 2007 to successfully complete the Cyprus Bar Examinations and became a member of the Cyprus Bar Association. Since 2008, he has been the Deputy Director-General of CIM-Cyprus Business School, in charge of business development and strategy. He is a lecturer of Commercial Law & Marketing at CIM and a Visiting Lecturer for Management at Peoples’ Friendship University, Moscow. He is also a Chartered Marketer and a Member of the Chartered Management Business School. He is a member of the Cyprus Advertising Control Agency and advisor to many companies on issues of strategy and management.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Corporate Law
Management
Marketing

Dr Christos Hadjiyannis has been Director of Quality & Research at CIM since 2015, where he has overseen a strengthening of the research culture at CIM and an institutionalisation of quality assurance at the Business School. He continues to teach and publish in English Literature but on a daily basis he oversees quality assurance at CIM. Christos holds degrees from the Universities of Nottingham, Cambridge, and Edinburgh; has held fellowships at the Institute of English Studies (University of London) and Wolfson College, (University of Oxford), and has taught at the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, and Cyprus. He is on the executive committee of the European Association for Distance Learning (EADL) and a regular attendee of EADL and EURASHE seminars and workshops.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business English
Research Methods

Melina Karaolia is a Partner at M. Eliades & Partners LLC since 2008. Her work encompasses a diverse range of corporate and litigation matters. She advises clients in multiple commercial, civil law issues and business law disputes. She concentrates on corporate and commercial litigation and arbitration. She advises and represents clients in international corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions and legal matters relating to project structuring and business development. Her multiple practice areas also include information technology law, insurance law, company redomiciliations and competition law. Melina has further received training and experience in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for Oil and Gas by the leading oil and gas lawyer J. Jay Park QC and the international legal adviser in Energy and Mining Dr. William T. Onorato. She is currently a Member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. Melina is a qualified Arbitrator in Cyprus and Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London. She has also been trained and is currently actively interested in working with Mediation. She is an accredited and registered Mediator in Cyprus and has recently obtained the EMTPJ cross-border mediation certification, specializing in the settlement of international commercial disputes. She graduated from the Law School of the University of East Anglia, UK, with an LLB Honors degree. Melina holds a diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from Queen Mary University (London) and is a qualified Barrister-at-Law, a member of Gray’s Inn London and the Cyprus Bar Association.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business & Corporate Law
Arbitration & Mediation

Professor Theo Hadjiyannis studied for two years at Exeter College in the United Kingdom, where he received a Diploma in Business Studies. He then continued his studies at Loughborough University, obtaining a B.Sc inSociology & Economics. Professor Hadjiyannis then pursued his studies at the City University, London, where he obtained his M.Sc. in Administrative Sciences, majoring in Marketing. In 1976, Professor Hadjiyannis returned to Cyprus where he commenced his career at a large building material manufacturing firm in the post of Export Manager. He later joined the Central Bank of Cyprus, where he stayed until 1980. He has been the Director- General of the Business School ever since. In August 1983, he was appointed Honorary Education Liaison Officer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). In 1987, he was elected President of the Cyprus Association of Private Tertiary Educational Institutions. In 1991, he was elected a Fellow of The Chartered CIM-Cyprus Business School. He has various publications in acclaimed Journals and he is an advisor to many local and international companies.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Management
International Marketing
Economics

Dr Evie Michailidis , completed all her studies; BSc in Psychology MSc in Occupational and Organizational Psychology, PhD in Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK. Her PhD aimed to explore the feeling of embitterment in the workplace. During her PhD studies she has worked as an Academic tutor and a Postgraduate and Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in the Psychology Department at the University of Surrey. Evie has also worked as a research fellow on various projects including; “A Systematic Review for Multiple Sclerosis Society”, A Systematic Review of models of care that help maintain independence and vitality for Frail Elderly Adults”, “ A technology feasibility study for multi-scale modeling of biological time in healthcare impact”. Her main research interest lies in the field of Occupational Health Psychology, such as stress, work life balance, work-related rumination, sleep, embitterment, burnout and in general anything around employees’ health and well-being. She has written articles for both peer-reviewed academic and non-academic publications, along with presenting at numerous academic and professional conferences. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. Evie is also an accredited BPS Ability & Personality/Psychometric test user.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Human Resource Management
Organisational Behaviour

Dr Christiana Charalambidou is an Economist who specialises in labour market and education market research, and an expert statistical analyst with extensive experience in large data analysis.

Over her career, she has worked on several research projects that examine the causes and dynamic properties of over-education and skill mismatch, the consequences of over-education on worker behaviour such as on-the-job search, the relationship between education and labour market outcomes and the polarisation of the job’s distribution due to technological change. Her publications and research use large datasets and advanced econometric techniques to conduct high-level analysis. The primary aim of these analyses is to better understand the issue at hand to be able to assess its policy implications and make policy recommendations to the government, offer strategic insights to businesses and Executives, and provide career advice to individuals.

She is also an HRDA Certified Trainer of Vocational Training and have been working as a Corporate Trainer in the areas of Business and Managerial economics, Business Analytics, Executive Decision making and Negotiation Skills. Lastly, she has also worked on several multi-disciplinary projects such as the provision of economic analysis, feasibility studies and reporting for the socioeconomic impact stemming from environmental, sustainability and circular economy policies.

She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sheffield, an MSc in International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) and a BA (Honours) in Economics with French from the University of Nottingham, UK. She has also studied Economics at the University of Social Sciences in Toulouse, France and is a member of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE).

At CIM she holds the position of Associate Professor acting as a Lecturer, MBA Supervisor and student mentor.

Modules taught:

Economics
Quantitative Methods
Research Methods
Statistics

Dinos Ioannides is a management trainer and consultant with a proven track record of over 25 years working with Cypriot and Global firms. His areas of expertise span sales, marketing, communication and leadership. He has extensive experience in the field of customer experience management and process improvement. Over the years he has delivered lectures and training courses to various bodies and tries to make time to teach as often as possible as it is something he finds greatly rewarding. His academic journey began in electronics and communications engineering and led to business administration. He has a proven track record of continuous improvement in productivity and operational performance, sales and profitability in the companies he has worked for. His managerial roles included customer service, sales, commercial and general management. He has worked on improving total quality in various companies and to this end has achieved certification as an ISO auditor. Having worked with employers such as Apple authorised representatives and IBM business partners, he spent his last ten years, as an employee, with DHL before leaving the position of general manager, transitioning to partner in Business Insights, a customer experience management company. Its driving philosophy is a research and measurement-based improvement of the customer experience. Everything that happens in a company should contribute to a unique customer experience, outperforming competition on all counts. He is a certified trainer and process improvement advisor.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Consumer Behaviour
Marketing
Executive Skills

He is a holder of a B.A (Hons.) in Accounting & Finance, an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He worked for an audit firm in London for five years. On his return to Cyprus he was appointed as a Deputy Director of the Internal Audit Department of a private Group of Companies for three years and since 2005 he holds the position of Financial Manager. In addition, he was appointed for a period of about two years by the ACCA as a marker of the Advanced Taxation – Cyprus Variant examination paper.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Taxation
Auditing

Educated in the UK as an engineer and later as a financial mathematician, went on to practise and qualify as a Chartered Accountant. Currently employed in a C-suite position in the Financial Services Industry and until recently, a Banker, associate Head Trainer with Ernst & Young Academy of Business, University of Nicosia, University of Cyprus as well as CIM-Cyprus Business School. Michalis has over 15 years of experience delivering courses in Accounting and Finance to audiences all over the world, from trainee accountants to Board level Directors. Recently he has obtained successfully with Distinction both the LLM as well as the MBA qualification from a recognized UK University. His latest academic achievement is a Diploma on FinTech obtained by Oxford University.

Fields of expertise for modules delivered:

Auditing
Auditing in Context

Dr Constantinos Constantinou is the Director of Research and Editor-in-Chief of The Market: International Journal of Business. He has previously served as a post-doctoral Research Fellow and Associate Director of the Cyprus Centre for Business Research – CIM-Cyprus Business School. Moreover, he worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for European and International Affairs, at the University of Nicosia (UNIC) and as a Media and Communication Trainee at the European Defence Agency, in Brussels. He holds a PhD in Business Administration from the European University Cyprus (EUC), MA in International Relations and European Studies from UNIC and MBA/BA in European Studies from EUC. Further, his research focuses on political marketing and communication; specifically, on the marketing of war.

Fields of expertise for modules delivered:

Marketing

Mr. Louis Kangas is a Visiting Lecturer at CIM. He is an experienced marketeer working in the largest FMCG group in Cyprus. Amongst others, he has developed experience in brand management, customer insight and advertising, specializing in marketing strategy and marketing management. He holds an MSc in Marketing from University of Bath, UK and a BSc in Public Business and Business Administration from University of Cyprus.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Strategy
Marketing Management
Brand Management
Customer Behaviour and
Advertising

Prof Marios Georgiou has been a Visiting Lecturer at CIM for seven years, teaching International Marketing and Business Policy & Strategy for the MBA and BBA classes. Since 2022 he is a Permanent Lecturer and the MBA Director. He continues to be a supervisor for doctoral research for the Business School at Gloucestershire University. He is also active mentor for students at Warwick University and UMIST through official mentor programmes from the respective institutions. In addition to his doctorates and Masters dissertations, he has also authored academic papers. His working experience for over 26 years is with one of the largest oil companies globally (BP Oil). He has held various international management roles. His last position was the regional sales manager for BP Lubricants in the East Med and North East Africa regions where his main responsibility is to develop the business and grow the company’s market share in the area. During his PhD research at the University of Manchester (UMIST), Dr Georgiou was working at the University’s chemical engineering department as a Teaching Assistant. He studied Chemical Engineering at UMIST for a BSc and then received a scholarship and a part time teaching assistantship from the university to continue for MSc & PhD in distillation research. During his employment in BP he obtained a distance-learning MBA with Warwick University and, more recently, a DBA with Gloucestershire University. His main research field of interest is foreign market entry.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

International Marketing
Strategic Management

Dr. Georgia Thrasyvoulou is a full-time lecturer at CIM and the Director of Student Affairs and HR.

She holds a Psychology Degree from the University of Cyprus, a master degree and a PhD in Organisational Psychology from the University of Leeds. She is a licensed Occupational and Organisational Psychology Practitioner. She is also a holder of a Post-Graduate Certificate (PGCHE) for teaching and learning in Higher Education and a fellow member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She has been a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Cyprus Centre for Business Research at CIM since 2017, where she is actively engaging with the centre’s research activities and conferences. She was acting as a part-time Lecturer and academic supervisor at CIM. She has been involved with lecturing in various Universities and Institutions including Leeds Trinity University and the University of Cyprus. Her working experience in the private and public sector in Cyprus as a practitioner Organisational Psychologist equipped her with professional experiences and expertise. She is an active member of the European Association of Work and Organisational Psychology (EAWOP) and of Cyprus Psychological Association.

Her research interests involve various topics and areas such as job design and redesign, workspace design, employees’ well-being, organisational consultancy, organisational change and development, ergonomics, and career counseling and employability skills. Organisational Psychology, by nature, enables the innovative perspective in the research of various aspects, a fact that inspires my interests and activities as a researcher in the wider field of Business.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Organisational Behaviour
Human Resource Management
Research methods

Dr Maria Charalampous, completed her BSc in Psychology with a Minor degree in Political Sciences at the University of Cyprus; her MSc in Occupational and Organizational Psychology at the University of Surrey, U.K., and her PhD in Psychology at Coventry University. During and after her studies, Maria worked for a number of years as a full-time Lecturer in Business and Occupational Psychology in the Psychology Department at Coventry University. Maria’s research focuses on remote e-working and the impact it has on employees’ well-being. Her main research interests also include work-life balance, switching-off from work, resilience, as well as disability and neurodiversity and how to create a more inclusive workplace. Maria is an active researcher and applies a pluralistic methodological approach in her research, which includes systematic literature reviews, qualitative interview research, as well as quantitative survey data. She has also published samples of her work in reputable academic journals and other outlets, such as the European Journal of Work and Organisational Psychology, Employee Relations, and Palgrave Macmillan. She is a member of the British Psychological Society and the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology. Maria is a psychometrician and an accredited BPS Ability & Personality/Psychometric test user.

Evis Tsiaklides holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology from St. Louis University in USA an MBA with emphasis in International Business and Marketing and a Post Graduate Diploma in International Marketing both from Lindenwood College in St. Louis, Mo. USA.

He has more than 30 years’ experience in the private sector as well as teaching experience for the last 10 years. He began his professional career in 1987 in USA at McDonell Douglas Corporation and for the following 12 years he worked in various executive positions in USA corporations in the private sector.

Upon his arrival back in Cyprus in the late 1990s he worked as part time lecturer at Cyprus College and a few years later as an Executive Director at a local company. In 2001, he found his own company and ever since he has been very active as a businessman and as part time lecturer. He is also an Accredited Business Consultant on Management & Marketing by the Cyprus Institute of Technology.

His main interest include:

Stay up to date in the field of economic developments and global growth
Watch trends in international business and globalization
Strategic Alliances for growth and reduced expenditures

Fields of Expertise Incudes:

International Business
Global Marketing
Management

Loucas Charalambides is a strategic marketer with hands-on experience in the advertising and communications industry, having worked with leading local and international brands through multiple positions, including being Head of the Digital department and Strategic Business Development Manager.

In 2021 he founded deepdive strategy, with the aim of helping brands to grow by providing them the means to acquire a better understanding of their target audience, their surrounding market and ultimately the communication messages and tactics that are needed in order to achieve their desired objectives.

Holder of an MSc in Strategic Marketing from Imperial College London, a BA in Marketing, Design and Communication from Nottingham Trent University and a Digital Marketing Professional certification, from the Digital Marketing Institute.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Strategic Marketing
Digital Marketing
Brand building

Peter Pieri graduated from the University of North London earning a BA (Hons) in Accounting and Finance, is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus. Peter latest academic achievement was the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Advanced Certification provided by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission.

Peter worked in central London in the audit profession for 6 years and returned to Cyprus to join KPMG where he spent 12 years as a senior manager. Working at KPMG Peter formed part of the KPMG Audit Methodology lecturer’s team providing seminars in audit and accountancy for 9 years to all levels from trainee accountants to Partners. Overall, Peter has 18 year experience both in Cyprus and London, United Kingdom in audit, accountancy and taxation with main focus in financial services sector and real estate sector for large multinational, public, private companies and large investment funds.

Anna Thomas is a veteran social and market researcher with over three decades’ experience directing market research operations in Cyprus and abroad, with a specialization in qualitative research.

During her long career, she has travelled extensively in the Middle East, North and West Africa and Eastern Europe, establishing research projects and offices for both public and private sector clients. She has designed and overseen consumer research projects commissioned by multinational corporations in the FMCG and manufacturing sectors, advertising agencies, communications specialists and the banking sector. She has also developed and implemented social research programs commissioned by civil society organizations such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Anna originally trained as a teacher and continued her studies to obtain a degree in Social Science (Sociology) in Manchester.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Market Research
Research Methods
Statistics

Dr Eleni Erodotou is a visiting lecturer at CIM in Business Information Systems. Dr Erodotou completed her doctoral studies in 2019 at the University of Cyprus with collaboration with CERN in Switzerland, with a subject on Physics with specialization in data analytics from data collected from CMS detector. She started working as a consultant in 2017 providing data and analytics services in various industrial sectors in Cyprus. She is experienced in statistical analysis, mathematical modelling, business intelligence gathering, and business analysis. Through her work experience she has extensive records in development and implementation of business information systems in financial and retail sector.

Konstantinos Taramountas is a practising lawyer in the corporate and commercial department of Dr. K. Chrysostomides & Co LLC. He studied law at the University of Reading before obtaining an LLM on Tax Law at LSE. In 2018, he was awarded the Pump Court Tax Chambers Prize for the best performance in the Taxation programme in LSE’s LLM. Konstantinos advises clients on a wide spectrum of corporate and commercial law matters and he is specialised in the provision of tax advice, international tax planning and wealth planning for high net-worth individuals. His research and publications are focused on international and corporate taxation. He has published in leading journals such as Intertax and LSE Law Review. He is an appointed member of the Companies, Tax Planning and Stock Exchange Committee, of the Cyprus Bar Association

Admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 1992. Practising advocate until 1997 at which point my career in the banking sector commenced. Held the position of the head of the legal department at Hellenic Bank Finance Ltd, internal legal advisor of the legal advisory services at Hellenic Bank Public Company. In 2006, joined Societe Generale Bank- Cyprus Ltd with a purpose to set up the legal department and continued offering my services as head of the department. In 2015 till 2019, joined Ancoria Bank Ltd, a new banking institution, and set up the legal department, again as head of the legal department. Currently I am a practicing advocate.

During my long-term career, I gained a substantial experience, amongst others, in providing seminars to all departments and management of banking institutions on several legal matters including EU Directives and Regulations.

Holder of LLB Honours Decree at University of East Anglia and a Barrister-at-Law of the Honorable Society of Gray’s Inn.
In addition, holder of the professional qualifications of Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E), with respect to GDPR legislation.

Dr Yiannos Rossides holds a BA in Business Administration from Cyprus College, an MBA in Business Administration from Arkansas State University (Arkansas, USA), and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Stirling (Stirling, UK) in the area of Marketing and Management. Dr Rossides has working experience of over 25 years in several business fields such as sales, marketing, management, human resource management, and investments. He has been teaching as a part-time lecturer since 2006, in several academic institutions in Cyprus. His research interests include the importance of service quality in services and measurement models of service quality in banking and tourism.

Rania is a lawyer with a 9 years post-qualification experience in Cyprus. She currently works as a senior managing associate at a reputable law firm in Nicosia.
Her areas of expertise include commercial law, intellectual property law, private client and regulatory aspects of innovation.

Memberships: Cyprus Bar Association, member
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Cyprus Branch), TEP
Commercialization of Brands Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA), member
UCITs Committee, Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA), member

Professional Qualifications: Certified person for provision of investment services (Advanced Examination)
Accredited Mediator

Education: Legal Practice Course (LPC), University of Law (Bloomsbury)
LL.M (Commercial), University of Bristol
LL.B, University of Leeds

Following my graduation from high school and my compulsory military service in Cyprus, I studied in UK Hotel Operations and Management, as well as, gaining my Master’s degree in Business Administration.

I am a Hotel Profit Purpose General Manager, made up through academia, knowledge and experience for nearly 35 years.
An expert in sound hotel management, I have multi-dimensional techniques and skills, deep and thorough, result oriented, profit purpose focused and challenge seeker.

I am also trained and certified to manage Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001, HACCP 22000, OSHAS 18000 and Environmental 14000.

I have served on the Board of HCIMA (Hotel and Catering International Management Association) Cyprus Branch, for many years from various positions and I was the President of the Association in Cyprus for a decade. Highlights included contributions over the years as a member of the following advisory committees in Cyprus: Manpower development (industrial training authority), educational committee (Cyprus Hotel Association), Hotel and Catering education (Ministry of education and culture), hotel services and advisory committee for tourism (Cyprus Tourism Organisation).

Constantinos Pelecanis studied BAEcon accounting and finance at the University of Manchester. He has 4 years experience at KPMG and is ACA qualified with another 5 to 6 years post qualification experience. He is currently working at a smaller audit firm dealing with audit tax and accounting. Constantinos is an Icpac member and teaches part time. He is Career oriented, patient, with good managerial skills and positive attitude. He has always been considered as a team member and leader when necessary.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business English
Research Methods

Asso. Prof George Zachariades is the Director of Undergraduate Studies at CIM. He is also an experienced senior management executive with experience from a multinational corporate environment, and has also worked as a Legal and Business Management Consultant across a wide spectrum of industries globally. Amongst others, he has also had significant HR, training and Organizational development experience.

He holds an MBA and PhD in Business backed by degrees in Marketing (British Chartered Institute of Marketing) and in Law (LLB). He has led many organizations through change management project engagements and seminars throughout Europe, Africa and South America working together with young graduates, managers and leaders with a focus on management skills, leadership, Project Management, corporate governance, finance and strategy.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business Law
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Financial Reporting
Human Resource Management

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

International Marketing
Strategic Management

Dr Michael is a Visiting Lecturer at CIM, focusing on Maritime Economics. He holds a PhD in finance and shipping, and his research focuses on maritime economics, shipping markets, and the interactions between agents in various behavioural market settings. His work has been published in various prestigious journals such as Maritime Transport Research, Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, Transportation Research, and others.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Maritime Economics
Business Economics

Debbie Phylactou holds a degree in Human Resources Management and Industrial Relations from the RMIT University of Melbourne, Australia. She has held several management posts in HR in various industries in Melbourne, including the Airline Industry and heavy manufacturing organisations. She also sat on Industrial Relations Tribunals, specialising in employment law. Furthermore, she worked at Latrobe University in Melbourne to set up and coordinate the Occupational health and Safety department. Relocating to Cyprus, she was involved in the HR field in the largest tourism organisations and was Head of Human Resources. She has been actively involved with external government organisations, the employment court and Trade Unions. Parallel to her full-time career activities, she has been a lecturer at CIM-Cyprus Business School since 1994 as well as a lecturer for the University of West London. Coupled with her industry knowledge and academic contributions, she prides herself on the success of her students since 1994, following their career achievements and ongoing development.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business English
Human Resource Management

Elena Makedona is the Campus Manager, Limassol of CIM. Elena Makedona studied Business Administration and Management at USIU and is a holder of a BSc in Business Administration and MBA specializing in Marketing and Management. Over the 27 years of her work experience in the Educational sector, has occupied various positions from lecturing undergraduate as well as post graduate students as well as been appointed as Academic Dean and College Director. In 2010 she held the position of Head Faculty Officer for the School of Economics and Public Business Administration at the University of Cyprus. She has worked for the private sector in the field of Medical disposables in the position of International Marketing and Sales. Has been a member and approved distance learning tutor for IFS (Institute of Financial Services ) UK and registered as a registered practitioner with the Higher Education Authority in UK.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Management
Sales Management
Consumer Behaviour

Mrs Maria Stylianou Michaelidou is the General Manager of the Limassol Tourism Board and Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behavior at CIM-Cyprus Business School. She has been pursuing a career as a marketing and management practitioner over a period of more than fifteen years. She has worked as a corporate marketing and communications manager and as a general manager mainly in the tourism, hotel, and destination management industries. Her work has covered nearly every aspect of applied management ranging from market research and strategic planning to press relations and staff training.

Mrs Michaelidou has successfully implemented European projects in the area of Sustainable development in the tourism industry. At the moment, she is leading the Limassol participation in the Civitas Destinations Project for Sustainable Mobility and a newly acquired Interreg project ‘ΕΥ-ΚΙΝΗΣΗΣ’ in the same field. Utilizing European Funding and strong local networking, she aims to contribute to the significant upgrading and promotion of sustainable mobility in Limassol. She is also actively engaged with professional working committees dealing with cultural, development and tourism issues.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Consumer Behaviour
Marketing Management
Public Relations

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Taxation
Auditing

Stella Constantinidou is a founding partner of the law firm Constantinidou & Karaiskou L.L.C and lecturer of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law at CIM. Stella is a Qualified Lawyer and Legal Consultant admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 2004, and specializes in Corporate and Maritime Law. She studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she obtained an LLB Hons in 2003 and subsequently obtained an LLM in Maritime Law from the University of London in 2005. Currently Stella is conducting research in the area of Compulsory Marine Insurance. She organizes talks on researching and writing skills and analysis of legal concepts in the context of providing legal support to Start Ups.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marine Insurance
Maritime Law

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Corporate Law
Management
Marketing

Dr Christos Hadjiyannis has been Director of Quality & Research at CIM since 2015, where he has overseen a strengthening of the research culture at CIM and an institutionalisation of quality assurance at the Business school. He continues to teach and publish in English Literature but on a daily basis he oversees quality assurance at CIM. Christos holds degrees from the Universities of Nottingham, Cambridge, and Edinburgh; has held fellowships at the Institute of English Studies (University of London) and Wolfson College, (University of Oxford), and has taught at the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, and Cyprus. He is on the executive committee of the European Association for Distance Learning (EADL) and a regular attendee of EADL and EURASHE seminars and workshops.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Business English
Research Methods

Capt. Valentin Mavrinac has been lecturing at CIM since 2015. He is the Director of Shipping Studies at the Institute. Capt. Mavrina received his Ing. of Maritime Transport-Nautics from the Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka, after which he went to join the ocean-going merchant vessel as Deck Cadet. In 2012, he obtained an MSc. in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour from Cyprus International Institute of Management and in 2013 became QSHE-Marine Superintendent with his employer. In 2014, he enrolled on a Distance-Learning PhD in Management with a focus in Human Resource Management at Walden University, Minneapolis, USA, where he is now Final Status PhD candidate. He has been a visiting guest lecturer at the University of Rijeka (Faculty of Maritime Studies) since 2015 and, later that year, he began lecturing at the Cyprus Institute of Marketing (Limassol). His research interests include: HRM policies and practice in Shipping Industry; improving seafarers’ skills through Computer Based Training; lifelong learning in shipping industry; diversity and multiculturalism in shipping environment and their effects on performance; talent management in shipping industry; ethics and morality within the shipping industry and the effects of corporate social responsibility; selection and evaluation criteria used for senior shipboard personnel; e-navigation and its impact on safety and well-being of seafarers; and computer-based distance-learning in shipping industry.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Shipping Management
Chartering & Shipbroking
Port Management

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Management
International Marketing
Economics

Annita Petrou holds an M.Ed in Educational Psychology from the University of Manchester and in 2006 she obtained an MSc in Occupational Psychology from the Manchester Business School. In 2009, she was awarded the title of Chartered Member by the British Psychological Society (CPsychol). She is also a member of the Health Professions Council as a Registered Professional Psychologist in the United Kingdom. Annita also holds the EuroPsy certificate from the European Federation of Psychologists.

Annita has worked for RCB Bank Ltd until 2018, for ten years in the position of Manager, Human Recourse Business Partner having the responsibility for the selection and assessment of staff as well as in matters of training and development. Previously, she held positions such as Training and Development Manager and Human Resources Coordinator at the Intercontinental Aphrodite Hills Resort Hotel, Lecturer in Occupational Psychology at the College of Tourism and Management, as well as the position of Human Resources Advisor at the Intercollege Consulting Unit (Limassol).

Currently, Annita is a certified trainer and assessor for the Human Resources Development Authority in matters of trainers and training centers. At the same time, she is an external collaborator / trainer for the Cyprus Productivity Center and carries out training programs on a regular basis, presenting issues related to human resources development, training of unemployed people and the development of personal skills. She also collaborates with the Mediterranean Institute of Management as a lecturer in postgraduate diplomas in personal development. Annita has been teaching at CIM-Cyprus Business School and other smaller educational institutions since 2017 in various topics that fall within her field of expertise such as Strategic Human Resource Management, Business Organization, Work Behavior, Personal Skills Development, Leadership, Fundamentals of Management, Work Psychology and Psychology. For the last five years, Annita has presented numerous seminars in small and medium size organizations.

Nearchos Ioannou is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He graduated from the University of Dundee in Scotland U.K (Bachelor of Accounting(Honours), 1996).He has qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) in 2003, and was the 1st ACCA finalist in Cyprus in the December 2003 examination diet. He has been a key learning facilitator in one of the “Big 4” accounting firms, and is also a part-time tutor of ACCA courses for the last 15 years, as well as a private tutor for UK undergraduate students. He is an Audit director and an approved HRDA trainer. He is also the Co-author of Dr. Wells book Financial Statement Fraud Casebook. Baking the Ledgers and Cooking the Books, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Accounting
Fraud Examining

Dimitris Pitsillis is an experienced business management professional with demonstrated history working in the Retail Industry as well as working with Start-ups as a consultant through different start-up support platforms. He holds a BA(Hons) in International Relations, an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy, and an MBA. He worked as a Project Manager for an Investment Company, as a District Manager in the retail sector and he currently holds the position of Country Manager (Cyprus) for an International Retail Company.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Strategy
Management

Michalis Spyrou has a degree in Economics (University of Cyprus, 2011) and a Master of Science in Economics and Industrial Organisation (University of Warwick, 2012). Since January 2017, Michalis has been the director and CEO of the Brain Game Nicosia, an organisation offering team building and bonding activities for large organisations and individuals. Experienced Managing Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry, skilled in Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Educational Consulting, Econometrics, and Market Research and has lecturing experience since 2015.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Statistics
Economics

Mr. Zenon Papaphilippou is a Visiting Lecturer at CIM. He is an experienced asset manager working in the largest local banking group. He has also worked in a multinational investment firm as a portfolio manager across a wide spectrum of investment services globally. Amongst others, he has developed experience in quantitative finance and wealth management of large institutional and high net worth individual type of clients, specializing in fund management, investment portfolio construction and optimization.

He is a CFA Charterholder and currently serves as a Member in the CFA Society of Cyprus’ Board of Directors. He holds an Msc in Financial Mathematics from Warwick Business School with Distinction and a Bsc in Mathematics and Statistics. He is also licensed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide Investment Services and Activities.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Quantitative Finance
Quantitative Corporate Finance
Financial Statement Analysis

Dr Akis Kleanthous is Part time Teaching Staff. He is married with three kids. He holds PhD degree in management (2017) from the Adam Smith Business School of Glasgow University in the UK, an MBA from European University Cyprus (2009) and a BSc in Finance and Accounting from Salford University in UK (1994). He is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) (1999) and a Certified Internal Auditor in the Institute of Internal Auditors in USA (2011). He has worked as CFO in various private/public companies in Romania, Greece and Cyprus, engaged in a wide range of industries (including FMCG, food factory and airport handing services) and a private university in Cyprus, as external and internal auditor in Cyprus and as General Manager for a large local Credit Union. He has extended experience in implementing and managing change, in reorganizing departments and organizations, empowering personnel, automating and speeding up processes.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Corporate Finance
Financial Management

Constantinos holds an MSc in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE) in London. Constantinos has extensive experience in Banking and Corporate Finance. He worked in the Global Fixed Income division at Deutsche Bank in New York and in the Corporate and Institutional Banking division of the Royal Bank of Scotland in London. In his Corporate Finance advisory roles, Constantinos assisted small and medium-sized businesses with a variety of transactions such as raising debt and equity, debt-restructuring exercises as well as performing complete valuation exercises. Constantinos is currently working as a Corporate Finance manager at an international company headquartered in Cyprus. In his current role, Constantinos, specializes on investment appraisals, capital budgeting and M&A activity. His areas of interest include business valuations, budgeting and forecasting and feasibility studies.

Constantinos initial background is naval architecture and marine engineering and has an extensive experience is the shipping industry and having experience in various roles in the industry such as Technical Superintendent, New Building Supervisor, DPA/CSO and Marine Insurance and Claims officer. He is a fellow of the institute of chartered shipbrokers and member of the royal institute of naval architects and member of the Technical Chamber of Cyprus.

Constantinos holds a Master of Engineering in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, a Master of Science degree in Shipping Management and a Master in Business Administration. He is a Chartered Engineer, licensed by the UK Engineering Council.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Maritime Logistics

Dr Katerina Pavlou graduated from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with a BSc in Early Childhood Education, and continued with her postgraduate studies in Educational Psychology at the University of Bristol, UK. She is a holder of a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Southampton, UK. Her research interests lie in the area of attention biases to threat in anxious youths and adults. During her doctoral studies she taught undergraduate modules including statistics and empirical studies and participated in a number of leading national and international research conferences. Since completion of her PhD, she worked as a lecturer in Business and Organisational Psychology. During her academic tenure she delivered various Business related modules including Organisational Behaviour, Workplace Psychology, Effective communication in Organisations and Business Statistics. Dr Pavlou has been holding the position of Academic Director at CIM (Limassol) since September 2019.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Statistics
Quantitative Methods
Psychology
Research Methods

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Strategy
Marketing Management
Brand Management
Customer Behaviour and
Advertising

Roman has more than 20 years of work experience including teaching and academic leadership roles with British Universities including Birkbeck University of London, University of Sunderland, University of Suffolk and Wrexham Glyndwr University as well as in private alternative education providers in UK and Cyprus.

Prior joining academia, in 2003-2008 Roman worked for UK Government Department for International Development (UKAid) where he had managed multi-million technical assistance projects focusing on public administration and economic reform in transition economies. Roman started his career back in 1998 in a management consultancy in UK, White Young Green International, working closely with the World Bank, IMF and private clients in restructuring mining enterprises. His long-term international project assignments overseas included China, Mongolia, Russia and Ukraine.
Roman’s specialisation is in energy markets, business strategy development and international HRM. Roman graduated from the University of Nottingham with his first degree in Economics with EU Studies and had obtained his postgraduate qualifications from London South Bank University. He completed his PhD in Industrial Economics and areas of his quantitative research remain in global energy consumption.

Roman is a Fellow Member of UK Higher Education Academy.

Fields of expertise for modules delivered:

Executive Skills
Economics

Fields of expertise for modules delivered:

Marketing

Sophia completed her Law degree at the University of Hertfordshire, and her Legal Practice Course at The College of Law in London. After her studies, she stayed in London for around 13 years, where she started a career in Law. She then went on to work for London Metropolitan University, where she was involved in the systematic side of Higher Education for almost 10 years. This is where she found her passion for finding ways to improve a University experience for all students and her love for academia. She believes that the subject of law can be a crucial part of day to day life for everyone but wants to make the subject as relatable as possible for all students. She particularly is interested in Employment Law and was part of the Trade Union at London Metropolitan University. She also currently works at CIM as an Admissions and Accounts Officer.

Graham Cowling is Operations and Insurance manager for Marlow Navigation, a large independent ship manager on the island of Cyprus. He is working on all aspects of the Group’s commercial chartering, operations and insurance for vessels under management. He is also involved with loss prevention and navigating officer development and training.

He began his seagoing career in 1978 as a cadet with P&O Steam Navigation Company before moving to the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company. He sailed on cargo ships, tankers and gas carriers.

He came ashore in 1990 to study for an Extra Master’s certificate at the College of Nautical Studies, Glasgow, UK. He then worked in a number of ship management roles including Fleet Manager, Technical Director and Operations Manager with ship owners and managers based in Cyprus, Hong Kong and London.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and is a tutor for the ICS ‘Understanding Shipping’ course. He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute, a member of the Executive Board and Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee. He is also a past Chairman of the Cyprus Branch of the Nautical Institute.

He is married with one daughter.

Panayiotis Hannas graduated from Cardiff University, UK with a BSc in Maritime Studies and a Master in Business Administration (MBA). He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and a certified HSSEQ professional. Panayiotis has extensive experience in the shipping industry and oil & gas industry. He worked in various onshore and offshore positions around the world, in both operations as well as newbuilding projects. He is a visiting lecturer at the Limassol Campus of CIM, and he is currently employed as HSSEQ Manager, DPA and CSO in a ship owning company in Cyprus.

Dr. Georgia Thrasyvoulou is a full-time lecturer at CIM and the Director of Student Affairs and HR.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Organisational Behaviour
Human Resource Management
Research methods

Konstantinos Melas is a Lecturer in Shipping & Finance at Metropolitan College (Greece). His research interests cover maritime economics, commodity markets, logistics and corporate finance. He has published his papers, in established refereed journals, such as, the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspective, Journal of Shipping and Trade, among others. He holds a Ph.D. in Commerce, Finance and Shipping from Cyprus University of Technology, a M.Sc. in International Accounting and Finance from City University, London and a B.Sc. in Economics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Before joining the academia, he has worked in junior managerial positions in the shipping and the asset management sectors.

Dr Louis Karaolis is Head of Law and Director of Academic Affairs at CIM-Cyprus Business School. Dr Karaolis received his doctorate in law from the University of Oxford, where he was awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council Scholarship and a Law Faculty Scholarship. Dr Karaolis has taught law at several universities, including the University of Oxford – where he taught law and public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, and at the University of Surrey – where he taught EU law. Dr Karaolis was also researcher in law at the Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy (LAB) situated at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Public Law
Constitutional Law
Business and Corporate Law
Business Ethics

Jamie Stratton has worked in Higher Education in the UK for 14 years, including nearly a decade as a senior manager. His background is in Students’ Unions and is specialised in supporting developing and underperforming organisations. Jamie has worked for companies that turn over in excess of £1million per year and led teams between 10-60 full time and part time staff.

Jamie has recently moved to Cyprus with his family in October 2021 and currently works as a freelance consultant within Higher Education in the UK, and two small organisations who specialise in business improvement across a number of different areas.

He has a passion within organisations for establishing processes and procedures that did not previously exist, overseeing recruitment and retention initiatives and executive coaching and mentoring. Jamie has extensive experience in organisational change and the building and improving of organisational cultures. He has recently qualified to Masters level in Human Resource Management and is very passionate about the importance of people and culture in ensuring a successful business.

Polis Xinaris has 20 years of experience in Marketing and since 2012 he has been teaching Social Media through the Cyprus Human Resource and Development Authorities. Holder of an MBA from CIIM he has been applying his knowledge on the business environment in Cyprus and abroad.
He has been consulting, training and managing some of the biggest local Brands on Social Media and Digital Marketing since then and he has his own firm PAX Social Media Ltd.
He is also an avid blogger and vlogger utilizing his knowledge on the forefront of the digital space and his latest passion is combining the Social Media and Digital world with the Blockchain and Crypto space to help Brands expand their reach to new heights.

Alexander holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Ship Science (Naval Architecture), and a Master of Science in Shipping and Logistics. Moreover, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered shipbrokers (FICS), an Associate of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (AssocRINA), a Chartered Marine Technologist (CMarTech), a Member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (MIMarEst), an Associated Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb), a Member of the Cyprus Naval Architects & Marine Engineers Associated (MCyNAMEA), and an Associate Member of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (AssocIIMS). Moreover, he also holds an MCA Master 200/OOW 500 (STCW II/2) Certificate of Competence.

He has been the Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Cyprus Branch) since 2018, and the Secretary General of the Cyprus Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Association (CyNAMEA) since 2020.

Professionally, Alexander boasts over a decade of experience in high profile projects spanning across a wide range of disciplines in the shipping and yachting industry.

Alexander has been a keen sailor from a very young age and continues to sail passionately at every opportunity.

Neoclis is an English solicitor working for a shipping law firm in London. Neoclis has 5 years’ experience in the London market and deals with all aspects of shipping law including claims involving physical loss and/or damage to cargo, general average, salvage indemnity and marine insurance. He is regularly involved in High Court proceedings and LMAA arbitration.

Neoclis obtained an LLB from University of Surrey in 2016 and an LLM in Maritime Law from University of Southampton in 2017. He participated in the STAR programme for high achievers of University of Surrey and obtained two prizes for the best academic performance in the LLM. Neoclis speaks English and Greek.

Dr. Marc Oerke is a visiting lecturer of CIM teaching finance and accounting topics. Marc graduated as Master of Business Administration (Diplom Kaufmann) from the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nueremberg, Germany in 1995. He also holds a PhD in Business Administration of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nueremberg, Germany.

In his professional career Marc served in various leadership positions at Allianz SE and Allianz Global Investors. He was responsible for setting up the venture capital activities of Allianz and was driving large multinational initiatives such as omni channel management digitalization, operational excellence, customer focus, post-merger integration projects. Marc also served as a CFO of a start up company that focused on distributing music through the internet. As a research assistant he worked at the Chair of Banking and Finance at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nueremberg, Germany, conducting research projects in addition to teaching banking-and finance topics at master level. He published various articles concerning the subject of information efficiency of capital markets.

Today Marc enjoys teaching at various levels and works as top management consultant.

Andria is a holder of a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Cyprus and a master’s degree from University of Essex. She is an ACCA holder, a Certified Internal Auditor and member of ICPAC and the Cyprus Institute of Internal Auditors. Andria has 15 years’ work experience. She spent her early career years in a Big 4 and then moved to the public and semi-government sector of Cyprus.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Economics
Business Economics
Statistics
Quantitative Methods
Research Methods

Mrs Sotira Petrou completed her Bachelors, Honours, and Masters Degrees in Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. She is currently a Project Manager for European Research and Innovation Projects. Sotira previously held a position as a Market Research Executive, implementing research solutions across a variety of industries, including advertising, automotive, FMCG, financial services, media, pharmaceuticals, public sector, retail and telecommunications. During her eight years of marketing and research experience, she has adopted a future-focused and growth mindset to continuously develop her research skills in both academic and commercial contexts.

As an academic, Sotira held various roles within the Department of Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria. These being Lecturer of marketing modules, and Programme Manager of an international cooperation with a non-profit research institute for the research of consumer and market decisions. In addition, Sotira also conducted intercultural research experiments in her role as a Lab Manager of the Market Decision Lab, with the aim to positively influence international business decisions across time and geographical borders. As a Lecturer, she finds value in adopting a work-integrated approach to teaching and learning where she has partnered with industry clients to transform the learning experience from theory into practice in a tangible manner for students.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Marketing Management

Research

Innovation

Mr. Yotam Werzansky-Orland is a world renowned innovation and intellectual property (IP) strategist. He was chosen among the top 300 IP strategists worldwide as one who is “leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios” (IAM Strategy 300, 2018, 2019, 2020).

Mr. Werzansky-Orland is the CEO of KWO Strategy Ltd., a strategic consulting firm in the fields of innovation, IP and technology. He consults super brands, fashion and design houses, established hi-tech companies, as well as young entrepreneurs and startups, with strategic planning of their intangible assets, innovative ventures and their commercialization.

Mr. Werzansky-Orland has vast experience and knowledge of the strategic and business aspects of technology and innovation management, crypto currencies, NFT, and wrote several key texts on these subjects.

Mr. Werzansky-Orland graduated Reichman University in 2006, holds a LLB and LLM degrees and is currently a doctoral student at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. He is an Adjunct Professor in various academic institutions worldwide where he teaches courses on entrepreneurship, IP and legal aspects of technology management.

Fields of Expertise for Modules Delivered:

Intellectual Property Law.
Business And Corporate Law.
Startup Entrepreneurship and Strategies.
Strategic Management.
Legal Aspects of Technology Management.

Marios Isaakidis is a PhD candidate at the Information Security Group at University College London. Since 2016 he has taught Computer Science modules at University College London, Birkbeck University of London and the Cyprus University of Technology. Furthermore, he has been a visiting researcher at the University of Waterloo. Marios has over nine years of professional experience as a technical lead in agile teams across Cyprus, the UK, Canada, the USA, Greece, Denmark and Spain. Currently, he serves as the director at infotropic.tech specialising in blockchain technologies, privacy engineering and network protocol design.

After graduation from Maritime Academy in 2007 Mr Mikhail Konoplev was sailing as Navigation Officer on cruise ships and oil tankers. In 2009 he continued education in World Maritime University and in 2010 got degree of Master of Science in Maritime affairs. Since 2011 has been working ashore in Cyprus on various positions in shipping management Companies. The area of work and expertise includes but not limited to: organisation and control of various aspects of shipping management, economics of shipping management, development of new projects, implementation of regulations and standards, human resource management.

Dr. Marina Himoni graduated from the University of Lancaster, UK with LLB (Hons) in Law in 2011, and continued with her postgraduate studies in International Business Law (LLM) at the University of Leeds, UK. She is a holder of a PhD in Law from the University of Leeds, UK. Her research interests lie in the area of European Law and harmonization at the European level, Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Banking Law and Credit Institutions Resolution. During her doctoral studies she taught undergraduate modules at the University of Leeds including English Legal System and European Law and participated in a number of national and international conferences. Since the completion of her PhD, she returned to Cyprus and joined a reputable firm to practice as a trainee lawyer. Following the successful completion of her legal training and her call to the Cyprus Bar in 2017, Marina has thereafter become a full member of the firm where she continues to be part of. Dr. Himoni’s practice areas include Corporate and Commercial Law, Banking Law, Insolvency Law and Banking Insolvency Law, Intellectual Property Law, Real Estate and Property Law and Inheritance Law. Dr. Himoni before joining our team, had worked as an Associate Lecturer in another private University. Currently, Dr. Himoni constitutes part of CIM and holds the position of Lecturer in Law as well as the Programme Coordinator for the LLB.

During his undergraduate studies, he was fortunate enough to be mentored by some of the greatest minds in maritime industry. Throughout his apprenticeship, he also had the life-changing experience of serving on board crude oil tankers, where he acquired the knowledge and experience that would later serve as the cornerstone of a successful beginning into his professional sea-going career.

After graduating Merchant Maritime Academy in Greece in 2008, he obtained 2^nd officer’s diploma which gave him the chance to work for four years as deck officer on various types of tanker vessels including crude oil and product carriers. As soon as he acquired the required sea service, he continued his education and attained Chief Officer’s (management level) diploma in 2012.

Since the day he completed his postgraduate studies ten years ago, he has worked for Marlow Navigation Ltd. in the crewing and training departments, where he is still employed as a Crew Training Officer. Between 2019 and 2021, he also had the chance to further his professional development by working as a part-time lecturer in subject of Ship’s Stability at the Mediterranean Maritime Academy of Cyprus.

In his present role, as crew training officer, he is directly involved in researching, enhancing and delivering high-quality training to maritime professionals, enabling them to expand their knowledge and equipping them with the resources they need to advance their careers. As he strongly believes that knowledge is the key to success, he concurrently continues to serve his passion for lecturing as part of CIM-Cyprus Business School team.

Master Mariner with an entrepreneurial mindset, MBA from IE Business School Madrid, 20+ years of experience with wide international exposure in shipping. Proven track record for leading large global multifunctional teams. Setup & lead an industry first vessel tracking team, Maersk Line’s Global Voyage Centre. Leading a team of marine managers and analysts, successfully delivered fuel saving and emissions reduction through real time monitoring of 500+ vessels. Responsible for Maersk line Africa network delivered substantial operating margin benefits through network & service improvement.

Graduated with top rank at Maersk Line Accelerated Black Belt program for project management and leadership development. Pankaj has extensive experience working in reputable organizations in Cyprus, India, South Africa and Spain. He has successfully delivered large Lean Six Sigma Black Belt projects and coached teams in global projects at large multinational companies. Presently employed by Columbia as Head of the Performance Optimization Control Room (POCR). Key skills include Operations management, Project & Change management.

I am also trained and certified to manage Quality Management Systems such as ISO 9001, HACCP 22000, OSHAS 18000 and Environmental 14000.

Mrs Marina Fontan is an international hospitality professional who built upon both an academic background in Hospitality management and sustainable tourism management as well as her experience in hotels operations and in Human Resources Management to develop within the luxury hospitality industry in Cyprus. Currently managing the People and Culture department of Kanika Hotels and Resorts, she is also a certified trainer who uses her systemic approach in researching and solving current issues in the hospitality industry.

Mr. Kleanthis Gregoriou is a graduate of the Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus in Culinary Arts. He then moved on to Switzerland to obtain a Bachelor in Business Administration with concentration in the Hospitality Industry from the Swiss Management University. He completed his studies in Switzerland at the Glion Institute of Higher Education with an MBA in the Service Industries.

For the past 15 years he has been very active as a business consultant specializing in the HoReCa businesses and has been the F&B Manager of prestigious hotels as well as the General Manager in smaller boutique properties.

He has been a Hospitality lecturer for the past eight years and has also given Culinary Arts courses for the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth.

He has provided vocational training to hundreds of Hospitality professionals since the beginning of his career.

Dimitra Tsagkaraki is a Higher Education Lecturer in the field of Hospitality and Business Management. Dimitra is in teaching career with more than 500 hours of teaching experience in a plethora of modules like Marketing, Event Management, Project Management, Ethics, E-business and so much more. Dimitra has 10 years of work experience in Leading Hotels of the World in positions of Marketing, Sales, Public Relations and Event Management. The target market that Dimitra has experience with is mainly celebrities, high spenders that seek quality and luxurious services. Dimitra is participating in an Erasmus project with the responsibility of Communication Consultant, to create an educational platform in communication. She is also volunteering as a Vice President in the non-profit organization Birth Forward.

Faculty

People

Nicosia & Limassol 2022 - 2023 Faculty:

Nicosia

Limassol

Dr Fotis Pavlou

Associate Prof. Dr Myria Kkali

Ms Nectaria Hadjiyianni

Ms Theodora Physounis

Mr Yangos Hadjiyannis

Dr Christos Hadjiyannis

Ms Melina Karaolia

Professor Theo Hadjiyannis

Dr Evie Michailidis

Associate Prof. Dr Christiana Charalambidou

Mr Dinos Ioannides

Mr Marios Timinis

Mr Michalis Pekris

Associate Prof. Dr Constantinos Constantinou

Mr Louis Kangas

Professor Marios Georgiou

Dr. Georgia Thrasyvoulou

Dr Maria Charalampous

Mr Evis Tsiaklides

Mr Loucas Charalambides

Mr Pieris Pieri

Ms Anna Thomas

Dr Eleni Erodotou

Mr Konstantinos Taramountas

Ms Mando Papageorgiou Matsi

Dr Yiannos Rossides

Ms. Ourania Vroundou

Christos N. Volos

Mr Constantinos Pelecanis

Professor George Zachariades

Professor Marios Georgiou

Dr Nektarios Michael

Ms Debbie Phylactou

Ms Elena Makedona

Ms Maria Stylianou

Mr Marios Timinis

Ms Stella Constantinidou

Mr Yangos Hadjiyannis

Dr Christos Hadjiyannis

Capt. Valentin Mavrinac

Professor Theo Hadjiyannis

Ms Annita Petrou

Mr Nearchos Ioannou

Mr Dimitris Pitsillis

Mr Michalis Spyrou

Mr. Zenon Papaphilippou

Dr Akis Kleanthous

Mr Constantinos Kolokotronis

Mr Constantinos Silitziotis

Associate Prof. Dr Katerina Pavlou

Mr Louis Kangas

Dr Roman Puchkov

Associate Prof. Dr Constantinos Constantinou

Ms Sophia Nicolaou

Mr Graham Cowling

Mr Panayiotis Hannas

Dr Georgia Thrasyvoulou

Dr Konstantinos Mela

Dr Louis Karaolis

Mr Jamie Stratton

Mr Polis Xinaris

Mr Alexander Damaskinos

Mr Neoclis Kleanthous

Dr Marc Oerke

Ms Andria Christodoulou

Ms Sotira Petrou

Mr Yotam Werzansky-Orland

Mr Marios Isaakidis

Mr Mikhail Konoplev

Dr. Marina Himoni

Mr. Nikolas Bonetis

Mr. Pankaj Sharma

Mr Christos N. Volos

Mrs Marina Fontan

Mr Kleanthis Gregoriou