George Ashikalis has 25 years managerial experience as Head of Industrial Relations, Head of EAC Education and Training School, Director of Operations and Personnel and Purchasing Manager at the Electricity Authority of Cyprus. He has extensive experience in the European Social Dialogue, as Expert Advisor of the Employers’ team in the meetings with the European Commission and the European Employee Union Federations. As an Expert-Consultant in Labour Relations he participates regularly in Parliamentary Committees on Labour issues and the Consultative Labour Body, representing the Cyprus Independent TU Federation. He participated at the 88th ILO Convention in Geneva as Advisor to the Employers and Industrialists Federation.
He has been speaker at 16 International Conferences and chair to four others, 3 of which in HRM.
He is a Chartered Manager, Chartered Fellow of CIPD and Chartered Engineer, an Honorary Member and Fellow of the CyHRMA and has been a member of its Board of Directors/Treasurer/Vice-President for over 12 years. His academic qualifications include an Electronic and Electrical Engineering Degree from the Victoria University of Manchester and post-graduate qualifications in Engineering Management from the Joint Board of Engineering Management, MBA from the CIIM and MSc in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
He taught the subject of Labour Relations at the University of Cyprus and at the MBA and the MSc HRM programs at the University of Cyprus as guest speaker.
