Lena Panayiotou is the Assistant Director General of the Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB) as of January 2024. She initially joined OEB’s Industrial Relations & Social Policy Department in 2004, of which she is also currently Director since 2017. Ms Panayiotou graduated from the English School, Nicosia and holds a degree in Law and an MA in International Relations, both from the University of Leeds. She has extensive training experience and participates in several international and national bodies including, amongst others, the Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, the Labour Advisory Body, the Cyprus Social Insurance Council and the Industrial Disputes Tribunal. She is currently an Executive Committee member of the Cyprus Football Association