7th Business Leaders Summit

Panicos Nicolaou is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Bank of Cyprus since September 1, 2019. He joined the Bank in January 2001 and started his career serving at various positions, mainly in the Corporate and Credit Risk departments. He was the Manager in the Restructuring and Recoveries Division from April 2014 until June 2016.  From June 2016 until August 2019, he served as Director of Corporate Banking Division. He holds a diploma (5-year degree) in Mechanical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (Metsovio Polytechnic) in Greece, and an MSc in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the USA. He also holds a BSc in Financial Services/ACIB from the School of Management, UMIST in the UK. Panicos is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Cyprus Banks (ACB), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Employers’ Association of Cyprus Banks, and member of the Board of Directors of the European Banking Federation (EBF). He is also Board member and member of the Executive Committee of the Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB).

Xenios is the Director of Corporate and SME Banking at Bank of Cyprus since January 2022. He is responsible for the wholesale Business (Corporate Banking Units, the Small and Medium Enterprises Banking Centres) and the Bank's Factoring Unit. He joined the Bank in 1993 as Management Trainee and served the Group from various managerial positions mainly in the Corporate and Credit Risk Departments. Prior to his appointment as Director of Corporate and SME Banking, he served as Director of Corporate from August 2019 until December 2021. Xenios holds a BBA with honours in Accounting from Southern Arkansas University, USA, and an MBA Finance with honours from Louisiana Tech University, USA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of General Insurance of Cyprus, a member of the Board of IDEA, and a member of the Board of Directors of Limassol Marina Ltd.

Vasileios Fourlis is the President of the Board of Directors of FOURLIS A.E. HOLDINGS. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of TRADE ESTATES AEEAP and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of HOUSEMARKET A.E. (IKEA). Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Directors of INTERSPORT A.E. Furthermore, Vassilios Fourlis has held positions on various other Boards of Directors. These include the Association of Businesses and Industries (SEB), the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), and the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HEG) of S.A. TITAN Cement. He has also served on the Boards of OTE S.A., IMITHEA S.A. (Errikos Dunan Hospital Center), Piraeus Bank, Vivartia A.E., and the National Insurance Company. Additionally, Vassilios Fourlis is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Society for Environment and Culture. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the "Kouros Entrepreneurship" award by the President of the Hellenic Republic in 2004.

Eftichios Vassilakis is the CEO & Principal of Vassilakis Group consisting mainly of 2 ASE listed entities Aegean Airlines, the largest Greek Airline and Autohellas, the largest Automotive Services company in Greece. (Circa 5,000 group employees.) Mr. Vassilakis serves as a non-executive Director on the Board of LAMDA DEVELOPMENT and TEMES (developer of Costa Navarino Resort). He is Vice President of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) & a Member of the Board & Executive Committee of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV). He holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale (1988) and an MBA from Columbia (1991).

Andreas Hadjikyriacos founded GNORA Communication Consultants in 2003 and has been its Managing Director ever since. He was the communication consultant to presidential candidate and subsequent President of Cyprus, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, while he also managed the communication strategy for the acquisition of a private island in Greece among other projects. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from Northeastern University, Boston, and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/Communication and Political Sciences from Indiana University. He has worked as a journalist for twenty-three years, among others, as political editor at the newspaper Phileleftheros, as news director at MEGA Cyprus and as a correspondent for the newspaper to VIMA and the Greek service of the BBC. He is the author of two book, a historical fiction and a political science book on parliamentary elections in Cyprus.

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