44th Cyprus Hotel Summit & Exhibition

Philippos Soseilos is the CEO & Chairman of PwC Cyprus, effective 1 January 2022. Philippos joined PwC in 1989 and was admitted to partnership on

Loizos Markides is a fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA), a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Cyprus (ICPAC) and holds a Bachelor degree

Haris Loizides graduated from the University of Manchester in Economics with specialization in Business Finance. Haris holds the position of the President of the Cyprus

Constantinos Petrides assumed office as Minister of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus on the 3rd of December 2019. Prior to his appointment, he served

Maria Kouroupi joined Hermes Airports in 2009 bringing along over 20 years of experience in the airline industry. She has held the role of Senior

Robert Carey is an American and French citizen who has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University as well as

Jason McGuinness was appointed Ryanair’s Director of Commercial in June 2020, having previously served as Director of Revenue Management & Pricing and Director of Network

Paul Sies is an accomplished start-up and turnaround specialist with repeated success increasing and developing new organisations, revenue, and sales. Track record of start-up’s, system

Frank Oostdam has been involved in the travel and tourism industry since 2007. Frank is Director of the ANVR, the Dutch travel association. And since

Philokypros Roussounides holds an MBA International Business from London Southbank University in the United Kingdom and has many years of experience in senior management positions

Theo Demetriou’s career in travel and tourism started in the late 90’s when he worked for specialist Greece and Cyprus Tour operators. It was at

Ralph Schiller, in November 2011, joined the management of the FTI GROUP and co-led the company with founder Dietmar Gunz. On January 1, 2021 Schiller

Victoria Studer found her way into the travel industry in 2011 as a travel consultant for city trips at the Swiss OTA travel.ch. She moved

Kyriaki Christodoulou studied Quantity Surveying at the University of Reading. She has 11 years of experience working for PwC Cyprus and PwC UK, leading audits

Savvas Perdios was born in 1981 in Lefkosia. He has been the deputy minister of tourism of the Republic of Cyprus since January 2019. He

Sofia Zacharaki was appointed Deputy Minister for Tourism Education and Special forms of Tourism on January 2021. She previously held the office of Deputy Minister

H.E Dr. Emad Hejazeen is highly qualified with over 25 of practical experience in the tourism sector throughout the Kingdom of Jordan. Dr. Emad’s achievements

Ivett Bődi, as the Deputy CEO for Tourism Strategy at the Hungarian Tourism Agency, she is responsible for the implementation of the National Tourism Development

Yiannis Karousos was born on 21 November 1979 in Ayia Napa. He holds a BSc (Hons) in International Hospitality and Tourism Management from the University

Christos Angelides is an innovative, socially educated and sophisticated professional well connected with local and international executives in the Hospitality and Travel industry. Highly involved

Alan French is the CEO of the relaunched Thomas Cook. He has decades of experience in leading major digital business and transformation projects and worked

Vasiliki Mavrokefalou is the Director Market Management Lodging for Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and East Adriatic in Expedia Group. Previously, Vasiliki worked as Global Head of

Jens Zimmer Christensen was elected President of HOTREC in 2018. He was the Chairman of HORESTA, the trade association representing the Danish hospitality sector from

Haris Theocharous was born in Famagusta in 1972. He graduated from Les Roches International School of Hotel Management in Switzerland with Merit. He continued his

Dimitris Manikis is responsible for the development of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts’ brands in the EMEA region as well as maximising the performance of all

President, SETE-Greek Tourism Confederation, Greece Yiannis Retsos was born in Athens in 1969. He is a graduate of School of Law, University of Athens and

Alexander Schneider has over 19 years of hospitality experience focused on pre-opening assignments and providing guidance to owning companies regarding asset management, investor relations and

Alexandros Vassilikos was born in Athens in 1976 and studied Economics in Nantes and London. In 2002, following the demise of the founder of AIROTEL