Public voting has begun for the 2nd CBN Young Dragon Awards! Starting from today up until 7 January 2026, the public can vote for the young entrepreneurs and professionals under the age of 40 who will be awarded at the second edition of IMH’s prestigious awards.
Now that the three finalists in each award category have been selected and announced by the Awards Committee, the public can cast their vote and shape the final result. The public's vote will count on a 50%-50% scale with the Award Committee's vote.
This year, there are 30 finalists, three in each of the following 10 categories:
- Construction and Real Estate
- Financial Services
- Gaming
- Professional Services
- Services
- Shipping
- Technology
- Tourism, Hotel, Leisure, Food and Beverage
- Trading and Manufacturing
- Special Award Young Dragon Entrepreneur
The public can select one candidate per category, while it is not required to vote in all categories for the vote to be valid. One vote per IP address.
The three finalists in each award category, as selected by the Awards Committee, are as follows:
Construction and Real Estate
- Marija Butkute – Chief Operating Officer (COO) – AGG Luxury Homes
- Mariella Mavronikola – Project Manager – INEX
- Kyriaki Christodoulou – Group Finance Director – Pafilia Property Developers Ltd
Financial Services
- Katerina Economidou – Manager Cards – Bank of Cyprus
- Leonid Bibin – Deputy Chief Financial Officer – Freedom24
- Phanos Vladimirou – Senior Investment Specialist – Athlos Capital Investment Services Ltd
Gaming
- Roman Gurskiy – Managing Director – GEM Capital
- Boris Burangulov – Executive Producer – MY.GAMES
- Anton Gorodetsky – Head of Industry Relations – MY.GAMES
Professional Services
- Stefanos Michael – Partner, Head of Technology Consulting Services – EY Cyprus Advisory Services Limited
- Dimitris Shakallis – HR Manager – Trident Trust Company (Cyprus) Limited
- George Economides – Head Partner at E & G Economides LLC. and Vice-Chairman of Totalserve Management Ltd – E&G Economides LLC and Totalserve Management Limited
Services
- Nadia Ivanova – Chief Communications Officer – Unlimit
- Michalis Zoumides – Marketing Executive & NFR Manager – Coral Cyprus (Shell Licensee)
- Kikis Ioannou – Assistant Marketing Manager – Petrolina (Holdings) Public Limited
Shipping
- Lukas Drumm – Projects and Platform Services Director – Columbia Group
- George Prastitis – Head of Finance & HR – OSM Thome
- Andreas Alvanis – Deputy CEO – Fameline Holding Group
Technology
- Maria Kalli – Manager Digital Trust Services – JCC Payment Systems Ltd
- Ekaterina Korneeva – Enterprise Customer Success Manager – Wrike
- Tanya Romanyukha – General Manager – TechIsland
Tourism, Hotel, Leisure, Food and Beverage
- Yiannis Stefanou – Assistant Food & Beverage Manager of AMARA 5* Hotel – Stademos Hotels Ltd
- Gina Vassiliades – Lifestyle Manager – Minthis Clubhouse Ltd
- Marios Kolokasides – CEO – ZK FOODS (joint venture with Zorbas Group)
Trading and Manufacturing
- Dr Ioannis Lambrou – Technology Director – FirePro.
- Nasia Theophilou – Finance and Operations Director – C.G. Papaloisou Ltd
- Dr Panagiotis Charalambous – Environment and Sustainability Topics – Charalambides Christis Ltd
Special Award Young Dragon Entrepreneur
- Maria Terzi – MALLOC
- Styliana Charalambous – Selfmade Finance
- Christopher Barnett, Christos Ellinas, Eleni Christofi, Neo Barnett & Peter Anders Hvass – Cyprus Comic Con
The CBN Young Dragon Awards will honour professionals/executives under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding achievement, leadership and commitment to making a positive impact on their companies.
One person will receive the Dragon Award for each category.
Voting concludes on 7 January 2026.
The winners will be announced on 19 February 2026 during a special ceremony at the Nicosia Municipal Theater.
This year's awards ceremony is presented by Cyta Business. Young Dragon Champion Sponsor is Ecommbx.
To take part in the vote click HERE
