Held at a packed Nicosia Municpal Theatre, the 2nd CBN Young Dragon Awards ceremony was a huge success.
Held on the evening of 19 February, the event saw the CBN Young Dragon Awards honour professionals/executives under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding achievement, leadership and commitment to making a positive impact on their companies.
The three finalists in each award category of this prestigious new institution were selected by an Awards Committee, and the public cast their vote to shape the final result. This year, there were 30 finalists, three in each of 10 categories.
Presented by Cyta Business with ECOMMBX as Young Dragon Champion Sponsor and Nespresso and Range Rover as Supporters, the 2nd CBN Young Dragon Awards were organised by IMH and CBN and attended by many distinguished and upcoming members of the local busineness and political world.
The evening was hosted by content creator, writer and satirical radio host Pan Dragomir.
IMH CEO George Michail, the Director of Cyta Business Niki Ioannou, and guest speaker John Christodoulou, the Founder of the Yianis Group also addressed the audience, underlining the importance of supporting visionary young entrepreneurs.
The new Young Dragons are: Marios Kolokasides, CEO, ZK FOODS (Tourism, Hotel, Leisure, Food and Beverage category), Kyriaki Christodoulou, Group Finance Director, Pafilia Property Developers Ltd (Construction and Real Estate category), Dr Panagiotis Charalambous, Environment and Sustainability Topics, Charalambides Christis Ltd (Trading and Manufacturing category), Tanya Romanyukha, General Manager, TechIsland (Technology category), Kikis Ioannou, Assistant Marketing Manager, Petrolina (Holdings) Public Limited (Services category), Leonid Bibin, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Freedom24 (Financial Services category), Andreas Alvanis, Deputy CEO, Fameline Holding Group (Shipping category), George Economides, Head Partner at E & G Economides LLC. and Vice-Chairman of Totalserve Management Ltd (Professional Services category), Boris Burangulov, Executive Producer, MY.GAMES (Gaming category), and, in the Special Award Young Dragon Entrepreneur category, Christopher Barnett, Christos Ellinas, Eleni Christofi, Neo Barnett & Peter Anders Hvass of Cyprus Comic Con.
The event ended with food and drinks as well as music by DJ Vanesha outside the venue, all in celebration of the new Young Dragons.
