Over 12,000 votes already submitted for CBN Young Dragon Awards- you have until 26 November to cast yours

Having already surpassed a whopping 12,000 in number, votes are still flooding in for the public’s choice for the young entrepreneurs and professionals under the age of 40 who will be awarded as part of the newly established CBN Young Dragon Awards.

With three finalists in each award category have selected and announced by the Awards Committee, the public can, until 26 November, still continue to cast their vote and shape the final result, contributing to and decisively determining the selection of each category's awardee.

The public's vote will count on a 50%-50% scale with the Award Committee's vote.

Those members of the public who wish to participate in the voting can only vote for one candidate per category, while you do not have to choose a candidate in all categories for your vote to be valid. You can vote via the same IP address only once.

The three finalists in each award category, as selected by the Awards Committee, are as follows:

Tourism, Hotel, Leisure, Food and Beverage

• Peter Hvass | Lead Organizer | Cyprus Comic Con
• Nikolaos Arvanitis | Manager, Events & Entertainment | Melco Resorts & Entertainment
• Litsa Charalambous | Group HR Manager | Leonardo Hotels Mediterranean

Construction and Real Estate

• Christiana Rotou | Director of Operations | RotosGroup
• Chrysanthi Gavriel | Site Engineer | Pafilia Property Developers
• Elena Narbuts | VP of Sales & Marketing | Marfields Group

Trading and Manufacturing (retail trade, wholesale trade, manufacturing)

• Maria Constantinides | Commercial Manager | HARCO LTD
• Alexandros Chr. Angastiniotis | Group General Manager | VitaTrace Nutrition
• Michalis Petrou | Commercial Manager | Alambra - Petrou Bros Dairy Products

Technology (technology companies, software, hardware, telcos, etc.)

• Daniil Petin | Vice President Mobility | inDrive
• Ahmad Fayad | IT Compliance Manager, DPO | eToro Europe
• Theodoros Mantis | Head of Payroll & Migration | BrainRocket

Services (Education, Health, Media, Communications, Advertising, Supply Chain and Logistics)

• Alexia Varnava | Department Manager | Biotronics
• Artemis Pnevmatikou | Head of PR & Communications | TechIsland
• Ivan Vorobev | CMO | Cubic Games

Financial Services (Banking, Investing, Insurance, other financial services)

• Christos M. Ioannou | Head Private & Affluent Banking | Bank of Cyprus
• Sergey Smirnov | Group Financial Controller | DataArt (Cyprus)
• Nikos Kyriakou | Director of Enterprise Risk Management | eToro Europe

Shipping

• Eliana Charalambous Savvide | Legal Manager | Intership Navigation Co.
• Demetris Lemesianos | HSQE & Sustainability Manager | Island Oil (Holdings)
• Vassilis Malikides Chief Investment Officer | OSM Thome

Professional Services (law, accounting, consulting)

• Constantina Ioannou | Manager | PwC
• George P. Nicolaou | Director | Treppides & Co Group
• Romanos Loizides | Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution | GZG

Young Entrepreneur

• Nearchos Petrides | CEO | Ellinas Finance
• Marios Michael & Kyriakos Markou | Founders and owners | Kafeneio To Taxidromeio
• Alexander Eng | Founder, GM | Agora Lefkara

Through the CBN Young Dragon Awards, Cyprus Business News will reward and celebrate new talents, potential and their early achievements in the business sector.

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, starting a new or renewed business and career path.

This year's awards ceremony is presented by Cyta Business and also supported by Punin Group and ECOMMBX, proudly highlighting the value and importance of the institution.

To take part in the vote click HERE