Celebrating excellence: The CBN Young Dragon Awards are tonight

The countdown has begun for the first-ever CBN Young Dragon Awards, taking place in Nicosia tonight.

The invitation-only ceremony will see nine professionals under the age of 40 recognised and awarded for their accomplishments in a range of sectors.

Three finalists in each award category were selected and announced by the expert Awards Committee while a public vote shaped the final result, contributing to and decisively determining the selection of each category's awardee. This is because the public's vote counted on a 50%-50% scale with the Award Committee's vote.

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 Organiser | Cyprus Comic Con
• Nikolaos Arvanitis | Manager, Events & Entertainment | Melco Resorts & Entertainment
• Litsa Charalambous | Group HR Manager | Leonardo Hotels Cyprus

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.

The CBN Young Dragon Awards are presented by Cyta Business, the Gold Sponsor of the Awards is Punin Group, the Young Dragon Champion Sponsor is Ecommbx and Nespresso is the Awards Sponsor.