CBN Young Dragon Awards: The night in pictures

The first ever CBN Young Dragon Awards, held on 2 December at the Municipal Theatre in Nicosia, were a resounding success.

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

The awards ceremony was followed by an outdoor cocktail party at the Municipal Theatre of Nicosia, where award recipients and nominees, mingled with guests and sponsors.

The recipients of the 1st CBN Young Dragon Awards are:

• Tourism, Hotel, Leisure, Food and Beverage: Nikolaos Arvanitis, Manager, Events & Entertainment, Melco Resorts & Entertainment
• Construction and Real Estate: Elena Narbuts, VP of Sales & Marketing, Marfields Group
• Trading and Manufacturing (retail trade, wholesale trade, manufacturing): Michalis Petrou, Commercial Manager, Alambra - Petrou Bros Dairy Products
• Technology (technology companies, software, hardware, telcos, etc.): Theodoros Mantis, Head of Payroll & Migration, BrainRocket
• Services (Education, Health, Media, Communications, Advertising, Supply Chain and Logistics): Artemis Pnevmatikou, Head of PR & Communications, TechIsland
• Financial Services (Banking, Investing, Insurance, other financial services): Christos M. Ioannou, Head Private & Affluent Banking, Bank of Cyprus
• Shipping: Vassilis Malikides, Chief Investment Officer, OSM Thome
• Professional Services (law, accounting, consulting): Constantina Ioannou, Manager, PwC
• Young Entrepreneur: Nearchos Petrides, CEO, Ellinas Finance

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 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.

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