Speakers

Yangos Hadjiyannis earned an LL.B. with a First-Class Honours from the University of Nottingham. He then moved to the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall) where he earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies and the next year, an LL.M. in International Law with a First Class Honours. He moved back to Cyprus in 2007 where he has successfully completed the Cyprus Bar Examinations and became a member of the Cyprus Bar Association. In May 2022 he completed successfully the highly exclusive Executive Education program "Authentic Leadership" at Harvard University. In July 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration by the University of West London.

From 2008 to 2019, he was the Deputy Director-General of The Cyprus Institute of Marketing, in charge for business development and strategy. Since 2020 he is the Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Board of Directors of CIPA (Invest Cyprus) and Chairman of the Promotion Committee. Moreover, he is a member of the Cyprus Advertising Control Agency, member of the HR & Training Committee of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA), member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Employers & Industrialists Federation (OEB). He is also advisor to many companies on issues of strategy and management.