Team
Theodoros Assiotis
Steering Committee
Theodoros Assiotis
Theodoros Assiotis is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and also holds a BA in Accounting & Finance from De Montfort University, UK. Theodoros has over 12 years of professional experience in the provision of professional services making sure that companies are always up to date with their statutory obligations. He is now the Head of Accounting Services at an international law firm and has also worked as a Senior Manager in a Big 4 professional services firm. Theodoros is also a founding member of the non-profit organisation Oxygono and a member of its executive committee.
Georgina Athanasiou
Steering Committee
Georgina Athanasiou
Georgina is a lawyer who has substantial litigation experience and regularly represents banks and other financial institutions before Cyprus courts. Her main areas of expertise are litigation, domestic and international debt collection, loan recoveries, and liquidation proceedings. She also deals with criminal law cases. Georgina holds a law degree from the University of Cyprus, while she received a master's degree in Criminal Law and Human Rights from the same university. Since August 2016, she serves as the president of the Executive Committee of Oxygono. Moreover, she has been the secretary of the cultural association of her Municipality since 2013. Finally, Georgina is also an advisor to the board of Prisoner Rights Protection Association and a member of the Parallel Parliament initiative, under the Committee on Transparency, Institutions, and Justice.
Thea Christoforou
Development Team
Thea Christoforou
Luzdary Hammad-Stavrou
Development Team
Luzdary Hammad-Stavrou
Luzdary Hammad-Stavrou comes from the field of International Relations which she studied in San Francisco, USA. She has worked for humanitarian NGOs in various countries, as well as for private companies in the field of communications, PR and conference planning. She is a researcher, writer and teacher who is passionate about cultivating active citizenship, empathy and critical thinking.
George Isaia
Steering Committee
George Isaias
Lydia Kollyri
Communications Team
Lydia Kollyri
Lydia Kollyri is a Ph.D. candidate in the field of Communication and Internet Studies in Cyprus and she has been working in the field of communication since 2015. She has delved into the field of event organisation and exhibition design through courses in Italy and Germany. In addition, she has participated in several conferences as a speaker around the world.
Nicolas Kyriakides
Steering Committee
Dr Nicolas Kyriakides
Nicolas Kyriakides is a lawyer and academic. He is also interested in policy-making. He is a graduate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, he holds postgraduate degrees from UCL and NYU and a PhD (DPhil) from the University of Oxford. He has also been a visiting researcher at Harvard University. He teaches at the University of Nicosia and has contributed to a number of high level innovative legal research initiatives and papers in the course of both his commercial practice and his academic life, such as the Procedural Law Unit at the University of Nicosia. He is also a founding member of the non-profit organisation Oxygono.
Aliye Taygun
Development Team
Aliye Taygun
Aliye is an International Relations Officer. She is a graduate of the University of Strasbourg and holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Modern Languages (Langues étrangères appliquées). Her profound interest in foreign languages played a major role in helping her to master both English and French over the past years. She also takes an active role in bicommunal associations as well as in peace activism and she hopes that her efforts will eventually act as a bridge between two communities to bring them together.
Andri Voutouri
Communications Team
Andri Voutouri
Andri is a Freelance Communications Specialist and a Young Entrepreneur in the area of Event Marketing. She is a strong media and communication professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Civic & Social organisation industry. She is currently engaged in the Marketing Department of many international events with notable topics and experts.