Articles in English
Successful Business meets Martina Meinders, managing director at MARIN SHIPMANAGEMENT LIMITED, one of the leading shipping companies in Cyprus with 50 vessels of different types in operation and more than 1,000 seafarers from around the world on board. Martina, when did you move to Cyprus? I came to Cyprus from Hamburg in 1993. The company I was working at moved its operations to the island, and there was a job opportunity for me. Since then, I have been living and…
Our interviewee is a wise and experienced leader, an elegant woman and a wonderful mother, a real estate and investment expert, and managing director of Sotheby's International Realty’s Cyprus branch, Anastasia Yianni. Representing Cyprus in one of the largest luxury real estate brands, with an annual global turnover of $150 billion, and bringing Cypriot properties to the platform popular with UHNWIs, is an honourable and very demanding task. But this delicate woman handles it with a smile and optimism. This…
Successful Business talked to Anna Anisimova, the founder of the TALEAN group of companies about the role of women in business, starting a business in Cyprus, and the qualities business women need to succeed. Anna, how have you ended up in Cyprus? I moved to the Island of Love, in fact, for love. Fifteen years ago, I fell in love with a wonderful man, got married, and relocated to Cyprus. Here I started my life anew: not knowing the language,…
The Successful Business Magazine spoke to Christianna Diogenous, CEO of Unicars Ltd, one of the leading companies in the automotive sector in Cyprus. Christianna, tell us about your professional journey in auto-business. I was born into this industry as it has been one of our family businesses for the past 70 years. Although I was actively involved with all of our businesses from a young age, I caught the bug early with the automotive industry and it became one of…
Successful Business talked to Andria Andreou, partner of Athos Group, a multidisciplinary family office headquartered in Switzerland and operating from key locations in Anguilla, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, and the Netherlands. The company specialises in setting up and management of multi-jurisdictional asset protection; succession and estate planning structures; exit structures, and investment funds. Andria, could you tell us if you were always interested in law, or if this interest developed over the years? From an early age, I cannot…
Succesful Business talked to the founder of EnWhy Group, Natalia Bredneva-Konstantinidou about finding a career path, building a business in Cyprus, and the impact of online communication on the professional services sector. Natalia, how did your life in Cyprus begin?I came to the island in 2003 accompanying some friends who were on a business trip and required some assistance. By that time, I had finished a language school in Moscow and spoke English well, and they needed someone to help…
EnergyIntel Services Ltd is a reputable company in Cyprus operating in the field of Renewable Energy Sources and especially Solar Energy for the last 15 years. Successful Business asked the company’s CEO, Eugenia Herodotou about the qualities of women in business, the challenges she faced, and an advice she had to offer. In your opinion, what qualities should a woman have to succeed as a business leader? Women tend to be seen as community-driven, compassionate, patient, and trustworthy leaders. They…