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 Issue 101 121 AUGUST DECEMApril 1858, 2019 2021

6 | EDITORIAL                                                                                

8 | 8 BUSINESS BRIEFING

Economic & Business Highlights.           

10 | START ME UP

This month’s featured startup: Syndeseas.

12 | 10 MY WAY

Tamar Aharon Cohen’sPanos DanoEleni Kaloyirou’s management style.

A selection of the more astonishing statements heard in Cyprus over the past month.

14| 14 5| FIVE MINUTES WITH…

Hayley BuckleHaris Koureas

FIVE MINUTES WITH…

Hayley BuckleNikolas ChatziavraamDimitris Katopodis.

COVER STORY

26 | Professional Services in Cyprus: The Future of the Sector and the Need for a New Growth Model
The professional services sector currently faces numerous challenges beyond those caused by COVID-19, including developments around Double Tax Treaties with key countries and the EU’s push towards the harmonization of national tax systems. These will inevitably lead to a change in the demand for the professional services that Cyprus lawyers, accountants and service providers are currently offering. We present the views of leading professional service providers and of two government ministers on what steps need to be taken.

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 1

75 | Accounting, Audit & Tax Advisory Firms in Cyprus
Nine leading firms present their services and views, preceded by an interview with Pangratios Vanezis, Chairman of the Accounting Standards Committee of ICPAC.

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT 2

101 | Boating & Yachting in Cyprus
Five companies present their services, plus an interview with Hermes N. Stephanou, President of the Cyprus Marinas Association (CMA).

EVENTS

70 | Cyprus India Economic Cooperation Conference

96 | 4th Cyprus International Tax Conference 

FEATURES
15 | 20 Credit Risk Management: Fuel for CompaniesIPOs Make a Dramatic Comeback

Global equity markets staged a dramatic return at the end of 2020, according to EY’s Global IPO Trends: Q4 2020 report.

16 | Purple Unicorns and Gaming Brush Bristles
Jeremy Ballenger, Head of Analytics at Wargaming, on how the developer broke the mould in the global gaming industry by moving from spreadsheets to business intelligence.

19 | Reviving the property and construction sectors after COVID-19

PwC’s Cyprus Real Estate Market report highlights how different districts and sector segments were affected by the pandemic and offers recommendations on how to revitalize the market.

20 | A Global Leader in Forging a Greener World
Exclusive interview with Khaled Alsharif, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Cyprus.

72 | A New-Generation Law Firm in London’s West End
George Constant, a UK-born Cypriot and a Senior Partner in Spector Constant & Williams, explains how the firm has caused a positive stir on London’s traditionally conservative legal scene.

98 | The Beauty of Blockchain in Healthcare
Interview with VeChain’s Ecosystem Manager, Dimitris Neocleous, about the company’s E-HCert App and the benefits of linking blockchain and healthcare.

114 | Fintech’s Bright Future
Ecommbx CFO Georgia Pitta talks to GOLD about the evolution of the banking ecosystem, the benefits of the coexistence of fintechs and traditional banks, and the changing role of the modern CFO.

116 | 114 BOOKSHELF
Five new business titles.

118 | IN GOOD COMPANY
How Vassos Eliades maintains its people-centric culture through transparency, good communication and a healthy workspace.

118 | TIME OFF
Good Things Come in Small Packag122 | 13012 THEY SAID WHAT?
Our choice of the many remarkable statements uttered in Cyprus over the past month.