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- Board of Directors
   
  Dr. Sofronis Sofroniou
President of the Board
Dr. Sofroniou served as a Senior Advisor to the President of Cyprus between 1988 and 1992. He is co-founder and President of the University of Nicosia (formerly known as Intercollege Cyprus) and a member of the founding committee of the University of Cyprus. He has over thirty five years of educational experience at university level in the UK, USA and Cyprus.He was the Former Vice-President to the Cypriot community in the United Kingdom and former member of the Board of the National Brotherhood Federation of Cypriots. He is currently the Senior Advisor to the Kykkos church of Cyprus. Dr. Sofroniou is an honorary visiting member of the House of Lords United Kingdom.
    Mr. Doros Agathocleous
Advisory Board Member
Mr. Agathocleous has thirty years experience in international business development, sales, marketing and management. Projects he has undertaken include the launch and implementation of products and services internationally. Mr. Agathocleous was the co- founder of a leading trading company in Australia that is currently listed in the Australian stock exchange.
                       
  Mr. Savvas Charalambous
Advisory Board Member

Mr. Charalambous has thirty years experience in architectural design, construction, property development and management. Projects he has undertaken include the ownership, construction, property development and management of Columbia Hotel and Resort in Pissouri, Cyprus and land development throughout the sea coast of Cyprus.
         
   
- Board of Directors & Executive Management
                         
  Mr. Paul Agathocleous
Managing Director
paul@smartgroupcyprus.com
Mr. Paul Agathocleous holds a B.A. in Linguistics and an M.A. in Education Management form Fairleigh Dickinson and William Paterson University in New Jersey, USA. His background includes; real estate and land acquisition in Greece and the Balkans and investment fund management, construction, sales and marketing. Mr. Agathocleous was the co-founder of Value Pack - the largest direct marketing and mailing service which was successfully sold in 2004 to a public company listed in the Greek Stock Exchange. Mr. Agathocleous also has the franchise rights to the largest network of private schools and private language institutes in Cyprus - Pascal Education. Currently Mr. Agathocleous is the Managing Director of Smartbuy Group International and Operations Manager of the Cyprus office and deals mainly with international real estate funds, network of associates in the Middle East, European investors and construction and developing companies throughout the United Arab Emirates.
    Mr. Chris Sofroniou
International Business Development Director
chris@smartgroupcyprus.com
Mr. Chris Sofroniou holds a BSc in Marketing, M.A. in International Relations and an MBA in Human Resource Management from the U.S.A. He is the founder and Managing Director of Global Educational Services an International Company offering Educational advice to students worldwide and the founder of Focus Human Resource Services, a specialized job recruitment agency identifying and recruiting top Level Management on a global scale. He is also the founder and President of Sofron Distance Learning University Alliance, a network of cooperating universities offering distance learning degree's online. He served on the Board of Directors of Ford and General Electric in Cyprus. President of the Graduates Association of the American Academy, Nicosia, a prestigious private high school in Cyprus and is a member of its Board of Governors. Vice President and member of the executive committee of Digenis Akritas Morphou, a premiership Football Club in Cyprus.

 
                         
  Mrs. Despo Charalambous
Marketing Director
smartcreations@cytanet.com.cy
Mrs Despo Charalambous holds a BA in Business Administration and an MA in Marketing from UK universities. She held the position of manager of Student Affairs at Americanos College and manager of promoting the College. She also worked as manager of Public Relations at the Holiday Inn in Nicosia, Cyprus. For the last 8 years she has worked for the Vassos Eliades Ltd as the Marketing & PR manager.
    Mr. Andreas Agathocleous
International Operations Director
andreas@smartgroupcyprus.com
Mr. Andreas Agathocleous holds a B.A. in General Sociology form William Paterson University in New Jersey, USA. His background includes sales and marketing in the advertising and real estate sector in Cyprus. Mr. Agathocleous was co-founder of Value Pack, which is Cyprus’s first direct marketing and mailing service concept that allows average companies to reach 95% of consumers in Cyprus every month using direct mailing. Value Pack was successfully sold in 2004 to a public company listed in the Greek Stock Exchange.Currently Mr. Agathocleous is the Smartbuy Groups International Operations Director and deals mainly with internal real estate and a network of associates from Cyprus, Lebanon and Greece.
 
                         
- Advisory Board Members
                       
  Mr. Michalis Nikolaou
Operations Manager Bulgaria
Mr. Michalis Nicolaou is the Director of Afrodite Real Estate Bulgaria and Operations Manager of Smartbuy Afrodite International Investments in Bulgaria. Mr. Nicolaou has over 25 years experience in sales and marketing. and extensive experience in the Burgas real estate market at the Black Sea Coast in Bulgaria. Under his current supervision of Smartbuy Afrodite International Investments operations in Burgas he has successfully acquired and sold to international investors, construction and developing organizations over 4.8 million m2 of residential land.
    Mr. Paul Crook
London Real Estate Advisor
Mr Paul Crook is the General Director of London's largest lettings only agency. Mr Crook has over 15 years experience in Real Estate in London serving thousands of landlords each year.
 
             
                         
Dr. Riad Sukkar
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Riad Sukkar has a PHD in Engineering Management "University of Pacific Western University, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1982-1988)" - a Master degree in Information Technology "University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan USA (1981)" - Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering "University of Damascus, Syria (1973-1979)" and works as a Business Development Consultant. Dr. Sukkar specializes in Economical, Management studies and Business Opportunities that provides "Investment Opportunities, Business Development, Financial Services, and Legal Services". Dr. Sukkar is a consultant for different projects funded by European Union and United Nations.
   
- Smartbuy Team
       

Ms. Katie Demetriades
Investor Relations Manager

katie@smartgroupcyprus.com
Ms. Katie Demetriades holds a BA in International Business with French and an MA in Human Resource Management from Regent’s College London. Her background includes PR, Marketing & Sales in the International Advertising and Real Estate Sectors. She worked as a PR Assistant at Action Global Communications and then as a Consultant at Global Educational Services. In November 2009 she joined Smartbuy Group and took responsibility for the Group’s Marketing and Sales activities. She currently holds the position of Investor Relations Manager and handles Investments, Funds and Property Management Portfolios. She is also the point of contact and coordination for Smartbuy Group’s office in Athens, Greece.

Mrs. Anna-Maria Makridou
Chief Accountant
annamaria@smartgroupcyprus.com
 
   
       
- Smartbuy International Lawyers
       
     
       
Mr. Andreas Gialeli
Group Lawyer Cyprus & Greece
  Mr. Georgi Grigorov
Group Lawyer Bulgaria