“Cypriots in the City’’ is a network that was founded in 2002 by Phanos Theophanous and George Rologis who were at the time young professionals in London at the start of their careers. Their vision was to bring the Cypriot professional community, who worked in the City of London, together to network. The first meeting of Cypriots in the City took place in Lemonia in Primrose Hill and 35 Cypriots attended. At the time there were very few Cypriots working in London. Alexis Pantazis took over Cypriots in the City in 2007 and the initiative continued. Alexis, George and Phanos are all today on the Advisory Board of Cypriots in the City.
Post the accession of Cyprus to the EU more Cypriots started working in London and first generation Cypriot diaspora working in the City grew significantly. In 2020 the network ‘Cypriots in the City’, following popular demand, created the ‘Cypriots in the City Association’ having as founding members for the Association: Phanos Theophanous, Antonis Themistocleous, Andrew Savvides, Andreas Kyprianou, Amanda Iacovidou and Radima Khatataeva. In 2024, Cypriot Engineers asked to join the Association and the ‘Cypriots in the City Association’ was renamed in December 2024 to “Cypriot Professionals Association” by Cypriots in the City. The first committee of the “Cypriot Professionals Association” was Phanos Theophanous, Antonis Themistokleous, Eugenie Papadopoulos, Charalambos Toumazis, Andrew Savvides, Panayiotis Joannides, Ioanna Solomonides and Petros Kkolas.
In May 2024 Cypriots in the City established also the CITC – Cyprus Technology Network in order to bring the Cypriots in the technology sector together and to showcase the international nature of Cypriot tech scene.
Over the years Cypriots in the City organised and supported many industry forums and panel discussions with distinguished guests such as The President of the Republic of Cyprus, the Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Cyprus, the Chairman and CEO of InvestCyprus, the Chairman of CySEC and many others. Furthermore, Cypriots in the City has supported many professionals and students through its pioneering mentoring scheme that started in 2020.
Cypriots in the City remains the interconnection carrier between the London financial centre and the Cypriot financial community and through the “Cypriot Professionals Association” by Cypriots in the City plays an active part in the UK Cypriot Community.
