Angela Panayiotou

Biography

Angela Panayiotou is the Manager of IDEACy, an Incubator – Accelerator for Startups and an Entrepreneurship Hub in Cyprus, aspiring to develop investible startups and change the Cypriot culture more towards innovation. With a diverse 23-years career in banking both in Cyprus and abroad, has worked in all lines of business and with all types of customers. She has long been involved in intrapreneurship and has carried out successfully several innovation projects within the organization.

Angela is a coach, a mentor and an advisor to several young, aspiring entrepreneurs throughout their journey form idea-stage to revenue-generation. She has been a judge and a panelist in several startup competitions and conferences and has led several delegations for innovation field-trips in Israel, Greece and in the UK. She is also a member of Round Table Forums regarding innovation in the country, whereas she has organized and delivered workshops on youth entrepreneurship.

Angela has a frequent presence in the Media in line with the intensive efforts of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship amongst the youth of Cyprus.