Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information Surname: Yiapanas Name: George Rank: Special Teaching Personnel (STP) School: School of Business Department: Department of Hospitality, Tourism and Sport Management Academic Domain:

Educational Qualifications Degree Title Awarding Institution Year Awarded Ph.D. candidate in BA-Sports Management University of MA Management University of Wolverhampton, UK 2016 AAT Accounting BPP University, UK 1998 Certificate in Security Management Global College, CY 2014 Certificate in Football Management Intercollege, CY 2007

Employment History Period of Employment Employer Location Position (MM/YY-MM/YY) 10/00 - today GSP Stadium and Sports Centre Nicosia Finance Manager 09/98 - 10/00 Geo. Pavlides & Araouzos Ltd Nicosia Accountant Assistant

Publications Key refereed journals / conference publications / books (monographs, co-authored, edited, chapters) (list up to 10 most recent and important ones) Vol. No Year Title Authors Pages /ISBN 1 2016 Sports Grounds Safety Management George Yiapanas 978-9963-255-41-2 216

Funded Projects (list up to 10) Project Participation Allocated / Funding Total Project Awarded Project Title Duration Status Agency (DD/MM/YY- (e.g. Partner, Budget Budget to the DD/MM/YY) Research Associate) Participant

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Awards and Recognitions (list up to 10) Year Description 1 2016 Award of recognition by University of Wolverhampton for the excellent performance at the (MA) Management, during the year 2015 - 2016 2 2015 Honorary President of Squash Association for the outstanding contribution in the development of squash in Cyprus, from 2007 to 2015 3 2012 Honoured by Cyprus Olympic Committee (COC) for the efforts that had as a result, Cyprus to be designated by FICTS as “Country of Sports 2012

Consultancy and Scholarly Work (E.g. Membership in Boards, Editorial Committees, etc. List up to 10)

Period Description (MM/YY-MM/YY) 1 06/17 - 09/17 Internship supervisor to Marios Nicolaou, Bachelor of Business Administration in Sports Management, University of Nicosia 2 08/16 - today Advisor to Cyprus Sports Organisation and KPMG Cyprus on the financial operations planning of the new football stadium in 3 01/15 - 12/16 Advisor to AEK FC on the development of the safety management and media facilities (UEFA requirements) procedures for AEK Arena 4 09/12 - 10/12 Panel member for the Sports Violence 2014 legislation amendment - Discussion topic: Implementation of the National Fan ID Card) 5 09/10 - 06/15 Chairman of the Board of Cyprus Squash Association 6 02/09 - 02/09 Panel member for the implementation of the National Fan ID card in compliance with the Sports Violence Act 2008 7 02/07 - 06/09 Treasurer of Cyprus Squash Association 8 09/06 - 06/13 Treasurer of Nicosia Squash Association 9 12/00 - 06/01 Member of the organising committee of the 2001 Athletics European Teams Championship in Nicosia

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