During my last period of service as Minister of Communications and Works, whose sphere of competence includes public works, telecommunications, transport and shipping, I had the opportunity to manage and coordinate the preparation of the Ministry's budget which, apart from its operational aspects, is basically developmental.As re
gards management, I worked for eight years as the manager of the imports section of a large Cypriot organisation with international connections and subsequently, for six years, I had the opportunity of working as general executive manager of the largest cooperative credit organisation, which, with 135 employees a
...[+++]nd a budget of Eur 550 million, was very well placed to convert to a financial institution on the basis of European directives upon the accession of Cyprus to the EU.