Philippos Vatiliotis (age 73) (Non-Executive Chairman)

Philippos has been involved in Teleset's business since 1996 as the general director of TeleDev East. He led the original acquisition of Teleset in 1998 and subsequent investments. Philippos has been involved in the telecom industry throughout his career which he started with Cable & Wireless in 1956 before moving to Cyprus Telecommunications Authority where he spent 34 years and retired as the Authority's general manager. He was President of the Cyprus Institute of Electrical Engineers and he is a member of the UK Institute of Electrical Engineers. He holds a BSc in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Bath.

Yiannis Demetriou FCCA MBA (age 37) (Chief Executive Officer)

Yiannis is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a member of the Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus. He was Managing Director of TeleDev East from 2002 until the recent de-merger of the group's Subsidiaries from TeleDev East and the registration of Teleset Networks PLC in 2006 when he undertook the position of the Chief Executive Officer. He originally joined TeleDev East as the company's Finance Director in 1998. He was closely involved in acquiring and managing all the subsidiaries and in the overall building up of TeleDev East. He was formerly an internal auditor for the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus. Yiannis holds an MBA from EUMS. He is fluent in Greek, Russian and English.

Roman Shaikhutdinov (age 34) (Chief Operating Officer)

Roman is actively involved in the operations of Teleset. He joined Teleset in 1998 to advise on legal issues relating to the local telecom market. He then worked for two years for Stelcom, a subsidiary of TeleDev East, a long-distance wholesale telecom operator based in Moscow, in the capacity of legal adviser. Before joining Teleset, he worked as a legal adviser to the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tatarstan. He graduated from the Kazan State University with a degree in law. He is fluent in Russian and English. 

Lidana Bondar (age 33) (Chief Financial Officer)

Lidana joined Teleset in 1999 as Chief Accountant and in 2002 was appointed to the position of Finance Director. She has been responsible for the development of the finance function with regard to both financial and management accounting, implementation of automated control systems, business planning. Before joining Teleset she had three years experience in accounting in IT and Telecom fields. She graduated from the Kazan State Finance and Economics Institute with a degree in financial management. She is fluent in Russian and English.

Ioannis Tirkides (age 45) (Non-Executive Director)

Ioannis is a Chartered Accountant. He is a managing director and secretary for the Manglis group of companies, a substantial shareholder of the Company, where he oversees several subsidiaries especially with regard to their finances and strategy. He was previously an audit manager with KPMG, Cyprus. He holds a BA in economics from American University of Beirut and an MA in business economics from the University of Essex. He trained as an accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales with Landau Morley in London.

Matiaz Schroll (age 36) (Non-Executive Director)