MEA | Middle East CEO of the Year Awards 2023 30 for each of its clients, offering them a service designed to promote a long-term relationship that is built on the cornerstones of trust, integrity, and excellence. Driving the firm forward in its quest to attain these goals is CEO and awardee Isavella Evripidou, whose professional journey dates back to her achieving bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration and law respectively, with both of these being attained from reputable universities. From this solid foundation, Isavella has spent the next two decades strengthening her understanding of business principles, legislation, and management practise, beginning with her attaining of the first significant milestone in the form of becoming a professional member for a number of organisations, such as the ICA, ACAMS, and Cyprus Investment Fund Association, to name just a few. This was followed by Isavella’s first steps into the corporate world, where she gained invaluable experience working in an array of managerial positions for a variety of multinational companies across her native Cyprus. It is through these roles that Isavella was afforded the opportunity to hone her skills in the realms of planning, management, and leadership, before traversing such areas as business development, banking, financial, corporate, and legal. She explains, “my entrepreneurial spirit led me to start my own ventures. I founded and successfully managed several businesses, showcasing my ability to identify opportunities, take calculated risks, and drive growth.” Across this journey, Isavella has become an expert in the field of managing projects, taking a series of key steps from the outset to ensure the needs of the company and the client are wholly met. Isavella describes this process in more detail, “through thorough understanding, collaborative decision-making, continuous evaluation, and quality assurance, the project can be tailored to align with the client’s expectations and deliver the desired results.” In an industry where constant evolution is a main stay, this holistic approach has enabled the business to effectively navigate the turmoil brought about by the likes of the pandemic, increases in regulation and compliance, and the impacts of globalisation. Undoubtedly one of the key reasons for this is Isavella’s leadership style, which she believes to have been built out of transformative leadership, a style that, “focuses on inspiring and motivating employees to achieve their full potential and go beyond their self-interests for the benefit of the organisation.” Bolstered by this ethos, Isavella has nurtured a culture of clear communication, leading by example, engaging with employees, as well as focusing on training and development and performance management, with these meticulously selected strategies contributing to a deeper understanding of the company’s shared vision, driving its success. As a person always planning for what the future has in store, the priority for the firm under Isavella is to, “grow internationally and be [a] trustable partner to all our clients worldwide”, this in addition to crossing into new territories and seeking out further licenses in its areas of expertise. Reflecting on the past year, Isavella tells us that 2023 was a busy and prosperous year for GCIE Corp Ltd, with a lot of new clients and successfully completed projects. For 2024, with this knowledge and professionalism in toe, Isavella plans to double these results, while simultaneously working on constant learning, developing, and achieving the ultimate work-life balance. Contact: Isavella Korelidou-Evripidou Company: GCIE Corp Ltd Web Address: www.gfscglobal.com/ Best Corporate & Regulatory Service CEO 2023 (Cyprus): Isavella KorelidouEvripidou Isavella Evripidou is the mastermind behind GFSC Global, an award-winning group of companies that are licensed and regulated worldwide, as well as being in possession of more than two decades of experience traversing the corporate, legal, regulatory, compliance, financial, banking, crypto, immigration, gaming, and accounting services landscapes. One such company is GCIE Corp Ltd and bolstered by an ability to offer high calibre and tailored solutions to its host of private and corporate clients located worldwide, the exemplary team are led by Isavella, who is wholly confident in her ability to demonstrate the necessary business intelligence and area-specific knowledge required to drive success in the field. We speak with Isavella to find out more about her duties as CEO and explore her triumphs across the sector. With a mission to revolutionise the methods used to deliver corporate and legal services through the utilising of the cuttingedge methods and technologies, the team at GCIE Corp Ltd and its parent group GFSC Global strive to provide clients with the highest calibre of efficient, cost-effective, and tailored legal support, designed to cater to their specific needs and empower them to achieve their objectives. Going hand-in-hand with this is a keen vision to serve as leaders in the sector, acting as a trusted partner
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