Maria Kamenou is an administration officer at the Cyprus Marine & Maritime Institute. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Business Administration. She graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1998 and worked as a Managing Director for more than 20 years in Emilios N Kamenos Ltd, and later as an event planner for three years at ESOBGA. She has strong organisational, customer-relations and negotiating skills and is a proactive and keen problem solver.