Prov Fund rep heads Bank of Cyprus board, Russian VP

Christis Hasapis, an economics professor at the University of Cyprus and one of the two representatives of the staff provident fund, has been chosen by fellow directors as chairman of the new Bank of Cyprus board, with Vladimir Strzhalkovskiy, one of six Russians on the board, as vice chairman.

Of the 49 names contesting board seats, the following 16 were elected by shareholders present and proxies late Tuesday night, only one of whom was from the interim board:
Anshakova Anjelica (proposed by Scordis, Papapetrou & Co.);
Chichikashvili Dmitry (Scordis, Papapetrou & Co Holdings);
Gialelis Marinos (Evdokimos Xenophontos);
Hadjipapapas Costas (interim board member);
Hasapis Christis (BOCY Provident Fund);
Kalochoritis Marios (Cetafe Enterprises Ltd);
Katsaros Constantinos (Ay Ioannis Theologos Church C’tee);
Kurazov Erishkan (Christodoulos Vassiliades & Co LLC);
Lojevsky Igor (Yiorgos Tsielepis);
Papaconstantinou Adonis (Panos Panayiotou);
Smetanin Anton (Christodoulos Vassiliades & Co LLC);
Strzhalkovskiy Vladimir (Bolestone Trading Ltd.);
Vrachas Xanthos (Panos Panayiotou);
Yiannas Marios (BOCY Provident Fund);
Yiasemides Andreas (Eastwise Trading Ltd.);
Zografakis Ioannis (Rois Potamitis).
The new board may elect another two members.