The Cyprus Institute

Christiana Melodias

Christiana has over 20 years of experience as HR generalist and particularly in multicultural organizational environments. She has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration with concentration in Banking & Finance and is a holder of an MA degree in Personnel Management from Kingston University, London, UK. Upon her graduation she became a Graduate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and she is currently an Associate member of the CIPD. In 2021 she has also been certified as an Executive Coach from the Global Academy of Coaching (ICF certified) and in 2023 she was certified as Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

Before joining the institute, Christiana held HR generalist roles in both local and international well established organizations in the private sector, where she had the opportunity to be involved in various management and corporate projects such as building up organizational HR functions and departments, company restructuring, development of employee retention plans, formulation and development of policies and procedures, design and implementation of appraisal systems, ISO certification and implementation etc. She joined the Institute in August 2010 where, as Head of Human Resources and Chair of the Institute’s Equal Opportunities Committee, she works closely with the Institute’s leadership for developing and leading the HR function of the Institute.