{"id":18099,"date":"2025-05-08T17:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/?p=18099"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:05:48","slug":"theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years &#8211; Reappointed as Director General."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18099\" class=\"elementor elementor-18099\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2eae5fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2eae5fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bbf5f8\" data-id=\"2bbf5f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376b798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"376b798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Board of Directors of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces that, following an open selection process, it has decided to appoint Mr. Theodoros Loukaidis as the Director General of RIF for the next five years.<\/p><p>Mr. Loukaidis holds an Executive MBA from Warwick Business School, a Master\u2019s degree in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial College London, and a BEng (First Class, Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from UMIST, UK.<\/p><p>He has extensive experience in business management at both national and international levels. Over the past five years, he has served as the Director General of RIF, making a decisive contribution to the rapid growth of the ecosystem and the enhancement of its performance in European and international rankings.<\/p><p>The Board of Directors expresses full confidence in Mr. Loukaidis&#8217; abilities to continue the dynamic course of RIF towards strengthening research, innovation, and technological development in Cyprus.<\/p><p>Speaking on behalf of the Board, Chairman Mr. Dimitris Skourides stated, &#8220;We are confident that under his leadership as Director General and in collaboration with the Board, RIF will continue to evolve, strengthen its partnerships, and implement the National R\\&amp;I Strategy, contributing significantly to the development of a globally competitive, unified, strong, and well-connected R\\&amp;I ecosystem, which will establish itself as an R\\&amp;I hub in the region.&#8221;<\/p><p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/inbusinessnews.reporter.com.cy\/article\/2025\/5\/5\/835079\/ston-theodoro-loukaide-ta-enia-tou-idek-dioristeke-genikos-dieuthuntes\/\">\u03a3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u0398\u03b5\u03cc\u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03bf \u039b\u03bf\u03c5\u03ba\u03b1\u0390\u03b4\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b7\u03bd\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u0399\u03b4\u0395\u039a \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b1 \u03c0\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03b1-\u0395\u03c0\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03ba\u03b5 \u0393\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u0394\u03b9\u03b5\u03c5\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2 | Inbusiness<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Directors of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces that, following an open selection process, it has decided to appoint Mr. Theodoros Loukaidis as the Director General of RIF for the next five years. Mr. Loukaidis holds an Executive MBA from Warwick Business School, a Master\u2019s degree in Communications and Signal Processing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":18100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years - Reappointed as Director General. - Powersoft365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years - Reappointed as Director General. - Powersoft365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Board of Directors of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces that, following an open selection process, it has decided to appoint Mr. Theodoros Loukaidis as the Director General of RIF for the next five years. Mr. Loukaidis holds an Executive MBA from Warwick Business School, a Master\u2019s degree in Communications and Signal Processing...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Powersoft365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T14:04:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-08T14:05:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Powersoft Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Powersoft Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/\",\"name\":\"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years - Reappointed as Director General. - Powersoft365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-08T14:04:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-08T14:05:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dfeb31fa4a9dd075abb7cb5ad29e2c40\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years &#8211; Reappointed as Director General.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Powersoft365\",\"description\":\"Accounting Software in Cyprus\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dfeb31fa4a9dd075abb7cb5ad29e2c40\",\"name\":\"Powersoft Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/900140f36b985bc338ed65e525b2a8a40a702b12ce85d19f87240cabd8304cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/900140f36b985bc338ed65e525b2a8a40a702b12ce85d19f87240cabd8304cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Powersoft Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/author\/powersoft-admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years - Reappointed as Director General. - Powersoft365","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years - Reappointed as Director General. - Powersoft365","og_description":"The Board of Directors of the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces that, following an open selection process, it has decided to appoint Mr. Theodoros Loukaidis as the Director General of RIF for the next five years. Mr. Loukaidis holds an Executive MBA from Warwick Business School, a Master\u2019s degree in Communications and Signal Processing...","og_url":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/","og_site_name":"Powersoft365","article_published_time":"2025-05-08T14:04:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-08T14:05:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Powersoft Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Powersoft Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/","url":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/","name":"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years - Reappointed as Director General. - Powersoft365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg","datePublished":"2025-05-08T14:04:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-08T14:05:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dfeb31fa4a9dd075abb7cb5ad29e2c40"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-","@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ThEODOROS_LOUKAIDES.width-750.jpg","width":750,"height":420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/news\/theodoros-loukaidis-takes-the-helm-of-the-rif-for-another-five-years-reappointed-as-director-general\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0391\u03c1\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae","item":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Theodoros Loukaidis takes the helm of the RIF for another five years &#8211; Reappointed as Director General."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/","name":"Powersoft365","description":"Accounting Software in Cyprus","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/dfeb31fa4a9dd075abb7cb5ad29e2c40","name":"Powersoft Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-","@id":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/900140f36b985bc338ed65e525b2a8a40a702b12ce85d19f87240cabd8304cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/900140f36b985bc338ed65e525b2a8a40a702b12ce85d19f87240cabd8304cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Powersoft Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/blog\/author\/powersoft-admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powersoft365.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}