We are INNOPORT
Yiannis Sykas
Yiannis is the Managing Director of INNOPORT and the Director of Strategy and Product Development of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement. He is a member of the organisation’s management board and also holds directorships in various companies and investment funds. Yiannis has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Electronics from the University of Liverpool and an MBA in Information Technology Management from the University of Leicester. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Haymon Sinapius
Haymon is the INNOPORT Investment Director. He started his career in the Schulte Group in 2007, concentrating on change management, new business opportunities and process optimisation. From 2011 until 2018, he then built up two companies in East Africa. Working in and with startups for over a decade in various cultures – both from a founding and an investment perspective – gives him the skillset to identify great founding teams as well as to understand and support them in their needs. Haymon studied Philosophy and Economics at the London School of Economics and holds an MBA from Cass Business School.
Andreas Michaelides
Andreas is the Investment Manager at INNOPORT, based in Cyprus. His journey to INNOPORT began after a tenure at Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, where he contributed to the Product Development & Strategy team, expanding the services portfolio and covering all aspects of corporate development. Prior to his engagement with the Schulte Group, he led and developed offshore seismic and onshore drilling technologies for the Oil & Gas industry, where he also garnered practical insights aboard an operational vessel. Andreas holds an honours degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Engineer with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Elli Polyviou
Elli is the Investment Analyst at INNOPORT, based in Cyprus. Prior to her arrival to the team, she worked in the Financial Services Industry for four years, where she gained experience on buy-side due diligence, financial modeling, company valuations and transaction analysis across various sectors including technology, energy, and hospitality. Elli holds an MSc in Financial Risk Management from UCL and a BSc in MORSE from the University of Warwick, and she is currently pursuing the CFA qualification.
Michael Titzck
Michael is the INNOPORT representative in Southeast Asia, based in Singapore. He joined the Schulte Group in 2010 and has since gained extensive experience in the Group’s various business units in Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore, including strategy development, project management and business development. Now a director in two Group companies focussing on the development of underwater hull cleaning technology, he is supporting INNOPORT in Singapore to achieve its investment targets in the Asian startup scene. From 2014 until 2018, he built a successful e-commerce and wholesale distribution start-up in Hong Kong’s vibrant F&B industry. Michael studied Monetary Policy at the University of the German Central Bank and Economics at the University of Frankfurt.