We are INNOPORT
Yiannis Sykas
Yiannis is the Managing Director of INNOPORT and the Chief Strategy Officer 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.
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.
Jessica Ngion
Jessica is the Investment Analyst at INNOPORT, based in Singapore. Prior to focussing on venture capital investments, she was part of the two-year Management Trainee Programme under the Schulte Group and had worked for several subsidiary companies in Singapore and Germany. During her trainee program, she participated extensively in several technology-driven projects, including the digitalisation of crew payments, as well as acquired experiences in the ship owning commercial operations. Jessica holds an honours degree in Maritime Studies from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
Nicolas Evangelista
Nicolas is the Investment Analyst at INNOPORT, based in Cyprus. Prior to his arrival to the team, he worked in the Dry Bulk Chartering Department within the Schulte Group for a year and a half, where he gained experience in asset management, operations, global freight market and charter party negotiations. His career with the Schulte Group began in 2022 when he joined as a Management Trainee. During that time, Nicolas gained valuable experience by working through various commercial aspects of the Schulte Group. Nicolas holds an honours degree in International Business from IFM University and a Master’s degree in Strategic Management from IE Business School.