Tony began his PR career in London in the 1960’s. In 1971, he established Action Public Relations, the first full-service PR Company in Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean region. He quickly gained a first class reputation and a growing list of blue chip international clients, including British Airways, Bayer, Coca Cola, Hilton Hotels, Siemens, and Unilever, for which he and his organization have received many prestigious PR awards.

His work with the New Zealand Meat Producers Board earned him the respect and trust of the New Zealand government which, in 1993, appointed him Honorary Consul for New Zealand in Cyprus. HRH Queen Elizabeth II made him an honorary member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2008 for public relations services to New Zealand’s export market, and for assisting in the evacuation of New Zealand citizens in Lebanon during the 2006 invasion by Israel.

Tony expanded his organization into Greece in 1989, followed swiftly by a network of offices in and around the Middle East. Rebranded in over 40 countries on three continents and is the first and only independent PR agency network in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics, Russia and the CIS countries, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.Tony Christodoulou is currently based in the company’s headquarters in Cyprus, from where he leads the day to day management of the Action Global network.  

Nick is a communications professional with over 25 years experience, during which time he has lived and worked across five continents. He is passionate about effective communications and a true believer in the ‘value add’ they create. Amongst other things Nick has launched Pizza Hut in Moscow, promoted Athens for the 2004 Olympics, managed crises for SABMiller in Africa, helped raise £40million to build a museum in Leeds and provided PR counsel to the Abu Dhabi Municipal Government.  

Michalis is a finance professional with over 20 years experience in Cyprus, the UK and Libya. He places great emphasis on the importance of local knowledge in managing a profitable business and coordinates a team of finance managers across the Action network.

Chris Christodoulou is a Director of the Action Group with 15 years experience in the marketing communications industry built through a career that started in London at the Wall Street Journal. Here he quickly learnt the importance of finding innovative ways to engage with people. At Action, Chris has grown a successful international media buying offering throughout the network; so that  the company is now able to add valuable additional communications services for its clients. 

Together with this expertise, Chris is also responsible for the management of Action Cyprus and Action Hellas. Under his guidance these businesses have successfully grown, making Action Cyprusthe country’s top ranked PR agency and Action Hellas highly competitive in its marketplace. Chris also advises international clients across the Eastern Mediterranean and Eastern European regions.

Kathy Christodoulou has over 15 years of experience in high level communications consultancy, crisis management, international  media relations and event planning and   management. She advises blue chip brands such as British Airways, OMV, Boehringer Ingelheim, Nabucco and the EU.  

Her extensive experience, coupled with her knowledge of the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and Eastern & Central European markets, has helped her clients meet their business objectives in these challenging environments. Kathy manages the Action Global Co-ordination Hub, which provides a single point of contact for market entry and reputation management for multi market campaigns.   She also manages a team in Cyprus that supports the Action network agencies in maintaining Action’s high quality delivery across the board. Kathy is responsible for driving Action’s digital capabilities to ensure that Action clients and network offices are engaging in the fast growing social media opportunities across all the  Actions markets.

Lina Shurkevich has been with Action since it established its Russian presence in 2002, and has been a key player in the growth of our well-established and reputable communications hub in Moscow and while each agency in the CIS and Ukraine operates independently, our Moscow office provides guaranteed support when needed. With a dynamic on–the-ground team,

Lina has managed many successful projects and campaigns including the British Airways’ move from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Domodedovo Airport (DME); the launch of Russia’s first low-cost air carrier, Avianova and the start of Hellenic Bank’s operation in the country. Lina has also been involved with the “Education UK” exhibition, which is the largest overseas education event in Moscow, for four years.

Jeoff has over 27 years' experience in internal and external communications and has acted as an advisor to a number of governments, both GCC and International, their respective   agencies and ministries, and also for many international companies and organisations. Jeoff is a specialist and lecturer on crisis, risk and reputation management and his consultancy & corporate background in media, internal and external communications, brand building / development, and change management give him a unique ability to develop high-level strategic communication plans.

Since 2005, Jeoff has lived in the GCC working with a number of clients in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman, developing and implementing local, regional and global communications campaigns. Some of the clients he has worked with include: Atos Origin Middle East, Saudi Electricity Company, Kirnaf Investment Bank (KSA), Commercialbank Qatar, Qtel International, Khaleeji Bank, BMMI (F&B), Qatar Foundation, First Investment Bank (BH), and a number of government ministries and organisations.

After 10 years as a journalist Dimitris joined Action Global Communications in 2006.  Initially responsible for multi market client management, he was then made PR Country Director for Action's Cyprus office and advised clients such as VTTI, Eurobank EFG, Microsoft, British Airways, BP Eastern Mediterranean, and Four Seasons Hotels.

In 2010 Dimitris was appointed Regional Manager for Action’s offices in Greece and Cyprus, focusing on client service, corporate communication strategy, strategic media relations, crisis management and public affairs. Dimitris writes a weekly column called “PRMAN” for the leading Cyprus daily paper – ‘Phileleftheros’.