My name is Savvas and I am Cypriot.  I am in my 2nd Year at LSE studying a BSc in Economics.

I was born and grew up in Cyprus. Both my parents are Greek Cypriots and we live in Larnaca.

Economics is the subject I found most appealing at school thus I wanted to study it further. LSE has a worldwide reputation on the specific discipline and it is a powerhouse in teaching and research. Additionally, I chose LSE due to the fact that it promotes a round education and not merely an academic one. LSE offers a wide range of opportunities to get involved and I believe it is its greatest appeal.

I decided to focus my career within the financial sector, but have not confined it to a specific industry yet. I believe that my Bachelor’s degree will be helpful in this career path, but I plan to do a Master’s degree to specialize further. The ultimate goal for me is to start my own business.

Giving back is important in every society and is especially embedded in the Cypriot culture. I would be interested in the future to get more involved in organisations that work for the public’s benefit and possibly get involved in local control centres. I believe that one can make a difference through these mechanisms. Arguably, giving back can be a spontaneous act which can still make a difference on a smaller scale. Furthermore, it would be a dream come true if the circumstances in the future allow me to provide a grant to LSE students like Stelios.

Stelios has emphasised the importance of not just having continuous successes career-wise, but try to make a difference in the world in as diverse ways as you can. I believe that this is especially admirable, as this is the true impact one has upon others. Therefore, I would agree with Samuel Johnson who said once that ‘the true measure of a man is how he treats someone who could do him absolutely no good’.

I would like to ask Stelios how he handled risk at the first steps of easyJet as he has previously told us that we should only take risks we can afford.

Stelios could ask me how I make the most out of LSE and ways I try to gain as much as possible.