Andrew Sakhno
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LIMASSOL, 11.10.2026 · FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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All workEventsCorporate parties, brand nights, conference stands and meetups, from the concept and budget to the night itself and the follow-up.PR & mediaPress releases, press trips and press conferences, CEO interviews and speaker slots, and a PR strategy with budgets and KPIs.Real-estate brandingNaming, logos and brand books, websites with every word on them, and decks for investors and the authorities.Content & socialContent plans, posts and reels, work with local influencers, and announcements for forums, Telegram and Eventbrite.

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Stories that get picked up.

Andrew SakhnoPR, marketing communications and events · Limassol, Cyprus

15+ years in PR and marketing communications, for banks, game-dev ad tech, real estate and hospitality. Started as a journalist; studied reputation management with CIPR in London.

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2010 to 2026 in twelve photographs

Andrew with a conference organiser at the CAS stand at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, both giving a thumbs up

HELSINKIPocket Gamer Connects: at the CAS.ai stand with one of the conference organisers.I prepared the company for 12+ conferences in 11+ countries, 2022–23.

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Fact file

Every figure comes from my own portfolio and letters.

years in PR and marketing communications
15+
press releases and placements, all in the newsroom
19
game-dev conferences in 11+ countries: I prepared CAS.ai’s stands and speakers
12+
Russian and Ukrainian native, English C1; Greek and Polish at A2
RU · UA · EN
my base, after almost ten years in Cyprus
Limassol

Lead stories

The three projects that matter most for PR & media work. Each full story says what I did and what the team did.

Andrew with a conference organiser at the CAS stand at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, both giving a thumbs up

Andrew with a conference organiser at the CAS stand at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, both giving a thumbs up

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Nobody in its market knew the company. Then its own clients started recommending it

Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai), PSV Group · Cyprus · 2022–23

Task
Make an unknown ad-tech platform known to mobile game developers, then turn the attention into clients.
My role
PR & Business Development Manager: strategy, website concept, sales deck, social channels, conferences and media.
Key decision
Go where developers meet: 12+ game-dev conferences in 11+ countries, as a sponsor and a speaker.
Result
190+ new B2B clients for the company and 2,000+ followers on the channels I ran, 2022–23.

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Andrew Sakhno on stage at BIG Festival, a Ukrainian flag over his shoulders, his name and the talk title on both screens

“Gamedev sob bombas. Ficar ou fugir? Lutar ou trabalhar?” BIG Festival, São Paulo, 2022.

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“Gamedev sob bombas”: a talk in São Paulo about making games under bombs

BIG Festival 2022 · São Paulo, Brazil · 2022

Task
Speak for Clever Ads Solutions at BIG Festival 2022 in São Paulo.
My role
Keynote speaker, under my own name.
Key decision
The subject: game development under bombs. Stay or flee, fight or work?
Delivered
My name and the talk on both screens of the stage, July 2022.

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A press conference around a large curved table

The press conference, Athens, 2010.

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Ukrainian journalists in Athens, and a press conference by the Head of the Bank of Greece

Piraeus Bank (Ukraine) · Athens, Greece · 2010

Task
A press trip to Athens for Ukrainian journalists.
My role
Head of PR at Piraeus Bank (Ukraine): I organised the trip and its programme.
Key decision
A press conference by the Head of the Bank of Greece at the centre, with a cultural programme around it.
Delivered
Briefings, the press conference and the cultural programme, Athens, 2010.

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What I do

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  1. Events

    Corporate parties, brand nights, conference stands and meetups, from the concept and budget to the night itself and the follow-up.

    Projects: THE ROOMS, season 2025–26AWE BudapestCAS.ai meetups

    Open this edition: Events edition

  2. PR & media

    Press releases, press trips and press conferences, CEO interviews and speaker slots, and a PR strategy with budgets and KPIs.

    Projects: CAS.ai: PR and brandBIG Festival keynoteAthens press trip

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  3. Real-estate branding

    Naming, logos and brand books, websites with every word on them, and decks for investors and the authorities.

    Projects: Chinggis Khaan ValleyWOLGA ParkTERRATO

    Open this edition: Real-estate edition

  4. Content & social

    Content plans, posts and reels, work with local influencers, and announcements for forums, Telegram and Eventbrite.

    Projects: THE THOMPSONCAS.ai: PR and brandAWE Budapest

    Open this edition: Content edition

All projects

Eighteen projects from 2010 to 2026.

18 projects Ordered for the PR edition.

  1. Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai), PSV Group2022–23190+ new B2B clients for the company and 2,000+ followers on the channels I ran, 2022–23PR & Media, Social & Content, Strategy & BizDev, Brand & Identity
  2. Piraeus Bank (Ukraine)2010A press trip to Athens with a press conference by the Head of the Bank of GreecePR & Media, Events
  3. BIG Festival 20222022My own keynote at BIG Festival, São PauloPR & Media, Events
  4. Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai)2022–2312+ conferences in 11+ countries as a sponsor and speaker, prepared from start to finishEvents, Strategy & BizDev
  5. THE ROOMS Creative Space2025–26Nine events in the 2025–26 season; the seven documented here drew 870+ guestsEvents, PR & Media
  6. TERRATO2024Name, identity, custom typefaces and the investor deckBrand & Identity, Strategy & BizDev
  7. Wythall International2019Brand, website, photography and press releases for the main investor in Nerida ResidencesBrand & Identity, PR & Media
  8. CAS.ai Mobile Scaling Meetups2023More than 200 people at two meetups in Georgia and Armenia, organised remotelyEvents, Social & Content
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  1. TerraLeads2024Everything for the conference in Budapest, plus the Cash Rally Party for key accountsEvents, Social & Content
  2. Chinggis Khaan Valley2024Logo, brand book, a website with all its copy, and a deck for investors and the authoritiesBrand & Identity, Social & Content, Strategy & BizDev
  3. THE THOMPSON Car Service & Detailing2024640 followers and 40+ new clients in three months, on a very small budgetSocial & Content
  4. ARALAN Consulting2018–19Co-founder, writing the marketing strategies and investor presentations for hospitality projectsStrategy & BizDev, Brand & Identity
  5. UniCredit Bank UkraineA corporate party for 1,200 guests, my largest event to dateEvents
  6. WOLGA Park Sport Resort2022–23Logo, brand book, a website with all its content, and outdoor advertisingBrand & Identity, Social & Content
  7. WeCare Medical Centre2020Logo, brand book, website and copy, façade branding and printBrand & Identity, Social & Content
  8. Wimbledon Park2020–21Logo, positioning, website, investor deck and a YouTube video for an apart-hotel conceptBrand & Identity, Social & Content
  9. B&B King’s Residence2020A new identity and positioning, plus a crisis communications strategy for the COVID-19 lockdownBrand & Identity, Strategy & BizDev
  10. CAS.ai at GDCy WN Party2023A free drink for everyone who joined CAS.ai’s Telegram channel at Limassol’s game-dev partyEvents, Brand & Identity

On the record

Things you can check for yourself: the videos I arranged or scripted, and press I wrote for clients. Each says what my part was.

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CAS Mobile Scaling Meetup Tbilisi. 5 April 2023Clever Ads Solutions on YouTubeMy part: I organised the photo and video coverage of the meetup and wrote the script for this video. YouTube’s auto-generated English subtitles.CAS.ai meetups
Бизнес на мобильных играх для детей – 2 млн игроков в день, и медиация. // Олег ШлямовичOleg Artyshuk / “Tochka G” on YouTube, ~300K subscribersMy part: I arranged this interview with the company’s CEO and owner, Oleg Shliamovych, through my personal acquaintance with the host. In Russian, with YouTube’s auto-generated subtitles.CAS.ai: PR and brand

In the press

All 19 in the newsroom

Companies I’ve worked for and with

  • Piraeus Bank (Ukraine)
  • UniCredit Bank Ukraine
  • MBA Consult Group
  • ARALAN Consulting
  • Wythall
  • WeCare Medical Centre
  • PSV Group
  • Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai)
  • WOLGA Park
  • PUNIN GROUP
  • INKTECH
  • TERRATO
  • TerraLeads
  • Chinggis Khaan Valley
  • THE THOMPSON
  • THE ROOMS Creative Space
  • 69pixels Studio
  • Brain Rocket

About Andrew

Andrew Sakhno, smiling, leaning on the back of a white sofa
Andrew Sakhno, Limassol.

I started out as a journalist and moved into PR: I was Head of PR at Piraeus Bank in Ukraine in 2010 and a PR director in multinational companies, working closely with top managers, product teams, HR and outside PR, advertising and SMM agencies.

I have lived in Cyprus for almost ten years. Here I have built brands for property developers, a medical centre and apart-hotels, ran PR and business development for the ad-tech company CAS.ai, and spent the 2025–26 season as PR & Event Manager at THE ROOMS in Limassol.

I’m easy-going, I like leading and motivating people, and I can get a conversation going with almost anyone. And if you were at the GDCy WN Party in Limassol in 2023, chances are you had a free beer I organised.

Languages

  • Russiannative
  • Ukrainiannative
  • EnglishC1
  • GreekA2
  • PolishA2

Education

  • CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations), LondonReputation management
  • National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)Economics

How I work

  1. The event isn’t over when the lights come up.

    I take an event from the concept and the budget to the night itself, and then to the communication after it.

  2. Know people before you need them.

    I have a network of trusted suppliers, venues and creative people across Cyprus, so I can put a strong team together quickly.

  3. Word of mouth beats reach.

    What I’m proudest of at CAS.ai: clients and partners started recommending the company to others.

  4. Talk to anyone.

    Bankers, game developers, influencers, the Head of the Bank of Greece: the work has put me at the table with all of them.

Career, 2010–2026Show the whole career
  1. 2025–26THE ROOMS Creative Space, LimassolPR and Events ManagerRelated: THE ROOMS, season 2025–26
  2. 2024TERRATODirector of Marketing and Communications, leading a team of fourRelated: TERRATO
  3. 2024TerraLeads · Chinggis Khaan Valley · THE THOMPSONConference stand and party · brand and website · InstagramRelated: AWE Budapest, Chinggis Khaan Valley, THE THOMPSON
  4. 2022–23Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai), PSV GroupPR & Business Development ManagerRelated: CAS.ai: PR and brand, CAS.ai at conferences, CAS.ai meetups, BIG Festival keynote, GDCy party
  5. 2022–23WOLGA Park · PUNIN GROUPBrand and website · press releasesRelated: WOLGA Park
  6. 2019–21Wythall · WeCare · B&B King’s · Wimbledon Park · Luxury Cars Club · ROVIBrands, websites and strategies for developers, hotels and a clinic, plus news and press releasesRelated: Wythall, WeCare, B&B King’s, Wimbledon Park
  7. 2018–19ARALAN ConsultingOne of three co-founders, hospitality consultingRelated: ARALAN
  8. 2015–18MBA Consult Group (India, Slovakia)Press releases, articles, speeches
  9. UniCredit Bank UkraineCorporate party for the bank’s employeesRelated: 1,200-guest party
  10. 2010Piraeus Bank, UkraineHead of PRRelated: Athens press trip
  11. Before 2010MediaJournalist

The full CV

Get in touch

Need a company known in its market, or a PR lead in-house? Tell me who you need to reach. I’m open to in-house roles and to client projects.

Hiring for a role?

My CV tells the whole story in two pages. LinkedIn and email work best for interviews.

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Planning a project or an event?

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