Stef was born in Egypt in 1941, the son of a shopkeeper who had emigrated from Cyprus, aged 14.
[1] He started his career with Peter Lind, Fairweather and Holst (now known as Vinci SA), before joining John Doyle Group in 1972.
[1] In 1999, Accord, a business, environmental, highways, housing and technical services was spun out from John Doyle Group and headed up by his brother Stelio Stefanou.
On 21 September 2007, after eight years of growth, Accord was acquired by Enterprise plc for £180 million.
[4] In 2002, Stef challenged the academic world to produce graduates that were fit for purpose and conceived the idea of Constructionarium (www.constructionarium.co.uk) where students build scaled projects of iconic structures from around the world.