Nominations open for EY’s Malta Entrepreneur of the Year

The nominations for EY’s Malta Entrepreneur of the Year 2023 award are open. In its sixth year, the award promotes entrepreneurship across the Maltese Islands and empowers entrepreneurs to grow and showcase their businesses both locally and globally.

The winner of this prestigious award will travel to Monaco in June 2023 to compete for the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year award in an event that brings together national winners from 50 countries.

Previous Maltese participants have been a mixture of staple institutions that have grown the country’s business landscape and innovative newcomers that have reshaped it.

These include Alfred Pisani of Corinthia Group, Angelo Xuereb of AX Holdings Ltd, David Darmanin of Hotjar Ltd, Nazzareno Vassallo of Vassallo Group, and last year’s winner, Mark Bajada from Bajada New Energy.

The EY Rising Star is also presented for those nominations that are providing something new and exciting in the market while showing strong growth trends.

Past winners include David Vella of Altaro Software, Shane Hunter of AquaBioTech Group, Ben Remfrey of Praedium Consulting Malta Ltd and John Winfield of Dr. Juice. The 2021 Rising Star was awarded to Krystle Penza, Managing Director of Mvintage.

Ronald Attard, EY Malta’s Country Managing Partner, said: ‘Each edition of the award has showed us time and time again that Malta is full of exceptional leaders who can not only excel in their field but have the ability to inspire other budding entrepreneurs. Through this competition we want to excite ambitious business owners while showcasing their accomplishments not only to the island but all over the world, as they go head-to-head against some of the biggest and brightest minds found from all corners of the globe.”

The award is judged by an independent panel made up of key players in the business community. To be eligible, nominees must be Maltese or have been operating a company based in Malta for at least two years. Anyone, including employees, company advisers and financiers, can nominate an entrepreneur, with the latter’s consent. Entrepreneurs may also directly nominate themselves. The winners will be sent to the annual gala in Monaco where they will compete for World Entrepreneur of the Year.

The awards are held in conjunction with the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, and the Malta Chamber of SME’s.

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