Georgian winner of the French Champagne House Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2018 is Tinatin Rukhadze
The awards ceremony of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman 2018 was held on December 20 in the multifunctional space Republic. The winner was awarded honorary prize - a memorable cup with personal engraving by Dorothée Chedeville – Head of Business Development in Europe, Veuve Clicquot. Tinatin Rukhadze will be the Veuve Clicquot brand ambassador in 2019, and one of the wines in Veuve Clicquot vineyard, France, will be named after her.
Champagne House Veuve Clicquot gives traditional award annually in 27 countries worldwide for innovative thinking, bold ideas and bending stereotypes. To win one of the most prestigious prizes for business women in the world, which is awarded for the second time in Georgia this year, the national jury selected four nominees: Nino Kvernadze (founder director of the company Udabno), Tamar Chigogidze (co-founder and CEO of radio-holding Fortuna), Tinatin Rukhadze (co-founder and executive director of Research-Consulting Company ACT) and Tamar Baghdavadze (Hotel Coste and Green Tower founder and director).
The winner is awarded a memorable trophy with individual engraving and plays the role of brand ambassador during the year; In addition, the winner will visit Veuve Clicquot's Champagne House and Business Women's Awards Owners Forum in Reims, France; Also in Veuve Clicquot's vineyard, one of the wines will be named after the winner.
There are several criteria set for nominees: a nominee should be the company's leading force, take bold decisions, have entrepreneurial spirit and participate in social liability projects. The nominees were selected according to these criteria by the jury: Irma Daushvili, founder and manager of Dio Company, winner of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman 2017; Giorgi Isakadze, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Georgia, and author of TV Shows - Business Morning and Business Contract; Nino Zambakhidze, President of the Georgian Farmers Association.
„The award is given to women who have a great contribution to the diversification of business sphere, and to assess their success, first of all, we consider the characteristics of Madame Clicquot: entrepreneurial instinct, financial success, social responsibility and innovative qualities,“ – says Dorothée Chedeville, Head of Business Development in Europe, Veuve Clicquot – „Veuve Clicquot created the Business Woman Award in 1972 for the House’s bicentennial. It was truly groundbreaking for its time, because it was the premise of women’s liberation, including in the workplace. The award celebrates audacity in female entrepreneurs, in tribute to La Grande Dame of Champagne, recognized as such by her peers. I think Madame Clicquot would tell the award winners to be even more audacious, to dare to try, risk and experiment more! The winners’ profiles are always incredibly varied, and there is no single checklist to win the Business Woman Award but they all have something in common: these women are Roles Models.“
The Veuve Clicquot prize has been awarded to more than 350 well-known women in the world including legendary architect Zaha Hadid, British designer Anya Hindmarch and others. This award has become an „Oscar“ for business women in many countries around the world, and it means new opportunities for further growth.
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