BMI Alumni Annual Awards 2015 ceremony will take place during the Gala Dinner event on April 9th, 2015.
Members of BMI Alumni community are invited to vote on the following nominations:
-Career of the Year 2015
-Entrepreneur of the Year 2015
THE AWARD: CAREER OF THE YEAR
NOMINEE 1
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Careerist |
Giedrius Voveris |
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BMI class |
VIII |
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Current Position |
Head of Administration; Member of Board, Citadele bankas |
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Company |
Citadele is a full-service financial group for both private individuals and companies offering complete portfolio of banking, financial and private capital management services in its home market Latvia and through its international presence. The Bank is the parent company of the Group. The core market of Citadele Group is the Baltic states - Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. |
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Former position |
Chief Business Officer; Member of Board, Citadele bankas |
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NOMINEE 2
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Careerist |
Rimantė Valentukevičienė |
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BMI class |
VII |
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Current Position |
Finance director for the Baltic states, IBM |
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Company |
IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. |
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Former position |
Finance director, IBM Lithuania |
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NOMINEE 3
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Careerist |
Renata Timoščik |
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BMI class |
XV |
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Current Position |
Market Director, UAB Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva |
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Company |
Statoil Fuel & Retail is a Norwegian energy retail company, formed by the 2010 separation of the downstream business of Statoil ASA into a separate listed company. The company has 2,300 fuel retail stations in Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltic Countries and Russia as well as significant lubricants and aviation fuel operations. It was listed as a separate company on the Oslo Stock Exchange on October 22, 2010. |
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Former position |
Market Director, UAB Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva |
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https://lt.linkedin.com/pub/renata-timo%C5%A1%C4%8Dik/4/9b7/648 |
NOMINEE 4
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Careerist |
Sergej Butov |
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BMI class |
XIV |
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Current Position |
Partner, SORAINEN |
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Company |
SORAINEN is the largest full-service business and tax law firm with offices in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus. SORAINEN is the only completely integrated regional law firm with more than 160 professionals working under one know-how and ISO-certified quality management system. |
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Former position |
Senior Associate, SORAINEN |
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NOMINEE 5
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Careerist |
Giedrė Tarbūnienė |
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BMI class |
IV |
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Current Position |
Head of Processes and Customer Experience, Member of Management Team, TEO LT |
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Company |
TEO LT, the largest telecommunication company in Lithuania, was established in 1992. TEO is the largest Lithuanian broadband Internet access and voice telephony services operator, providing integrated telecommunication, IT and TV services to residents and business. |
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Former position |
Strategic Project Manager, TEO LT |
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NOMINEE 6
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Careerist |
Tomas Deržanauskas |
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BMI class |
XI |
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Current Position |
Managing director, Moller Auto |
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Company |
Møller auto is a subsidiary company of Møllengruppen. Møllergruppen is a company within car import, sale, repair, financial leasing, real estate development and other investments. It is the largest importer of vehicles in Norway, with responsibility for the Volkswagen Group vehicles, including Volkswagen, Audi, Škoda and the repair of SEAT. In addition the group has import of Volkswagen and Audi in Latvia and Lithuania. |
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Former position |
Head of Enterprise Business Team, Samsung Electronics |
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NOMINEE 7
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Careerist |
Diana Vilytė |
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BMI class |
VIII |
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Current Position |
Director, Public Procurement Office |
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Company |
In co-operation with other institutions implements national policy in the field of public procurement and the fundamental principles thereof – equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency;, monitors adherence to the Lithuanian and EU regulations governing public procurement. |
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Former position |
Director, Lithuania Business Support Agency |
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NOMINEE 8
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Careerist |
Remigijus Štaras |
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BMI class |
VI |
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Current Position |
CEO, Topo Centras (UAB "TC Prekyba") |
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Company |
Topo Centras is the largest electronics & household retailer in Lithuania. 33 retail outlets in Lithuania and 2 e-shops. 20 years of expertise in retail. A part of Euronics Group - the only retailer with direct international links in Lithuania. |
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Former position |
App Camp, Chairman of the Board RS Consulting Baltics, CEO and Founder |
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NOMINEE 9
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Careerist |
Giedrė Kvedaravičienė |
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BMI class |
XV |
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Current Position |
General Manager, Čili Pica |
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Company |
Čili Pica belongs to the renowned casual dining chain Čili, which has 15 years of winning experience in the Baltic States. |
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Former position |
Executive manager, Vanagupe hotel |
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https://lt.linkedin.com/pub/giedre-kvedaraviciene/1a/7b6/929 |
THE AWARD: ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
NOMINEE 1
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Arūnas Babrauskas |
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BMI class |
XIV |
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Position(s) |
General manager, Mediafon |
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Business |
Mediafon is a telecommunications company, part of one of the largest corporations in the Baltic StatesMG Baltic. Company's main activity concern the provision of wholesale call transfer services, fixed and mobile telephone services, technical maintenance solutions for value added SMS, fraud prevention and specialized number portability solutions. |
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NOMINEE 2
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Eladijus Kirijanovas |
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BMI class |
IV |
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Position(s) |
Founder and CEO, „M-Finance“. |
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Business |
New and modern finance governance standards helped Mr. E. Kirijanovas to expand his business in Lithuania and other markets. His latest achievements, including the first contract with partners in UK, also development of international services, allows to present Mr. E. Kirijanovas as an innovator, that showed how Lithuania based financial advisory could create an added value for the Western European markets as well. |
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NOMINEE 3
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Martynas Kandziarauskas |
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BMI class |
VIII |
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Position(s) |
Co-founder and partner, "Pažinimo medis"; Manager and partner, Parxis and mParking; Co-founder, member of Board and partner, Biuro Baltic |
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Business |
1. Education area -development of a primary school in Vilnius "Pažinimo medis". 2. Car parking area - activity in Poland ("Parxis") and mobile payments for parking in Polish cities (mParking). 3. Recruitment area (temporary employment) in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. |
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Website: |
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https://lt.linkedin.com/pub/martynas-kandziarauskas/8/308/322 |
NOMINEE 4
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Margarita Abraitė |
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BMI class |
XI |
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Position(s) |
Co-founder and partner (one of shareholder), Energy LT LLP |
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Business |
Energy LT established in 2013 based on strategy developed by me during my BMI studies. Renewable energy projects development strategy in UK was the topic of my masters in BMI. The financing from Lithuanian investors was arranged and the portfolio of wind energy projects was formed together with UK developers (joint venture structure). 2014 12 11 main wind project of 10 MW in Northern Scotland was consented (installed project value 20 m EUR). Created return on investment for Lithuanian investors is over 100 percent at this stage. For the investors who will acquire this project after financial close and build up the wind park - will be around 10 percent annual return - low risk project. |
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