BMI Alumni Annual Awards 2015 ceremony will take place during the Gala Dinner event on April 7th, 2016.
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 |
Ramūnas Mačius |
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BMI class |
XVI |
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Current Position |
Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications, Central Europe region, JTI (Japan Tobacco International) |
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Current Position |
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Company |
JTI (Japan Tobacco International). JTI is a member of the Japan Tobacco Group of Companies. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, JTI has over 26,000 employees across the world representing more than 100 nationalities. The company markets world-renowned brands in more than 120 countries and has 364 offices, 25 factories, 8 R&D centers and 5 tobacco processing facilities. |
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Former position |
Head of Corporate Affairs, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Japan (Tobacco International) |
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NOMINEE 2
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Careerist |
Skirmantas Mačiukas |
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BMI class |
IV |
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Current Position |
Managing Director, UAB Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva |
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Company
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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 |
Senior Director RSO, UAB Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva |
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NOMINEE 3
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Careerist |
Giedrius Bandzevičius |
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BMI class |
XII |
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Current Position |
Managing Director, Statoil Fuel & Retail Polska Sp. z o.o. |
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Company
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Statoil Fuel & Retail is a subsidiary of Couche-Tard, one of the world’s leading convenience and fuel retail businesses. Couche-Tard has approximately 15,000 sites across its network in North America (U.S. and Canada), Europe (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, the Baltics and Russia), Asia and the Middle East. The Couche-Tard family is made up of nearly 100,000 merchants. |
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Former position |
Managing Director, Statoil Fuel & Retail Lietuva |
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NOMINEE 4
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Careerist |
Vytautas Dobilas |
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BMI class |
XVII |
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Current Position |
COO, Deeper, JSC |
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Company
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Deeper is award-winning high-tech Lithuanian company that merges best cutting-edge technologies and creativity to develop innovative gadgets that amaze their users by next generation experience. Our products are available worldwide through a network of local dealers and distributors in more than 40 countries. The Company is dedicated to providing their clients with unique and premium quality products and services that boost their everyday life. |
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Former position |
Managing Director, Servico, UAB |
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THE AWARD: ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
NOMINEE 1
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Aurimas Zimnickas |
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BMI class |
XVI |
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Position(s) |
Owner, Director of Business Development, JSC "Eladus" |
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Business |
Quit successful multinational corporate carrier and started climbing the hill for the second time. Acquired UAB Zirnio krautuvele (company with one sales point), a former organic store and turned it into gourmet-delicatessen store. LFL sales in 2015 +40%, opened the second concept store. Restructured the company from a loss maker into profit. Company is planning further expansion in the near future. Acquired former distributor of one beer brand UAB Eladus. Changed the business model by widening the portfolio of products with wine, cava, prime necessity dry goods. Sales grew by +25% in 2015. |
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Website: |
http://www.eladus.lt/ |
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NOMINEE 2
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Giedrius Martusevičius |
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BMI class |
XII |
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Position(s) |
CEO/Partner/Member of the board, ProBioSan Laboratory |
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Business |
It was exiting time after 22 years different experience in Philips. I would name these top 3 achievements with Probiosanus in 2015: we increased weighted distribution in FMCG channel twice, we successfully launched laundry detergent with good probiotic bacteria which helps to protect your laundry machine and your clothes from pathogenic bacteria, and the most important, we did make first worldwide patent application and started negotiation with international companies regarding commercialisation of our technology. |
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Website: |
http://probiosanus.com/ |
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NOMINEE 3
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Entrepreneur(s) |
Ričardas Čepas |
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BMI class |
III |
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Position(s) |
Owner, RC Holding |
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Business |
The RC Holding activity consists of IT and Real Estate fields. IT activity consists in "PM Screen Group". The Company offers the complete solution to all clients media installation needs - team of professionals will attend to every detail of clients project, from conception to execution. It's a labour of love - once they've got the initial idea down, the team brainstorms until they're certain they design will leave a meaningful, engaging and unforgettable impression on your audience. |
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