Over 20 ladies were officially recognized for their professional achievements at the 11th Annual Business Lady Awards
For the eleventh consecutive year, the Annual Business Lady Magazine and Club Awards were presented, recognizing the greatest contributions of the Bulgarian businesswoman in different categories. The event took place on June 9, at the Intercontinental Hotel, which welcomed people from the business, politics, culture, and friends of the magazine. The organizers selected 21 categories from public life, business, and media, and 24 ladies were awarded.
In the MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, INNOVATIONS panel, seven ladies were honored in different categories - for INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT, the first place went to Anna Ivanova, General Manager, Finance at Eurobank Bulgaria. For good practices in the HUMAN RESOURCES section, for the second year in a row, Milena Karailieva, director of "Human Resources" at Kaufland Bulgaria, received an award. In the Management and Optimization of Processes section, the award was won by Ivanka Ivanova - operations director and member of the Board of Orbico Romania and Orbico Bulgaria. For SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT, the first place this year went to Desislava Pavlova, general manager of Mak Di EOOD. Ilona Staneva, Director of "Marketing and Advertising" of Fibank was again honored for her professional achievements, receiving two awards in the categories SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT and CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE MARKETING APPROACHES. Katerina Usheva, director of the "Marketing" department at Kaufland Bulgaria was awarded for the successful IMPOSITION OF A TRADEMARK, and in the MEDIA sector this year the award went to Lora Krumova - a journalist and TV presenter at NOVA.
In the SERVICES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP panel, several ladies from various business sectors and social institutions received the distinction. Bilyana Toncheva, attorney, and manager of "Eko Globe" OOD, was awarded in the CONSULTANCY SERVICES category, and in the START-UP section, the first place went to Viktoria Viktorova, manager of "MindFit Bulgaria" OOD. Boryana Murgina - speech therapist and creator of the therapeutic center "Winnie the Pooh" was awarded in the SOCIAL SERVICES category, and Plamena Nedelcheva - manager of the Center for the Care of Persons with Mental Retardation, Imrenchevo village (municipality) won the first place for Improving the quality of the offered service Veliki Preslav, Shumen region).
In the HEALTHCARE panel, two remarkable ladies were honored - Vili Peeva-Papadopoulou, Manager of the Aphrodite Medical Center, for another year won first place for the successful development of tissue sampling in our country. MC Afrodita is the official representative of Future Health Tissue Bank for Bulgaria, and the award was given for the fact that the company has been a European leader in tissue banking for 20 years. In the HEALTH MANAGEMENT section, the award went to Zvezdelina Lutfi, manager of the " Medical Karadzha " - Health Information Center. This year, Diana Kostova, head of the "Central Real Estate Management" department at Kaufland Bulgaria, was announced and awarded as the LEADER OF CHANGE. And for PERSONALITY - INSPIRATION, Stefi Stamenova - radio and TV host, life coach, and motivator - was awarded again.
This year, BUSINESS LADY CLUB underwent rapid development, going beyond Bulgaria and attracting ladies from other countries with its concept and added value. For their contribution to the development of the Business Lady International Club in Turkey, Ivelina Ruskova, the Founder of the Business Lady International Club Turkey, as well as the Chairman of the club - Türkyan Türker, received an award. Attorney Veselka Krachunova, President of the Business Lady International Club Greece was deservedly awarded for her contribution to the Development of the Business Lady International Club in Greece. The president of the Business Lady Club Exclusive - Mila Zaharieva, for another year, was awarded for her activities in the direction of the development of women's business communities in our country. And Vaska Baklarova, President of Business Lady Club Plovdiv received recognition for the development of women's business communities and promotion of women's development.
Gena Sabeva, Chairwoman of the Business Lady Club "Women's Entrepreneurship" received a prize for her invaluable efforts in the direction of the development of women's business communities and the promotion of women's entrepreneurship. Activities include the weekly event "Business Pathways" as well as the "Arena of Women's Business", the last edition of which took place on June 8, 2022, and within the framework of which more than 40 different business projects were presented, and 3 of them grabbed the interest of jury and investors and were honored during the ceremony. These were the business ideas of Anelia Vitanova - owner and manufacturer of Ecological washing powder "One tergent", Bilyana Vencheva – the owner of the company "CTO of Asset Mechanics" and Gabriela Terzieva - founder of "Bronco Wild".
"Thank you for everything you do to motivate other ladies in their personal and professional path, to change destinies for a more inspired and successful life, to give development opportunities, and to support the ideas of women who have just started on the path or rethinking their professional and personal development" - with these words, Mr. Daniel Dimitrov, creator of BUSINESS LADY magazine and club, expressed his gratitude to the ladies who lead the individual BUSINESS LADY clubs, as well as to all the ladies honored this year at the ceremony.
Among the special guests at the event were Iva Miteva, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Stamen Yanev, member of the Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank; Borislav Dimitrachkov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Agency for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises; Plamen Abrovski, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and Forestry; Ivan Klisurski, member of the Health Care Commission; Kiril Simeonov, Chairman of the Commission on Electronic Government; Sinem Tashtan, Commercial Counselor at the Embassy of Turkey; Dimitris Mikas, Plenipotentiary Minister for Economic and Commercial Affairs at the Embassy of the Republic of Greece in Bulgaria; Paunita Petrova, adviser to the Minister of Labor and Social Policy and others, who presented some of the awards to the honored ladies.
The hosts of the event were the actors Yavor Ralinov and Nikolay Lukanov, and the talented children from the Highlight Singing Academy, led by Iskra Milkova, who took care of the good mood of the guests.
The awards aim to give publicity to successful management models, effective business practices, and adequate development of human capital, thus encouraging female entrepreneurship among the Bulgarian public. The Business Lady Magazine and Club Awards are a continuation of the publication's main mission - to support the positions of women in society, giving publicity to their professional successes, qualities, and achievements.
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