Young Manager

WHO WILL BE AWARDED AS YOUNG MANAGER OF 2010?

   
           Tadej Gosak                                       Simona Mele                                         Janko Medja

Ever since the year the section of young managers at the Manager Association grants
an award Young Manager to a successful young manager. Who shall be the one
to receive the sculpture of the black proteus symbolizing the award this year, will be
known on September 29th on Management Congress.

Finalists for the Young Manager of 2010 are the following:
- Tadej Gosak, director of Ecolab d.o.o.,
- Janko Medjo,  member of the managemnt group of Unicredit Bank d.d.,
- Simona Mele, chairman of the management group of Kompas d.d.,

About the selection

Candidates for the Young Manager award shall meet the following conditions:

  • candidates shall be no more than 40 years old in the year, in which they
    are granted the award;
  • according to the Companies Act the company shall be classified among
    medium-sized or large-sized companies; 
  • the candidate must be a member of the company's executives (members
    of the Management Board and other managerial and leading workers with
    executive competences and responsibilities);
  • the company or companies, in which the candidate is (was previously)
    employed, has (have) in recent years achieved above-average business
    results. Business results take into account in most cases the growth of
    profit and added value, the company development as such, successful
    elimination losses and other related indicators, increase in the number of
    employees and improvement of their social situation, attitude towards economic
    and social environment and personal characteristics and personal contribution
    of the candidate towards the company success.

In addition to business achievements, personal profile of an individual also plays a
crucial role in making the decision.
The Commission for selecting the Young Manager in their evaluation leans on the
professional analysis, which is carefully and thoroughly prepared for each individual
candidate by the company Bisnode based on a comprehensive questionnaire.


Recent recipients of the award Young manager

Gregor Pilgram, Chairman of the Management Board of the insurance Generali zavarovalnica, d.d.,

Toni Balažič, CEO of Fructal, 2009

mag. Tadej Tufek, Ceo of  Adria Airways, 2008

Tomaž Berločnik, predsednik uprave Donit Tesnit, l. 2007

Gregor Benčina, direktor SRC.si, l.2006

mag. Robert Ličen, managing director of Akrapovič d.o.o., 2005

Recent recipients prejemniki of the award  "Young Businessman"

mag. Jurij Giacomelli, Časnik Finance d.o.o., 2004

Aleš Mikeln, director of Paloma, 2003

Iztok Seljak, predsident of management board Rotomatika d.o.o., 2002

Pavel Demšar, managing director of Domel from Železniki, 2001

Zvone Novina, generalni direktor delniške družbe Novoles, iz Straže pri Novem mestu, 2000

Bojan Rajtmajer, director of  ISS Servisystem iz Maribor, 1999