2012 Shortlist

AIM to Main

Allied Gold
Cape
Entertainment One
Kentz
Medusa Mining
Park Plaza Hotels

Chairman of the Year

Malcolm Diamond – Trifast
Joe Grimmond – Coral Products
Jeff Harris – Filtrona
Martyn Konig – European Goldfields
Mike Love – SciSys
Clive Sinclair-Poulton – Beowulf Mining

Chief Executive Officer of the Year

Heejae Chae – Scapa
Matthew Fosh – Novae
Chris Houghton – Park Group
Gareth Jones – Gooch & Housego
Konstantinos Papadimitrakopoulos – Globo
Ken Greetham - Wynnstay Group

Deal of the Year

Blinkx – acquisition of Burst Media for up to &30 million
Brammer – acquisition of Buck & Hickman
Monitise – global deal with Visa
Nature Group – acquisition of International Slop Disposal
Petra Diamonds – acquisition of Finsch
Range Resources – $52 million purchase of SOCA Petroleum
RPC – acquisition of Superfos

Emerging Markets CEO of the Year

Tong Wang Chow – Asian Citrus
Alon Davidov – Shaftsinkers
Johan Dippenaar – Petra Diamonds
Christian Hogg – Hutchison China MediTech
Sonny Lulla – Infrastructure India
Matthew Peacock – Regenersis

Entrepreneur of the Year

Suranga Chandratillake – Blinkx
Bill Dobbie – Cupid
John Prowse – Green Compliance
Darren Throop – Entertainment One
Martin Varley – Altitude Group

Finance Director of the Year

Iain Cockburn – Hargreaves Services
Mark Doughty – Cupid
Richard Perry – Fenner
Craig Preston – Craneware
Phil Rasmussen – IQE
Pim Vervaat – RPC Group

Investor of the Year

Anthony Cross & Julian Fosh – Liontrust UK Smaller Companies Ret
Giles Hargreave – Marlborough UK Micro Cap Growth
Paul Jourdan – CF Amati UK Smaller Companies A
Paul Marriage – Cazenove UK Smaller Companies A Inc
Charles Montanaro – Montanaro UK Smaller Companies
Harry Nimmo – Standard Life UK Smaller Companies
Deryck Noble-Nesbitt – Close Beacon Investment

IPO of the Year

iEnergizer
Smart Metering
Spectra Systems
Ubisense
Waterlogic
Zambeef Products

Non-Executive Director of the Year

David Holme – PSG Solutions
John McLean – China Food Company
Peter Stephens – Tristel