2008 Winners and Shortlist   Listed below are the winners and those shortlisted for the Quoted Company of the Year Awards 2008 Chairman of the Year BBI, IDH, and Omega – David Evans Allied Gold – Mark Caruso Mattioli Woods – Bob Woods VP – Jeremy Pilkington Lighthouse, Just Car Clinics, General Capital – David Hickey Tenon – Bob Morton Winner: Tenon – Bob Morton Chief Executive Officer of the Year OMG – Nick Bolton Lavendon – Kevin Appleton Finsbury Foods – Dave Brooks Domino’s Pizza – Stephen Hemsley Creston – Don Elgie Renew Holdings – Brian May Winner: Renew Holdings – Brian May Deal of the Year Clyde Process Solutions – Alex Stewart AssetCo – John Shannon DCD Media – Christopher Hunt BBI Holdings – Julian Baines Motivcom – John Murray Sylvester Dobbies Garden Centres – James Barnes Winner: AssetCo – John Shannon Entrepreneur of the Year Vyke Communications – Tommy Jensen Next Fifteen – Tim Dyson Redhall – David Jackson Energetix – Adrian Hutchings Maxima – Kelvin Harrison Aero Inventory – Rupert Lewin Winner: Redhall – David Jackson Finance Director of the Year VP – Mike Holt Hyder Consulting – Simon Hamilton-Eddy Connaught – Stephen Hill YouGov – Katherine Lee Mission Marketing Group – Tim Alderson Winner: Connaught – Stephen Hill International IPO of the Year Origin Enterprises – Tom O'Mahony Globus Maritime – George Karageorgiou Dragonwave – Peter Allen UTV Motion Pictures – Rohinton Screwvala Nautilus Minerals – David Heydon Leaf Clean Energy – Peter Tom Winner: Globus Maritime, George Karageorgiou Investor of the Year Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust – Charles Montanaro Merrill Lynch Brit. Smaller. Co. Inv Trust – Mike Prentis JPMorgan Fleming Small. Co. Inv. Trust – Mark Davids/ Georgina Brittain Rensburg UK Smaller Companies Trust – Stuart Sharp Marlborough Special Situations – Giles Hargreave Old Mutual UK Select Small Co – Daniel Nickols/Ashton Bradbury Artemis UK Small Companies – John Dodd/Mark Niznik Winner: Marlborough Special Situations, Giles Hargreave Non-Executive Director of the Year Informa – Derek Mapp Ennstone and Levendon – Tim Ross Alexander Mining, Oxeco & Summit (formerly VASTox) – David Norwood Inspired Gaming and Vectrix – David Mace Powerleague – Simon Bentley Winner: Ennstone and Levendon – Tim Ross IPO of the Year Medicsight – David Sumner Craneware – Keith Neilson Hitchens Group – John Taylor Neuropharm – Robert Mansfield Volga Gas – Mikhail Ivanov Superglass – John Smellie Cyril Sweett – Dean Webster Winner: Craneware – Keith Neilson Specialist Investment Vehicle of the Year Baronsmead VCT – David Thorp Close Brothers VCT – Patrick Reeve Proven Growth & Income VCT – Stuart Veale Spark Ventures – Andrew Carruthers Marwyn Value Investors – David Williams Ingenoius Media Active Capital – Patrick McKenna Winner: Proven Growth & Income VCT – Stuart Veale