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
