Applications are open for the ninth national edition of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year

The topic of corporate governance was discussed by Emil Tedeschi, President of the Management Board of Atlantic Grupa and President of the program’s judging panel, Anita Cvetić Oreščanin, member of the Management Board and co-owner of Poslovna inteligencija, Vjekoslav Majetić, founder and owner of DOK-ING and EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2022, Boris Centner, Chief Advisor to the Management Board of Erste Bank, and Berislav Horvat, Country Managing Partner at EY Croatia.

As part of the panel, Berislav Horvat opened applications for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2023. The winner of the ninth edition will be decided by an independent judging panel, which, in addition to Emil Tedeschi, consists of Nenad Bakić, Saša Cvetojević, Alan Sumina, Mate Rimac, Silvio Kutić, Hrvoje Josip Balen, Miljenko Borščak, while they will be joined for the first time by Vjekoslav Majetić and successful entrepreneurs, finalists of previous editions of the program - Jadranka Boban Pejić, Anita Cvetić Oreščanin and Dorotea Effenberger.

Anita Cvetić Oreščanin said that participation in the program was an additional boost for business development, while Vjekoslav Majetić said that "entrepreneurs should be recognized, not only the winner but all the applicants because they are all successful".

Emil Tedeschi said that EY Entrepreneur Of The Year is a unique event where entrepreneurs reward entrepreneurs and invited others to apply or nominate through the website eoy.ey.com.

"It’s important to support entrepreneurs who have developed ideas that no one would have ever thought existed", said Boris Centner from Erste Bank, which is the general sponsor of the program. The program is also held under the golden sponsorship of SAP, the sponsorship of Interkapital, Wiener osiguranje, Badel 1862 and PPD Global, and under in-kind sponsorships of AmCham, HAMAG-BICRO, the Croatian Association of Employers and the Ministry of Finance.