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Europe's showcase of business talents and capabilities are unveiled today when the names of 60 individuals and organisations that will receive the accolade of Ruban d'Honneur in this year’s European Business Awards are announced.
Ireland confirms the dynamism of its economy by snatching four coveted Ruban d'Honneur at the European Business Awards.
French entrepreneurs Laurent Girard-Claudon and Jean-Christophe Murat started Approach People in Ireland only seven years ago and are now awarded within The Entrepreneur of the Year Award category. The company has built strong relationships with leading employers in Ireland and has searched and selected suitable multilingual candidates in most sectors and with languages such as French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and English.
Entrepreneurs, Laurent Girard-Claudon and Jean-Christophe Murat, are selected to receive the Ruban d’Honneur in The Entrepreneur of the Year category. Seeing the rapid growth of the Irish economy they spotted a market opportunity to launch an international recruitment agency specializing in multilingual staff. Approach People started from a blank sheet of paper seven years ago and now boasts the top 50 largest multinationals in Europe among its clients, a significant achievement in a fast moving and tough industry sector.
Openet was selected as a finalist within The Business Innovation of the Year Award. Openet is a world-leading provider of technologies that help communications network providers manage increasingly complex real time billing requirements. Developing new and effective charging and billing solutions has enabled its clients, the communication service providers, to innovate and create a wide range of new services that would not have previously been viable of no effective way of agreeing and managing the payment process.
Adrian Tripp, Chief Executive of the European Business Awards congratulates the finalists: "I am very excited about skills, energy and ingenuity that our Ruban d'Honneur recipients have on display. These individuals and businesses demonstrate how even medium and large sized organisations can be agile and adaptable to rapidly changing markets. Our Ruban d'Honneur recipients are a great showcase of all that is good in European business."
(JM)
