OREANDA-NEWS. On  26 February 2008 was announced, that Eugene Kogan, head of AntantaPioglobal investment group, has been named Financier of the Year, one of the categories in the international “Person of the Year” awards organized by RosBusinessConsulting.

“I’m very grateful to everyone in our team. The award is, in my opinion, something all my friends share with me for the simple reason a friendly and professional team is what guarantees success when it comes to achieving one’s goals. The award is in recognition of the results we achieved together. I also believe that, in its own way, the award is an acknowledgement of things to come – given that what we’re building today is far greater than anything we’ve built so far,” said Eugene Kogan.

The international Person of the Year award was created by RBC in 2001 with a view to promoting harmony between society, business, and government, bringing to public attention persons who have exerted a tangible impact on Russia’s development, creating an atmosphere of social harmony, encouraging activities undertaken for the good of the country as a whole, as well as integrating Russia’s scientific, economic, and culture achievements into wider global processes. In its six-year history (2001-2007), the award has won wide public acclaim, acquiring international status in 2005 when the awards committee began including in the list of award winners foreign citizens working in the Russian market.

The nominees are chosen by the Expert Council, made up of prominent state and public figures, as well as representatives of Russia’s business elite and Russian and foreign mass media. Contenders for the Person of the Year award can also be nominated by organizations and companies, who then become official nominees if the Expert Council endorses the nomination. There is no limit to the number of contenders.

Winners of the Person of the Year award include Zhores Alferov, Yuri Bashmet, Semen Vainstok, Ruben Vardanyan, Viktor Vekselberg, Galina Vishnevskaya, Arkady Volsky, Viktor Gerashchenko, Vitaly Ginsburg, German Gref, Arkady Dvorkovich, Alexander Zhukov, Dmitri Zelenin, Anatoly Iksanov, Andrei Illarionov, Alexei Kudrin, Yuri Luzhkov, Alexei Miller, Sergei Mironov, Igor Moiseev, Alexei Nemov, Valery Okylov, Evgeny Primakov, Vladimir Resin, Leonid Reyman, Viktor Sadovnichy, Sergei Sobyanin, Vladimir Soloviev, Sergei Stepashin, Vladislav Surkov, Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexander Filipenko, Viktor Khristenko, Nikolai Tsvetkov, Mikhail Shvydkoy, Alexander Shokhin, Konstantin Ernst, and many other well known public figures.