Business Awards 2024

On June 12^th, we celebrated the 11^th edition of our Business Awards in the Hotel Arena Amsterdam.

More than 130 guests were present to honor & celebrate the French-Dutch Business relationship.
Gathered in a magnificent, emblematic, and monumental building in Oosterpark : the "Sint Elisabeth Gesticht" (1888).

Sylvie Craenen, director of the French Chamber, was our Ceremony Master for the evening and introduced each category.
Throughout the evening, members of the jury successively went on stage to reward the different nominees. Thanks to Daniel Westerink, Premier Conseiller Ambassade de France aux Pays-Bas, Nicolas Petteau - Eurostar, Pim Loef – Schneider Electric, Yvonne Hoddenbach - TotalEnergies, Mignon van der Westerlaken - Sanofi and Olivier Duprez – Cegid.

Here are the much awaited results of the Business Awards:

• "Business Development NL - FR"
  The winner is supersola | Kelly Staelens.
  The Award was given by Eurostar | Nicolas Petteau
   
• "Business Development FR - NL"
  The winner is ENERGY POOL| Hélène Rocchi
  The Award was given by Pim Loef, representing by Schneider Electric
   
• "TECH"
  The winner is Signify | Sophie Breton.
  Thanks to Sanofi | Mignon van der Westerlaken for handing out this award.
   
• "Environmental, Social & Governance"
  The winner is Groupe Enerfip | Stephen Parkins.
  The Award was given by TotalEnergies | Yvonne Hoddenbach.
   
• " French Entrepreneur "
  The winner is Anove | Jean-Hugues M
  Thanks to Cegid | Olivier Duprez for handing out this award.

And as a surprise, the jury decided to reward Intratone Nederland | Boudewijn Damler with “The Jury's Price”. Daniel Westerink, 1er conseiller of the Ambassade de France aux Pays-Bas handed out the award.

All our winners received a tree from Ecotree. This tree symbolizes their unique identity and achievements while being part of a larger ecosystem. It represents their company's growth, rooted in strong values and connection to the broader industry and community.

Congratulations to all winners and nominees. We were thrilled to sharing this unique moment with you while celebrating the French-Dutch Business relationships. You are, without a doubt, doing a fantastic job at reinforcing the French-Dutch commercial exchanges.

After so many emotions, we ended this wonderful evening with some networking and a delicious meal.

Our gratitude goes towards all of you for your presence and for the role each one of you play in the bilateral exchange between our two countries.

We would like to deeply thank our sponsors for their lasting support and without whom the evening couldn’t have taken place :  Cegid, Eurostar Group, Global Connect Admin, Sanofi, Schneider Electric, TotalEnergies, and Undutchables.
We would also like to thank our partners for their support and collaboration : l’Ambassade France aux Pays-Bas & Business France.
 

Thank you all for attending our event and most of all for your trust and support! By your actions and presence, you all made this event and the upcoming ones possible!