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Congratulations to the winners!

The RBC Business Person of the Year Award 2022 winner

Julien Bacon

Ergo Office


The RBC Start-Up of the Year Award 2022 winner

Sibylle Sanchez

Mootion

winners of the 2022 Business Awards - Sibylle Sanchez and Julien Bacon

Toby Forman, President RBC, Sibylle Sanchez of Mootion, Start-Up of the Year Award winner, Julien Bacon of Ergo-Office, Business Person of the Year Award winner, Mr Gamon from the CCI Nice Côte d'Azur, Mélanie Olivié of Pine to Palm, Marlène Renaud of CQS, Karim Houry of Sundesk, Jean-Stéphane Genuit of Ox6gene, and Alexandre Gandon of Dans Les Pas d’Alexandre

RBC Business Person of the Year Awards ceremony and gala dinner

Our Signature Event

The RBC Business Person of the Year Awards 2022

Tuesday December 6, 2022 at 7.00 pm

The awards ceremony was held at The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nice Côte d'Azur, and included a gala dinner with wine, champagne, and surprise entertainment by jazz pianist Charly Laz!

The 7 finalists were selected by an independant panel of judges (see below), including a representative from the CCI. The two awards are sponsored by The Riviera Business Club and The CCI Nice Côte d'Azur. 

We wish to extend a sincere thank you to Andyana, who create these two beautiful trophies each year. Both are unique works of art.

Congratulations to the finalists
Business Person of the Year Award 2022 finalists

Karim Houry

Marlène Renaud

Start-Up of the Year Award 2022 finalists

Alexandre Gandon

Dans Les Pas d’Alexandre
danslespas dalexandre.fr

Logo Dans les pas Alexandre

Jean-Stéphane Genuit

Jean-Stéphane Genuit

Ox6gene
ox6gene.fr

logo ox6gene

Mélanie Olivié

Pine To Palm
pine-to-palm.com

logo Pine to Palm Long

 

The Panel of Judges

Maria-Elena Daynes

Chairperson

Founder of Advanc-H

Fabricio Carminati

Founder of French Riviera House Hunting

Elodie Carsalade

CCI Representative

Project Management, Digital marketing, Communication

Sandra Richez

Director - MBA Program - Edhec Business School 

Daniel Deganutti

Co-Founder & CEO - Brasserie BLEUE

Nicole Ruskell

Journalist, Ambassador of the Côte d’Azur and Editor-in-Chief of Bon Vivant Magazine

The Awards are comprised of two categories :

The RBC Business Person of the Year Award

Eligibility requirements :

  • The Company should be registered and doing business on the French Riviera for 3 years or more

  • Nominees and persons nominating to do NOT need to be Club members

  • Nominees should be nominated by one of their ‘fans’ (should not nominate themselves)

  • Nominees can be of any nationality and do not necessarily need to speak English

The RBC Start Up of the Year Award

Eligibility requirements :

  • The Company should be registered and doing business on the French Riviera for at least 6 months but less than 3 years

  • Nominees and persons nominating to do NOT need to be Club members

  • Nominees should be nominated by one of their ‘fans’ (should not nominate themselves)

  • Nominees can be of any nationality and do not necessarily need to speak English