FrAİdAİrique Constant First Passion Awards
"Live your passion!" Armed with this conviction, Frédérique Constant decided to encourage achievements by passionate men and women who have been able to develop their ideas, moving quickly from an innovative concept to a fast-expanding company.
It was in the presence of the ten finalists and in front of an audience of 120 guests, that the first Passion Awards prize-giving ceremony took place on 28th June. During a trip on the Leman Lake by ship, Peter and Aletta Stas, CEO and COO of Frédérique Constant respectively, honoured two prize-winners:
- Peter-Frans Pauwels is the joint founder of TomTom, first world supplier of navigation solutions. In March 2007 his company, founded in 1991, now world market leader announced that it had exceeded the symbolic 10 million mark of GPS systems sold;
- William Novick is behind the creation of the International ChildrenAs Heart foundation, which provides cardiological treatment to sick children. To date, no less than 2′800 young patients receive this necessary treatment in 20 developing countries.
The jury, made up of Peter and Aletta Stas, Dominique Turpin, marketing and strategy professor from the IMD Institute of Lausanne, Carlo Lamprecht, former Chairman of the Council of State of Geneva and Stefan Stern, editor of the Financial Time’s Business Life Edition, hailed Peter-Frans Pauwels and William Novick for their enthusiasm and commitment. The prize-winners companies will receive a personalised case study by Professor Dominique Turpin from the IMD on the subject of their choice, as well as a gold Frédérique Constant Heart Beat Manufacture watch. The eight other finalists retained received a steel Heart Beat Manufacture watch.
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