The magnificent eight

I’m going to start this piece in a rather tongue-in-cheek vein: apparently there’s a woman behind the success of every man. Is this true or false? I’ll let everyone answer this question for themselves. However, I think that it’s worth identifying who’s behind the successes of a few of the most notable companies in our region. This should give us a list of those who are most deserving of the accolade of Personality of the Year 2017. But before we do that, what does the selection procedure look like close up? In the first stage those unique individuals who have stood out during the last year are chosen by the editorial team of ‘Eurobuild Central & Eastern Europe’ magazine. Next, a jury, which this year is composed of a record number of real estate and construction experts (over 260 people), will draw up a short-list of three candidates. The voting for this starts on November 6th and continues for a few days. This is to be done electronically,