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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 23 JANUARY 2019 13 BUSINESS A unique opportunity to net- work with some 1,500 of the world's top business leaders awaits the Malta winners of the 2019 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Both the winner of the main award and the winner of the Rising Star award will, in fact, travel to Monaco later this year for the EY World Entre- preneur of the Year Award. This is the third year in which EY Malta is participat- ing in the EY World Entrepre- neur of the Year programme. The programme now runs in 165 cities and regions in over 60 countries and is the world's biggest and most prestigious business award for entrepre- neurs and the only one with a truly global dimension. The final event in Monaco brings together the national win- ners from all these countries, selected from a pool of over 5,000 nominees. While the winner of the EY Malta Entre- preneur of the Year will also be competing for the global award, the networking oppor- tunities for both Malta win- ners will be priceless. 2018 EY Malta Rising Star Award winner, Shane A Hunt- er, who is Managing Partner at the AquaBioTech Group, said, "The awards event in Monaco was very cleverly linked to an EY networking and business conference over two days where I was able to attend a number of sessions and listen and learn from other entrepreneurs, as well as EY specialists from all over their network. The experi- ence was amazing and one that I really appreciated as it gave me a unique insight into many other businesses from across the world." Angelo Xuereb, Chairman of AX Group and winner of the 2018 EY Malta Entre- preneur of the Year Award, said, "Monaco seemed to have been completely taken over by the event. There were many opportunities to meet with other international en- trepreneurs and to draw in- spiration from the many per- sonalities who were invited as key-note speakers. The high- light, of course, was the award ceremony night in a spectac- ular venue by the sea. It was a great honour to be called up on stage representing my country in the presence of all those esteemed guests. In short, it was a once-in-a-life- time experience I shall never forget." Nominations for the 2019 EY Malta Entrepreneur of the Year Award are open until 31 January 2019. For more infor- mation or to enter a nomina- tion visit www.eoymalta.com. Unique Monaco networking opportunity for Malta's best entrepreneurs The Malta winners of 2019 EY Malta Entrepreneur of the Year™ Award will attend the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year™ Award in Monaco later this year VON der Heyden Group, a high-quality niche player in the European real estate market, has an- nounced new appointments in line with its fur- ther expansion and the consolidation of its cen- tral operations in Malta. This year marks the Von der Heyden Group's 30-year anniversary in Europe. Bob Rottinghuis, who has dedicated 10 years as a consultant to the Group before his role as Chief Operating Officer in 2016 and who was fundamental in configuring the success of the €25 million bond issue in Malta in 2017, as- sumes the role of Group Chief Executive Of- ficer. In addition, Tonio Fenech joins the Manage- ment Board of TIMAN Investments Holdings. Serving as Finance Minister of Malta till 2013, Fenech played a key role in driving forward Malta's economic development. Both appoint- ments came into effect on 1 January 2019. The new appointments will enable Group Chairman Sven von der Heyden and Manag- ing Director Javier Errejón Sainz de la Maza to concentrate on further strengthening its four pillars of business, expanding them into new markets and seizing new opportunities. Von der Heyden said: "We look back on thirty extraordinary years with many landmark pro- jects which have led us to where we are today, starting from zero back in 1989. Over the years, we have built a team of almost 400 people who contribute at all levels to the continuing suc- cess of our Group in our real estate investments and developments, our hotel group IBB Hotel Collection, as well as in our alternative invest- ments." In December 2018, Von der Heyden Group moved its corporate offices from Valletta to a new state of the art office in the 14 East tower building in Gzira. New appointments at Von der Heyden Group Von der Heyden Group's corporate offices now situated in the 14 East tower building in Gzira