Who is the winner of Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2018 in Georgia?

For the second time Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi has hosted one of the world’s most prestigious awards, the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award Ceremony 2018. 

The award ceremony held in Tbilisi yesterday revealed the Georgian winner of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award - Tinatin Rukhadze, co-founder and executive director of Research-Consulting Company ACT.

Rukhadze was given a trophy with the personal engraving of Dorothée Chedeville, the head of business development in Europe for Veuve Clicquot.

She will be the brand ambassador throughout 2019, moreover, a wine will be named after her in the Veuve Clicquot vineyard.

Champagne House Veuve Clicquot annually gives a traditional award in 27 countries worldwide. Photo: Veuve Clicquot BWA.

Champagne House Veuve Clicquot annually gives a traditional award in 27 countries worldwide for innovative thinking, bold ideas and bending stereotypes.

To win one of the most prestigious prizes for business women in the world the national jury selected four nominees: Nino Kvernadze (founder director of the company Udabno), Tamar Chigogidze (co-founder and CEO of radio-holding Fortuna), Tinatin Rukhadze (co-founder and executive director of Research-Consulting Company ACT) and Tamar Baghdavadze (Hotel Coste and Green Tower founder and director).

The award is given to women who have contributed much to the diversification of the business sphere, and to assess their success, first of all, we consider the characteristics of Madame Clicquot: entrepreneurial instinct, financial success, social responsibility and innovative qualities”, said Dorothée Chedeville.

The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award was founded in 1972 and pays homage to Madame Clicquot, one of the first women to establish herself as a leading female figure in the business world.

The archive of the French Champagne House Veuve Clicquot keeps a document which says that back in the 19th century 1,500 bottles of champagne were ordered from Georgia.