This year’s Private EquityDiamond Awards, sponsored by the Executive Club and the Polish Private EquityAssociation, saw Bill Watson awarded the “Personality of the Year” jointly withRobert Manz of Enterprise Investors. Bill and Robert had been instrumental in promoting the industry on the broader stage and led the effort to publish “Timefor Another Look,” an investor focused summary of the case for central European private equity (the publication is available on www.ceeprivateequity.com).
Also at the awards, V4C’s portfolio company Home.pl was nominated as a finalist in the “Mid-Cap Company of the Year” category while Emitel, also a V4C investment, was awarded Diamonds in the “Large Cap Company of the Year” and “Exit of the Year” categories.