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Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)
May 08, 2008
Citi Belgium Names Halloy & Vansteeland 2008 Winners of Citi Journalistic Excellence Award
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The winners will take a two-week international seminar at the prestigious Columbia University in New York. The seminar will also be attended by the award-winners from some 20 countries, as well as academics, media experts, policymakers and government officials. Visits are scheduled to the IMF, the New York Stock Exchange, CNN Financial News, the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Business News. In addition, the winner receives a cash award of 2,000 euros.
Halloy and Vansteeland were selected by an independent jury composed of five members: Prof. Dr. Rudy Aernoudt (European economies at business schools in Brussels and Ghent), Jan Bohets (Former Senior Writer at De Standaard), Pierre Loppe (Editor in Chief, La Libre Entreprise), Prof. Dr. Bruno Colmant (CEO, Euronext Brussel and president of the jury) and Dr. Frank Thevissen (Strategical Business and organization communication). In evaluating the articles submitted, the jury adopted such criteria as originality of the subject, style of writing, introduction of new ideas, analysis of the subject, use of research and interviews, understanding of the subject, and impact of the article.
The Journalistic Excellence Award was created more than 20 years ago by Citi in Latin America and the Caribbean. Ten years ago, the first journalists from Asia participated. Since 1995, journalists from Eastern Europe have also participated. For the past four years, the award has also been presented in the Netherlands.
The award ceremony was held at Citibank Belgium in the presence of 200 prominent European and Belgian business people. Citibank took the opportunity to organize a debate: "Belgian business reputation after political deadlock" at this event.
Participants were:
Herman De Croo, Minister of State
Thomas Hubbuch, CEO Tiense Suikerrafinaderij
Richard Hill, author of different publications about European cultures – such as We Europeans, EuroManagers & Martians, Sharks & Custard, and The Art of Being Belgian and is also editor of AmCham Business Journal.
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Citibank Belgium
Citibank is the leading global financial institution for private individuals specializing in personalized and tailor-made financial solutions for their clients. Citibank Belgium has a network of 207 branches, offering a wide range of products such as current accounts, savings accounts, loans, investments and credit cards. Clients can contact their financial institution via four channels, namely branch offices, Selfbanking centers, via telephone and the Internet. In this way Citibank combines the advantages of a branch bank with those of a direct bank. Citibank Belgium is a subsidiary of Citi. For more information please visit www.citibank.be/