Poken’s CEO a Swiss finalist for EY Entrepreneur of the Year

Event technology company Poken’s CEO, Stephane Doutriaux, is a finalist in the Switzerland country category of Ernst and Young’s (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2015. The awards have been held by the global accountancy group in Switzerland since 1998 and winners will feed into the global programme for entrepreneurs. Some 39 entrepreneurs from Switzerland qualified for participation in this year’s awards for their country. Stephane is a finalist in the Emerging Entrepreneur category and is up against Pascal Kaufmann and Marc Vontobel at Starmind International AG for their work in IT and Dr Jan Lichtenberg from InSphero AG for his work in bio technology. The global competition for entrepreneurs sees 10,000 entrepreneurs from 60 countries worldwide competing for the coveted title of EY Entrepreneur of the Year. An independent jury will select the EY Entrepreneur of the Year from among all the national winners. Poken CEO, Stephane Doutriaux, said: “I am hugely honoured to be a finalist in such a coveted award programme.”