Best Managed Companies in Central & Eastern Europe survey 2011
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About the Best managed companies in Central and Eastern Europe: The Best managed companies in Central and Eastern Europe annual survey is one of the most prominent recognitions given by
Euromoney magazine to corporations in Central and Eastern Europe. The survey rewards those companies with the most convincing and coherent business strategies by region, country and industry, as well as highlighting those which demonstrate sound practise of corporate governance.
The ranking is based on a survey of market analysts at major banks and research institutes focusing on Central and Eastern Europe. Analysts at leading banks and research institutes are asked to nominate their top companies in each of the CEE countries or sectors they covered, bearing in mind market strength, profitability, growth potential and quality of management and earnings.
Power, mining and energy companies dominate Euromoney’s annual survey of the best companies in CEE, but diversity is increasing as markets mature
Garanti’s first place in the CEE companies poll for the second successive year is reflected in its high standing in the capital markets. Other top contenders are similarly favoured. Guy Norton reports.
CFO Afzal Modak tells Alex Chambers why Garanti is as well positioned as any company to weather the economic downturn and even take advantage of the opportunities it presents.
Turkish companies are the rising stars of corporate governance in emerging
Europe. But CEZ remains the one to beat.
Czech power provider CEZ has been voted central and Eastern Europe’s best-managed company for the second year running. Rising energy prices are helping the firm to record strong profits, but why are analysts so impressed by the firm’s management? Lawrence White reports.
The rush of foreign investment into central and eastern Europe has undoubtedly improved standards of corporate governance. But the results of this year’s Euromoney survey of the best companies in the region reveal that some state-owned companies that might prove difficult to acquire also rate highly for their management standards. Lawrence White reports.
Euromoney's first poll of central and eastern European companies draws on equity analysts' perceptions of a range of characteristics that are crucial to investors in the region. Banks figure highly in most categories and come out top in seven of the 12 rankings by country. Paul Pedzinksi reports.
