Taxback.com wins RSM International Entrepreneur of the Year Award

November 16, 2010

The Taxback Group has been named RSM International’s Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2010 European Business Awards in Paris. The Taxback Group, taxback.com, was established in Dublin in 1996 to provide income tax refund services for students travelling and working abroad. The group has since grown and diversified to become a global financial and travel services provider.

Presented at a gala ceremony in Paris by Jean Stephens, CEO of RSM International – the 6th largest global accounting network – the award recognises the Taxback Groups’ entrepreneurialism in the inception, development and strategic growth of the company. Jean Stephens said,

“Exceptional business talent needs to be recognised and rewarded – and our support for the fourth consecutive year of the EBA Entrepreneur of the Year award reflects RSM’s commitment to partnering with the best business professionals in the world. Congratulations to the Taxback Group!”

Jim Mulqueen, Managing Partner of FGS, the Irish member firm of RSM International said,

“We congratulate taxback.com on their fantastic achievement. It is great that we are celebrating Irish entrepreneurship regardless of the challenging economic circumstances. We should take from this a positive message – there are still opportunities for companies located in Ireland to thrive and expand on an international stage.”

The award was presented in front of an audience of influential figures from some of Europe’s leading businesses. Other Ruban d’Honneur winners in the RSM International Entrepreneur of the Year category included Winston Zahra, Founder and Chairman of Island Hotels Group (Malta), Robert Wiseman of Robert Wiseman Dairies (UK), Gilles Ridel – Founder and CEO of Nexway (France), Rui Miguel Nabeiro of Delta Cafes (Portugal), Orhan Killic of KILIC DENIZ A.S (Turkey), Zbynek Frolik of  LINET spol. s r.o. (Czech Republic), Victor Molander – Founder and CEO of Netigate AB (Sweden), Richard Trenkwalder of Trenkwalder International AG (Austria) and Tomislav Jurik CEO of UNIPHARMA  (Slovakia).

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