The directors of eight enterprises were recognized as the best managers in the Vitebsk region based on the results of 2010

January 21, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Directors of eight enterprises have been recognized as the best managers in the Vitebsk region based on the results of work in 2010, the executive directorate of the regional employers' union informed a BELTA correspondent. The "Best Manager of the Year of the Vitebsk Region" competition is held by the regional employers' union for the fifth time and is aimed at stimulating the improvement of business qualifications and professionalism of the director corps. Managers of industrial enterprises, regardless of ownership, are eligible to participate in the competition, and the right to nominate candidates is granted to city and district branches of the employers' union. When summing up the results, more than 10 indicators in the main economic activities of the enterprises headed by the competition contenders are taken into account. According to the competition regulations, the honorary title can be awarded to three directors of enterprises in Vitebsk, as well as to managers from Orsha, Polotsk, Novopolotsk, and also from rural districts. The best managers of the Vitebsk region in 2010 were Petr Katulsky, director of SOOO "LLK - Naftan"; Mikhail Eleshevich, director of the Novopolotsk branch of OAO "Treст Belsantekhmontazh №1"; Sergey Podgaisky, chairman of the board of directors of OOO "PO Energokomplekt"; Viktor Masalov, director of OAO "Vitebsk Motor Repair Plant"; Lyudmila Dubinets, head of OOO "Milinda" (Vitebsk); Mikhail Lazarashvili, director of Novolukoml OAO "Keramzit Gravel Plant"; Nikolay Shkolnikov, director of OAO "Orsha Dairy Plant"; and Vladimir Petrushkevich, director of RUPP "Nasledie F. Skoriny" (Polotsk). The awarding of honorary diplomas and valuable gifts will take place in a solemn ceremony at one of the meetings of the regional employers' council in February. The Vitebsk Regional Employers' Council (VOSN) is the largest non-profit association of employers in the Pridvinye region, with over 270 enterprises and organizations as its members. The association was established in 1999, and its branches have been created in six districts of the region. The volume of industrial products manufactured by VOSN member enterprises currently accounts for about 80% of the total production volume of the region's enterprises. -0-