Rosaleen Blair announced as Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year 2007

Rosaleen Blair, the Chief Executive of Alexander Mann Solutions has been announced as The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year for 2007.

The award will be presented at a gala event at the London Stock Exchange on the evening of Tuesday 17th April.

Rosaleen Blair, has transformed the way in which major companies manage recruitment, and in the process is building a 300 million global business employing 800 people across three continents.

She devised a new approach to recruiting staff - Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) - and convinced her employer of the merits of setting up a joint venture, Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS), to bring the concept to market. In order to streamline the Group, a divestment programme of all other businesses has been underway over recent years, which now allows a total focus on its RPO proposition.

Her ability to lead by example has also won plaudits. AMS has secured Best Companies Accreditation Star Status for the past 2 years with 88 percent of employees being proud to work at the company and 91 percent saying they were personally inspired by the CEO.

Rosaleen, aged 41, is Dublin born and worked in Ireland until moving to the UK in 1996.

AMS is London-based.

The other finalist was Natalie Massenet, Founder and Chairman of Net-a-Porter.com, the luxury fashion retailer.