March 2025 update to Top 50 CEO eligibility:
- The maximum number of award wins is five; after five Top 50 wins, the recipient is inducted into the Top 50 CEO Hall of Fame. If an individual is joined by a co-CEO during that period (after one or more wins), both individuals will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the same time.
- If a candidate is part of a company/organization whose CEO is a member of the Hall of Fame, you are not eligible for Top 50 CEO status until the Hall of Fame leader has moved on from the company/organization.
Eligible nominees must: live in Atlantic Canada and lead a company or organization whose head office is in Atlantic Canada/or lead a provincial/regional head office that has significant decision-making and organizational autonomy.
Top 50 CEO selection is a five-step process.
- Submit a nomination (see nomination form on this page)
- Following the close of nominations on December 1, we provide each nominee with a detailed information form.
- Nominee accepts their nomination by submitting the requested information.
- Completed nomination materials are reviewed by the judges.
- Winners are announced at an awards show and in the May issue of Atlantic Business Magazine.
Nominations submitted after December 1 will be held for the next year’s Top 50 CEO awards.