EACT Award 2026 Nominations! Join by January 31st!
- Evaldas Balkys, AMCT
- 3 days ago
- 5 min read
We are happy to share that EACT has opened nominations for EACT Awards 2026! It is a great opportunity to share your achievements and get visibility on European stage. We know it might sound all mysterious so we are here to help you. Should you be interested, please reach out! We are happy to guide you!
The European Associations of Corporate Treasurers (EACT) is pleased to invite its members for nominations for the 7th EACT Award. In 2026 the EACT Award will celebrate achievements which reflect the developments of treasury and will inspire treasury professionals. The Award 2025 will be presented during the EACT Summit, 16-17
April 2026, in Brussels.
As in previous years, development is defined in the sense of a positive evolution which can result from innovation, contribution to sustainable growth, setting of standards for best practices and similar. In addition, and importantly, the project submitted should have been started, in production or implemented between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
Award Criteria
The following criteria will be applied by the Award jury, i.e. all EACT Board members:
Innovation: Introduce new approaches or improve on traditional methods in a unique way, demonstrating creativity and forward-thinking.
Reach: Ensure the project’s potential for broad applicability across various locations, industries, and organizational sizes, making it scalable and adaptable.
Sustainability/Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG): Contribute positively to society, the environment, and corporate governance, enhancing the project’s role in building a better future.
Excellence: Strive for the highest quality and precision, setting a benchmark for professionalism and flawless execution.
Impact: Deliver tangible benefits, whether financial or strategic, that create value for the organization and advance the treasury profession.
Inspiration: Create a lasting impression through originality, creativity, or breakthrough achievements, leaving others motivated to follow
Application Process & Requirements & Winner selection
The nominee application document must be in English language and should summarise the project in a maximum of 1,500 words (note E).
Nominees should present evidence of the benefits achieved (i.e. what improvements and positive changes have come from the project)
Nominees should also prepare a headline paragraph summarising their project in less than 50 words (this will be used in the EACT Summit brochure, if you are shortlisted).
The application must be sent to the respective NTA, who will in turn submit the project to the EACT Award 2026 Committee to the email of EACT Secretary.
Each EACT Board member (Jury) selects the top 3 candidates from the projects sent by NTAs and assigns a score of 1-3 (where 3=the best). The vote is secret and must not be shared with anyone except with the EACT Award Committee. The EACT Award Committee will vote before the wider board vote.
All 3 finalists should prepare a one slide presentation about the project and will have 5 mins during the ceremony to talk about their project. The EACT Award Committee will inform all 3 finalists about the deadline for when the presentation should be prepared.
If there are no more than 2 candidates participating in the EACT Award 2026 competition, the EACT Award Committee reserves the right to cancel the competition. If this occurs, the EACT Award Committee will make a decision on whether to include the two submissions in the Summit and further details will be shared with the candidates.
Organisational matters
A condition for NTA nominations is the commitment by the nominee to attend the EACT Summit 16-17 April 2026 in case they are among the finalists. The EACT will invite and reimburse the hotel accommodation (1 night) expenses of one representative per finalist team. Other members of the finalist teams can attend but will be accounted for in the NTA delegates quota and their travel expenses will not be reimbursed by the EACT. An award trophy will be presented to the winners during EACT Summit.
All finalists (ONLY) will be celebrated in the treasury community and its publications, hence the three EACT Award finalists will be requested to prepare a short presentation (or video) of their project to present it at the EACT Summit and for promotion by the EACT.
In addition, the EACT would appreciate the three finalists being prepared to share their project as a business case study in the Journeys to Treasury 2026/27 issue.
Award timeline
24 October 2025 - EACT Awards Committee communicates EACT Awards Guidelines. National Treasury Associations (NTAs) are free to announce the award process to their members and start the nomination process.
By 31 January 2026 - Each of the NTAs can propose 2 candidates (see note A). Each nomination is required to submit an executive summary of max 50 words, a basic document of max 1,500 words according to Note E. There are no geographical
restrictions to the nominee proposed by an NTA. A nominee is a corporate treasury team or an individual (see note B), with member(s) in an NTA (see note C).
By 28th February 2026 - The EACT Board selects the top 3 candidates. Voting process
described in note D.
Date to be confirmed - Each finalist confirms the last version of their 5 min presentation
that will be presented during EACT Summit.
16-17 April 2026 - Winner announced during Summit EACT Summit. Winners receive the trophy (1st, 2nd and 3rd position)
2Q26 – 3Q26 - Publication of EACT Award winner on EACT Website, LinkedIn and
other EACT media Winners receive the trophy (1st, 2nd and 3rd position)
NOTES
A) Having only one nominee per NTA may present challenges. That is why EACT has decided to allow each NTA to have 2 candidates. Larger organisations might find it difficult to eliminate many good candidates while smaller associations might on the contrary find it difficult to present at least one. We acknowledge this, as well as remembering that this diversity is part of EACT’s DNA. This happens also in sport or art contests where countries only present one team, no matter if small or populous.
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B) A nominee must belong to the corporate treasury or finance department of a non- financial organisation. Therefore, the treasury of a bank, of an asset manager is not eligible, nor is a treasury consulting team. Treasurers of software or service providers are eligible in their capacity of treasurers of their own organisation. However, no business or technical teams of providers of treasury solutions are eligible. “Treasury” or “Treasurer” are defined by the function they provide, not by their title. For instance: a financial director, a credit manager, the pension fund manager, the insurance manager of a corporation can be considered “treasurers” if they perform a task within the job description of treasurers, as defined by NTAs.
C) At least one member of the nominated team should belong to an NTA.
D) Voting process: casting points on 3 selected projects:
3 points for First project of their preference,
2 points for Second project of their preference
1 point for Third project of their preference
EACT Board member are NOT allowed to vote for their own country candidate and have to vote all 3 positions.
E) The executive summary should be a high-level executive description about the project (max 50 words). The basic document should be a detailed description of project about project (max 1,500 words). The document should cover the story about the project (contributors, scope, requirements, timeline, nature, outcome - benefit for the organization, resources used and other items). The presentation that meets these conditions is also acceptable.
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