One of four categories in MNN's second annual Awards for Excellence, the CEO of the Year award recognises standout value creation in the period between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018.

We'll assess the extent of a company's enterprise value shift in the qualifying period, but also take into account a range of external and internal factors that may have figured in the value shift, including changes in commodity prices, significant sector and/or market specific changes, currency movements, and other macro (economic/political, exploration success, and corporate changes, M&A, etc).

We will also examine factors such as the overall relative quality of company senior management teams, and the base from which a company's value has changed.

Nominees can nominate themselves or someone else.

Last year's winner was former Metals X and now Westgold Resources CEO Peter Cook for the takeover of Aditya Birla, demerger of Westgold and numerous other deals.

Nominate the CEO of the Year here. Nominations close at 11:59pm AEST on June 30.