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The cream of the region’s business leaders have been recognised for their hard work and leadership with one of the Institute of Directors’ London and the South East Director of the Year Awards sponsored by PwC
Hosted by Channel 5 newsreader Emma Crosby and featuring keynote speaker Andrew Neil, the glittering gala dinner took place in the Grand Ballroom at the Landmark Hotel in Marylebone on March 22.
The winners were judged the best of their peers from among the 362 directors initially nominated and the shortlist of 100 drawn up for the final selection process.
Rodger Broad, director for the IoD in the The winners
Director of the Year, over £100m: Terry Sweeney, CEO, RM Education
Director of the Year, £25m-£99.99m: Christopher Crombie, CEO, Hobbycraft
Director of the Year, £5m-£24.99m:
Nicky Pearson, managing director, The Beauty Works
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south east, said: “These annual awards recognise the hard work, inspiration and management skills of business leaders in a wide variety of sectors.
“The standard this year was incredibly high and presented the judges with some tough decisions but we are confident the winners represent the best London and the south east has to offer.
“They highlight the quality of business leadership in the region which is helping to drive the economy towards recovery.“
Terry Sweeney was appointed chief executive of RM Education in 2008 and has overseen a period of significant growth. Before his appointment as chief executive, Sweeney was responsible for the Group’s hardware activities and, from 2006, was managing director of the Group’s rapidly expanding Education Resources business. He has been instrumental in driving innovative product strategy and identifying new markets for the Group.
Prior to joining RM, Sweeney was global procurement manager at British Aerospace. He has a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, an MBA from Oxford Brookes University, and has attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Programme.
HobbyCraft is the UK’s only dedicated chain of arts and crafts superstores, stocking more than 35,000 products for 250 creative activities. Crombie was a founder member of the management team that established the first HobbyCraft store in Bournemouth in 1995. Today the company operates from 51 stores nationwide, employing almost 2,000 staff.
As buying director, Crombie pioneered world-wide sourcing and own-brand product strategies, prior to taking over day-to-day control of the business in 2004. As chief executive he guided the expansion of the business, establishing HobbyCraft as a well- known retail brand. In April 2010 he led a successful management buyout of the business.
A graduate, Crombie has spent his entire career in retailing. A fellow of the Institute of Directors, he is currently completing his IoD Chartered Director qualification.
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The Beauty Works designs and commissions the manufacture of consumer health, fitness and electrical beauty products. These are supplied to major UK multiples supermarket and retail as well as catalogue, internet and exported worldwide.
Nicky Pearson, founding owner, began her career as a beauty therapist and has 20 years’ experience of the health and beauty market. She explains: “In the early 1990s I recognised the business opportunities offered by giving consumers access to salon treatments economically in their own homes by supplying suitably adapted and well designed equipment.
“With my beauty therapist background, understanding of consumers’ needs and my design input I have absolute confidence in every product The Beauty Works introduces to the market.“
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – APRIL 2011
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