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Hampshire boss shortlisted for business Oscars


A Hampshire business leader is among those shortlisted for the region’s prestigious business awards – the Institute of Directors’ London and South East Director of the Year, sponsored by PwC


Brian May, managing director of the Berthon Boat Company, Lymington, is a finalist in the Director of the Year for companies with a turnover between £5 million and £24.99m.


The full list of finalists is:


Director of the Year • For companies with a turnover up to £4.99m


- Marios Poumpouris, Chiller Box, London - John Rosling, Shirlings, Reading - Sonja Wood, EcoSan Services, Kent


• For companies with a turnover £5m-£24.99m


- Jindy Dale, Quantum Technology, Reading - Brian May, Berthon Boat Company, Lymington


- Tim Phillips, Moorhouse Consulting, London


- William Salter, Paragon Routing, Surrey


• For companies with a turnover £25m – £99.99m


- Chris Bartlett, GCS Recruitment, Reading - Peter Digby, Xtrac, Thatcham - Jarl Severn, Owen Mumford, Woodstock


• For companies with a turnover £100m and more


- John Beament, Longcross, Oxford - David McSweeney, BMT Group, Middlesex - Wayne Story, Equiniti Group, Sussex - Alastair Storey, BaxterStorey, Reading


International Awards


For companies trading overseas ie buying and selling overseas and/or operating overseas


• Up to £24.99m turnover - Jindy Dale, Quantum Technology, Reading - Martin Howe, Global Immersion, Sussex - William Salter, Paragon Routing, Surrey


• Over £25m turnover


- Jarl Severn, Owen Mumford, Woodstock - Boris Wolstenholme, A J Walter Aviation, Sussex


- Peter Digby, Xtrac, Thatcham New Business Director


• In the first five years of business - James Bryant, Bryant Recycling, Sussex - Nigel Lambe, W J King, Sussex - Sonja Wood, EcoSan Services, Kent


www.businessmag.co.uk IoD Chairman’s Special Award


• Young Director of the Year - Boris Wolstenholme, A J Walter Aviation, Sussex


- Marios Poumpouris, Chiller Box, London - James Bryant, Bryant Recycling, Sussex


All went forward to the formal reception and gala awards dinner held at the Landmark Hotel in London on Thursday, March 29. The Oscars-style awards ceremony was hosted by Channel 5’s Emma Crosby, with broadcaster Gyles Brandreth as the keynote speaker.


Rodger Broad, director for the IoD in the south east, said: “These annual awards recognise the hard work, inspiration and management skills of business leaders in a wide variety of sectors.


“We are pleased and encouraged that we had 250 directors being put forward this year, despite these challenging economic times. From these we had more than 100 entries to consider for the awards. That means that the finalists have already survived a painstaking selection process.“


Andrew Latham, partner heading up PwC’s private business practice in the south east, said: “During these tough economic times the importance of dynamic and strong leadership has never been more important. PwC are delighted to support an event that celebrates the success of those directors in London and the south east who have differentiated their companies in the market place in such a positive and inspiring manner.“


Markus Keller, deputy regional commercial director for HSBC, sponsor of the International categories, said: “These are difficult times, for business and companies have to be successful both globally and domestically to give UK businesses the edge over our international competitors.


“To remain a competitive economy, directors from the largest public companies to the smallest private firms, need to expand their horizons, differentiate themselves on the world stage and seize new opportunities.“


Details: www.iod.com THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – APRIL 2012


Brian May and his brother Dominic are the fourth generation of the family to run the Berthon Boat Company, but boats have been built on the site for hundreds of years. There is evidence that ships of the realm were built there for Edward l in the 13th Century and the boatyard was mentioned in the Domesday Book.


In 1819 Thomas Inman bought the yard, building customs cutters and gentlemen’s sailing yachts. The three most famous were Alarm, Arrow and Lulworth, all of which raced against the schooner America around the Isle of Wight on August 22, 1851, the forerunner of the Americas Cup. Arrow ran aground cheating the tide, Alarm went to her rescue and their race was over. America cut inside the Nab light, Lulworth was beaten and the rest is history.


Today, the Berthon Boat Company still builds boats on the site, including lifeboats for the RNLI, operates a marina with 280 deep-water berths and offers full servicing and yacht refitting facilities.


It also has a sales division which has a large international brokerage house with overseas offices in France and America. Berthon has a nationally-acclaimed (four major awards in the past three years) apprentice training programme and plans to hire 10 new apprentices this summer to add to the existing 25 currently on the four-year marine skills courses.


May said: “Having been anonymously proposed for this prestigious award, I am delighted to have made it through various stages to become a finalist.


“It means far more to me that Berthon, a family company, is being recognised for good practices, more so than the personal aspect of the award. After all, decisions made at the top are only as effective as the staff and employees in the company make them.


“For that reason, I am eternally grateful to their forbearance in these economically challenging times.“


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