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Thames Valley directors to the fore on IoD awards shortlist


The finalists have been announced in the IoD London and the South Director of the Year Awards, including business leaders from the Thames Valley


The awards, run by the Institute of Directors (IoD) and open to members and non-members, are sponsored by PwC and bring together company directors from a variety of backgrounds, recognising their qualities as business leaders.


This year’s competition has attracted the highest ever number of nominations, and the winners’ achievements will be celebrated at a Gala Awards Dinner in London in June.


Those winners will come from a shortlist of finalists, with directors from the Thames Valley featuring in the categories for Director of the Year Large and Medium sections, Young Director of the Year, Global Director of the Year, Public/Third Sector Director of the Year and Family Business Director of the Year.


The full list of finalists is:


Director of the Year (large company) • David Byk, CEO, Swan Mill, Swanley, Kent • Clive Sawkins, CEO, BCS Global Networks, Slough


• Leslie Morgan, managing director, Durbin plc, South Harrow, Middlesex


Director of the Year (medium company)


• Clive Lucking, CEO, Fourfront Group, Egham, Surrey


• Alice Maynard, chair, Scope, Milton Keynes, Bucks


• Alex Rickard, head of employee proposition, Towry, Bracknell, Berks


Director of the Year (small company)


• Andy Fitzgerald, managing director, Oceanair Marine, Chichester, West Sussex


• Frazer Thompson, CEO, Chapel Down Group plc, Tenterden, Kent


• Mark Whiteley, consultant surgeon and clinic director, The Whiteley Clinic, Guildford, Surrey


Young Director of the Year


• Armit Bhatia, chairman, Hope Construction Materials, London


• David Bloxham, managing director, GCS Recruitment Specialists, Reading, Berks


• Emily Kettle, managing director, Facts International, Ashford, Kent


• Ross Williams, CEO, Global Personals, Windsor, Berks


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – JUNE 2014 www.businessmag.co.uk Global Director of the Year


• Partha Battcharya, managing director, Invenio Business Solutions, Reading, Berks


• Leslie Morgan, managing director, Durbin plc, South Harrow, Middlesex


• Jan Ward, CEO, Corrotherm International, Southampton, Hants


Public/Third Sector Director of the Year


• Bill Dee, director, Listening Books, London • Alice Maynard, chair, Scope, Milton Keynes, Bucks


• Joy Saunders, chief operating officer, Integrity Action, London


Family Business Director of the Year


• Robert Scott, managing director, GLH, London • Johann Van Zyl, CEO, PJ Care, Bletchley, Bucks


Chairman’s Award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility


• Clive Lucking, CEO, Fourfront Group, Egham, Surrey


• Leslie Morgan, managing director, Durbin plc, South Harrow, Middlesex


• Zoe Powers, sales and customer relations director, GLH, London.


“For these directors to have been shortlisted as finalists is no small achievement in itself, given the number and quality of entries we received from across the region,” said Rodger Broad, director of IoD South.


“The competition is even tougher now the judges have narrowed the entrants down to the very best, and whoever wins each category will have come through a rigorous judging process.


“All of our category winners will go on to the shortlist for the UK Director of the Year Awards to be presented in the autumn.”


The Gala awards dinner for London and the south will take place in June in the prestigious surroundings of the Nash Room at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London. Beginning with a drinks reception and a three-course meal. Guests are then introduced to each of the finalists via a filmed interview, before presentation of the awards begin.


Details: www.iod.com


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