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Thames Valley business leaders top awards shortlist


Five Thames Valley business leaders are in the running for success at the IoD London and the South Director of the Year Awards


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


The local finalists are:


• James Woollard, managing director, Polythene UK, Witney, Oxfordshire, who is shortlisted in the Director of the Year (small company) and Chairman’s Award for CSR categories


• Gill Riley, director, GGR Group, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, for Director of the Year (medium company)


• Jarl Severn, managing director, Owen Mumford, Woodstock, Oxfordshire in the Director of the Year of a Family Business category


• Michele Jennings, chief executive, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, who features in the Public/Third Sector Director of the Year section


• Claire Edmunds, CEO, Clarify, Reading, Berkshire, who is shortlisted for Young Director of the Year.


“By being shortlisted for these awards, our finalists have already proved that they are among the most successful business people in the region,” said Rodger Broad, chairman of the IoD South.


“But that’s just the first step. Once announced, our winners will go forward to the national IoD awards later in the year where they will compete with directors from around the country for the title of UK Director of the Year.”


The finalists will find out if they have been successful in the regional awards at a gala dinner on Wednesday, April 22, in the prestigious surroundings of the Nash Room at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London, featuring guest speaker, journalist and broadcaster Jeremy Vine.


The full shortlist:


Director of the Year (small company)


Patrick Eve, managing director, Translate Media, London.


Hugh Griffiths, chief executive, Inzpire, Farnborough, Hants.


Peter Webb, managing director, Electronic Temperature Instruments, Worthing, West Sussex.


James Woollard, managing director, Polythene UK, Witney, Oxfordshire.


Director of the Year (medium company)


Gill Riley, director, GGR Group, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire.


Mark Smith, group chairman and founder, The Car Finance Company, Portsmouth.


Jill Whittaker, managing director, HIT Training, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex..


Director of the Year (large company)


Karl Bygrave, director, Lush, Poole, Dorset.


Joy Chamberlain, group chief executive, Partnerships in Care, Borehamwood, Herts.


Gareth Rogers, chief executive officer, St Mary’s Football Group (Southampton Football Club Group), Southampton.


Director of the Year – Chairman's Award for CSR


Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, director of finance and resources, The Hadlow Group, Tonbridge, Kent.


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


James Woollard, managing director, Polythene UK, Witney, Oxon.


Family Business Director of the Year


Stefano Cuomo, managing director, Macknade Fine Foods, Faversham, Kent.


Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director, O’Donovan Waste Disposal, Tottenham, London.


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


Jarl Severn, managing director, Owen Mumford, Woodstock, Oxon.


International Director of the Year


Karl Bygrave, director, Lush, Poole, Dorset.


Matt Lumb, CEO, Tangle Teezer, London.


Peter Webb, managing director, Electronic Temperature Instruments, Worthing, West Sussex.


Public/Third Sector Director of the Year


Andrew Carter, headmaster, South Farnham School, Farnham, Surrey.


Julie Hopes, chief executive, The Conservation Volunteers, London.


Michele Jennings, chief executive, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.


Young Director of the Year


Claire Edmunds, CEO, Clarify, Reading, Berks.


Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, director of finance and resources, The Hadlow Group, Tonbridge, Kent.


Julianne Ponan, CEO, Creative Nature, West Molesey, London.


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


Jeremy Vine, guest speaker www.businessmag.co.uk THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – APRIL 2015


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