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Contact: Anna Assinder T: 0121 607 1836
Judges announced for awards
Five key business leaders have been named as judges for the Future Faces awards, part of its annual dinner which will attract 400 young professionals at the Edgbaston Stadium on Friday, 15 September. Paul Faulkner, Greater Birmingham Chambers
of Commerce chief executive, said: “Our judges are a sign of how important the business community is taking these awards, and more significantly, how vital it is to support the development of our young professionals. “It is more important than ever to keep hold
of our young talent, and one way of doing this is to recognise their efforts and achievements – the Future Faces awards is a great way of doing precisely that.” The judges are:
Louise Teboul: Operations director of Common Purpose, the Birmingham-based leadership development organisation, which is sponsoring the overall Future Face of Greater Birmingham award. Louise said: “We are committed to developing
emerging leaders in the region, from a breadth of organisations and are especially keen to work with small to medium enterprises (SMEs).”
Joe Schuppler: Founder of Independent Birmingham and a young professional himself. He said: “As a young professional myself, I really believe in championing and celebrating Birmingham, especially the lesser-known aspects of our great city.
Buddy bags raise a
smile for kids Future Faces members packed the 9,000th buddy bag for Buddy Bag Pack at Millennium Point to help children in emergency care. Future Faces manager Anna Assinder
said: ‘It was a fantastic experience, everyone got their hands dirty and thoroughly rose to the challenge of packing their bags within the allocated time. It was great to accomplish something together and do something different to give back to those who are less fortunate within the community. I can’t wait to do it again!”
Event • Future Faces Annual Dinner & Awards: Friday 15 September
New members • James Guest, Carney Green • Emma Louise Green, The Wilkes Partnership
• Joe Kibbler, Icarus Parts • Naeem Alvi, Brand Strategist
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A fun-packed evening is guaranteed at the Future Faces dinner. Tickets can be purchased for this flagship black-tie event on the Chamber website
“With that in mind, I am delighted to see the
calibre of hard-working young professionals who are striving to make a mark. In the future they will be the ones who take the reins and lead our city forward.”
Fiona Allan: Artistic director and chief executive of Birmingham Hippodrome. She said: “I’m particularly pleased to see the introduction of an arts and culture category this year. “The creative industries are so vital to the West Midlands economic development and profile, and we have some brilliant young leaders doing great work here in Birmingham.”
Gary Cardin: Senior director at CBRE and previous partner at Deloitte. He said: “Birmingham young professionals are the life blood of a growing successful city snd their contribution and insight should be acknowledged, so it’s a great that Future Faces provides such a platform. “All employers/managers should spend time
developing, supporting and sharing knowledge to make our youthful talent the envy of the rest of the UK and the world.”
Ian Leslie: Finance director at Millennium Point. Common Purpose is offering the overall
winner of this year’s Future Face of Greater Birmingham award a place on their Midlands ‘Navigator’ programme. Common Purpose, a not-for-profit organisation that runs leadership development programmes across the UK, says that the prize is worth £3,500. The course is a ‘modular leadership
development programme for emerging leaders in the UK’, and is aimed at helping people develop their problem-solving skills. Common Purpose runs leadership
development programmes internationally and has more than 60,000 alumni.
Other sponsorship opportunities are available for the awards. Contact Future Faces manager Anna Assinder at
a.assinder@birmingham-
chamber.com) for more information.
Committee Focus: James Taylor James Taylor, audit manager at PKF Cooper Parry
What do you like most about your job? I enjoy being an audit manager as it provides an insight into a diverse array of different businesses and industries. From week to week the client is different so there are always different risks, different people and different areas to visit and to get to know.
If you weren’t doing what you were doing, what other job would you have? I would work within sport in some capacity. As much as I would have loved to be a footballer or cricketer, I would now settle for a member of the finance team.
How did you become involved in Future Faces? I was invited to a social event last year and the committee members at the time were so friendly, helpful and explained what Future Faces was all about. I was immediately hooked and wanted to be a part of it and help where possible to take in forward. It is a great platform
for young people in Birmingham to network in a secure environment without
judgement.The diverse nature of members allows for a great conversation or two at each event, which is a contrast to some of the more corporate professional network events.
Which of the FF events have been your favourite recently? Over the past six months I have thoroughly enjoyed the interactive events held at Deutsche Bank, the trading game and process efficiency event. It is also great to work with a committee that has the ability to hold events in the newest bars and it has seen some well attended
events at The Alchemist and Gusto.
What key skills have you developed since joining Future Faces? Future Faces has allowed me to developed my conversation skills and increase my confidence in being present at these events. Being part of the committee has also helped my debating skills and I have enjoyed the added responsibility. .
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