Directors from Bristol and across the West of England are being invited to enter one of the region’s top annual awards schemes that recognises excellence and enterprise in the boardroom.
The prestigious Institute of Directors’ South West Director of the Year Awards 2017 will showcase outstanding leaders and entrepreneurs as well as focusing UK-wide attention on success in the region.
Nominations are open to anyone working at director level in any type of business or organisation – they do not have to be an IoD member.
Categories include Family Business, Public Sector, Not for Profit/Third Sector, International, Corporate Responsibility, Young Director and Director.
A panel of experts will judge the entries with the winners announced at a gala awards dinner on at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol, on May 25.
Last year’s winners included Simon Barbato, managing director of Bath digital and marketing agency Mr B & Friends; Mark Crutchley, director of the Circadian Trust, a social enterprise that delivers sport and leisure facilities in partnership with South Gloucestershire Council: Brady George, managing director of Keynsham- based facilities management company Almeda Facilities; James Piper, commercial director of ecosurety in Bristol, which enables members across a range of sectors meet waste obligations under UK and EU regulations, and Andrew Robinson, managing director of specialist welding engineering company Arc Energy Resources, based near Gloucester
Brady George went on to win the national award for Leadership in Corporate Responsibility.
IoD South West chairman Nick Sturge, a winner in 2014 and director of the Bristol’s Engine Shed enterprise hub, said: “These awards recognise and celebrate the role of business and enterprise leaders and their contribution to the diverse economy of the South West – from aerospace, technology and tourism through to our reputation in the creative industries and social enterprise.
“There are some exciting businesses in this region, from start-ups to multi-million pound turnover international players, many of whom don’t get the recognition they deserve.
“This year we really want to stretch the net wide and urge businesses who perhaps haven’t thought about entering before to give it a go. As a former winner, I can testify to the privilege of achieving one of these awards and the exposure it brings.”
South West winners are eligible to go forward to the UK Director Awards in London in the autumn.
The entry form and more details are available by calling 0117 3707785, by emailing iod.southwest@iod.com or by visiting www.iod.com/southwest.
The deadline for entries is March 31.
Bristol Business News and its sister titles Bath Business News and Swindon Business News are delighted to be media partners for the awards for the third consecutive year.
Pictured: Last year’s award winners and runners-up, from left: Dean Bennett, Mark Woolford, Andrew Robinson, Mark Crutchley, Ann Lee, Brady George, James Piper and John Ford
