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A celebration of leadership talent, success and achievement

Our finalists are:

Clive Bawden, Look After Business Ltd
Richard Bisiker, British Microlight Aircraft Association
Shindar Chall, Superior Care (Midlands) Ltd
Tina  Costello, Heart of England Community Foundation
Henry Deakin, Deakin & Francis Ltd
Angus Drummond, Limitless Travel
Dawn Hands, Bostock Marketing Group Ltd
Richard Jenkins, Rubery Owen
Dean Kavanagh, Geotechnical Instruments (UK) Ltd
Adam Kiani, Personal Trainer Ltd 
Richard Lane, EBC Group
Paul Latham, P B Training Ltd
Don Lee, Devoch Ltd
Michael Leonard, Building Alliance Community Interest Co
Neil Lloyd, FBC Manby Bowdler LLP
Andrea Magrini, Magrini (UK) Ltd
Neil Male, GMS Group of Companies
James McLaughlin, Cure Leukaemia
Phil Neale, Snoozle
Dr Andy Palmer, Aston Martin
Arjun Panesar, Diabetes.co.uk
Ruth Pipkin, Rewired PR
Kutty Prabakaran, Enzen Global Services
Rebecca Simkiss, Simkiss Guy Recruitment Ltd
Andy Smart, Openwork Holdings Ltd
Zeynep Turudi, Truede Ltd
Carmen Watson, Per Temps
Stefan Wesley, Sigma Digital Ltd
Michael Whitehouse, Vintage Trains Charitable Trust

Director of the Year -SME

Director of the Year - Non-Exec

This award recognises individuals that have made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy, impacted on the financial success of the company, demonstrated high ethical standards and promoted the practice of good corporate governance.

Director of the Year - Early-Stage Business

This award celebrates the potential that exists within leaders of the UK’s most promising start-ups. Focusing on the market opportunity identified, the model to capitalise on it, and how it has been executed within the first 18 months of trading.

Director of the Year - Public/Third Sector

Open to directors whose business is a charity or not-for-profit organisation, which can generate a surplus, but exists to service the good of the community.

Director of the Year - Global

This award recognises international business leader with credible development plans in place to build on its company’s success. The leader will operate across borders and could be in any industry sector, but is likely to be gaining market share due to strong international growth from a great product or service.

Director of the Year - Inclusivity

This award recognises leaders who can demonstrate that they have specific initiatives already in place to promote diversity and inclusion.

Director of the Year – Innovation

This award recognises leaders that have developed an innovative and transformational idea that displays creative thinking and that has beaten the competition and been developed and applied to improve commercial performance, operational effectiveness or customer engagement.

Director of the Year – Corporate Social Responsibility

This award is aimed at leaders who can demonstrate how they integrate the success and smooth running of their business with a strong sense of responsibility and consideration for their role as a corporate citizen.

Director of the Year - Family Business

This award recognises individuals in second-generation or more, family businesses who have responded to the specific challenges that face directors in family firms and who have contributed to the success of the diverse, dynamic and innovative family business sector.

Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Director and Board Practice

This award is the highest accolade in the Director of the Year Awards, recognising the personal imprint of the UK’s most high profile leaders on the culture and success of their organisation’s through the implementation of good governance.

Qatar Airways Prize for the
Overall Director of the Year

Qatar Airways, Patrons of IoD West Midlands, have generously offered two return Business Class tickets to the winner of the Overall Director of the Year at the West Midlands DOTY awards on 19th June 2018.

Flying from Birmingham Airport, the winner and their guest can fly to anywhere within the Qatar Airways network, to experience its award winning service.

The winner will be notified at the awards breakfast on 19 June 2018 where they will meet a representative of Qatar Airways who will provide details of how they can book their flights.

Terms & Conditions

• Both the prize winner and their travelling companion must be aged 18 or over
• The winner must be one of those travelling 
• Travel must be completed no later than 19 June 2019.  If travel has not been redeemed within this time period, the travel voucher shall be deemed null and void.
• The tickets are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. 
• The prize does not include taxes, any accommodation or transfers

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