The Winners

The Institute of Directors has announced the 2009 winners of its IoD North West Director of the Year Awards, at a large dinner event at the Manchester Hilton Hotel. Over 400 guests attended the sixth annual awards, hosted by BBC North West Tonight presenter Ranvir Singh.

Darrell Matthews, regional director (North West) commented: "These awards are the culmination of a long and hard process and the winning directors are worthy candidates. In an extremely tough year for businesses in the region, many of the winners have faced the challenges with determination, talent and entrepreneurial spirit, and have succeeded."

"These awards, now into its sixth year, continues to grow in stature, and the record matching number of nominated individuals was of an exceptionally high calibre. We look forward to identifying even more of the region’s top leaders at next year’s awards."

Sponsors

Armstrong Craven Northwest Regional Development Agency
Business Link Out There
MC2 The University of Salford
Montpelier Chartered Accountants UK Trade & Investment
WWB Recruitment
Yorkshire Bank Yorkshire Bank

North West Director of the Year
Liz Russell, Managing Director at Envirosystems (UK) Ltd

North West Young Director of the Year
Sarah Dunning, Chief Executive, Westmorland Ltd

International Director of the Year
Hugh Richmond, Managing Director, ENER.G Natural Power Ltd.

Chairman's Special Award
Edwin Booth, Chairman, E.H. Booth & Co Ltd

Yorkshire Bank Akroyd Award
Ian Jackson, Managing Director, Imerja

Cheshire Young Director of the Year
Matthew Moulding, CEO, The Hut Group

Cheshire Director of the Year
David Pollock, Chief Executive, Chess Telecom

Cumbria Young Director of the Year
Sarah Dunning, Chief Executive, Westmorland Ltd

Cumbria Director of the Year
Martin Cotterell, Managing Director, Sundog Energy Ltd

Lancashire Young Director of the Year
Dale Stokes, Supply Chain Director, MDA Limited

Lancashire Director of the Year
Liz Russell, Managing Director, Envirosystems (UK) Ltd

Liverpool Young Director of the Year
Neil Norman, CEO, Human Recognition Systems Ltd

Liverpool Director of the Year
Christopher Jordan, Managing Director, Davy Liver Ltd

Manchester Young Director of the Year
Lou Cordwell, Managing Director, magneticNorth

Manchester Director of the Year
Christopher Purslow, Managing Director, atg UV technology Limited

The Finalists

Cumbria Director of the Year
Maria Whitehead The Hawkshead Relish Company
Martin Cotterell Sundog Energy Ltd
Sean Parnaby New West Port CorporationLtd

Cumbria Young Director of the Year
Mark Bowman Connexions Cumbria Ltd
Sarah Dunning Westmorland Ltd
Christopher Jackson Organico Wines Ltd

Cheshire Director of the Year
David Pollock Chess Telecom
Ian Wilson WFEL Ltd
Chris Harrison Fresenius Kabi Ltd

Cheshire Young Director of the Year
Matthew Moulding The hut.com Ltd
Lula Braithwaite LoveLula.com
Gary Smith Prism

Manchester Director of the Year
Liz Clarke BikeRight!
Chris Purslow ATG UV Technology Ltd
Stephen Little DxS Limited

Manchester Young Director of the Year
Oliver Cookson Myprotein.co.uk
Lou Cordwell magneticNorth
Simon Showman Ultimate Products
Liverpool Director of the Year
Dougal Paver Paver Smith
Peter Cooke Environmental Waste Controls Ltd
Christopher Jordan Davy Liver Group Ltd

Liverpool Young Director of the Year
Lisa Horne Healthy Paws
Neil Norman Human Recognition Systems Ltd

Lancashire Director of the Year
Liz Russell Envirosystems (UK) Ltd
Edwin Booth EH Booth & Co Ltd
Ian Jackson Imerja

Lancashire Young Director of the Year
Dale Stokes MDA Ltd
Mohsin Issa Euro Garages Limited

Yorkshire Bank Ackroyd Award
Martin Cotterell Sundog Energy Ltd
Ian Jackson Imerja
Edwin Booth EH Booth & Co Ltd
Rob Rossland Parasol Ltd

UKTI International Award
Chris Purslow ATG UV Technology
Ian Wilson WFEL Ltd
Mark Greaves Flowcrete Group Ltd
Hugh Richmond ENER-G Natural Power Ltd