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IoD South Director of the Year Awards (2008) - FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to all the Finalists

A record number of 260 nominations were received for this year's awards making the task confronting the Judges was even more demanding than last year.

That task fell to: Rob Oxley, IoD South Regional Chairman; Debbie McGrath, Group Communications Director, Group 4 Securicor plc; David Murray, Managing Director and Publisher, The Business Magazine; Jonathan Neame, Chief Executive, Shepherd Neame; Alistair Rose, South East Regional Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Patricia Vaz recently retired from the role of Managing Director, UK Customer Service for BT plc.
With their meeting, on 17th September, now behind us we are able to announce the finalists for both the Director of the Year and Young Director of the Year Awards.

The Finalists

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Up to £4.99m Turnover

Name Company Town County
Penny Bailey Bailey Solutions Hove East Sussex
Paul Hargreaves Cotswold Fayre Ltd Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire
Mike Hill Profile Construction Consultants Aylesford Kent

£5m - £24.99m Turnover

Edwin Bessant Ceuta Healthcare Bournemouth Dorset
Chris Howell DriveTech (UK) Plc Crowthorne Berkshire
Paul Stanyer Holiday Taxis Burgess Hill West Sussex

£25m and over Turnover

Richard Haddon Fountains Plc Banbury Oxfordshire
Brian Quarendon IAC (Industrial Accoustic Co) Ltd Winchester Hampshire
Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB Ordnance Survey Southampton Hampshire

YOUNG DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Up to £4.99m Turnover

Carsten Brinkschulte Synchronica Plc Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent
Kate Craig-Wood Memset Dedicated Hosting Guildford Surrey
Robert May Ramsac Ltd Godalming Surrey

£5m and over Turnover

Jason Luckhurst Practicus Ltd Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire
Mark Lumsdon-Taylor Hadlow College Tonbridge Kent
James Edward McLean WhiffAway Ltd, Division of McAlpine & Co Ltd Stoke Poges Bucks

Chairman’s Special Award

Aideen Jones Southdown Housing Association Lewes East Sussex
Caroline Redman-Lusher Rock Choir Farnham Surrey
Rachel Holliday Porchlight Canterbury Kent

The winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner and Awards being held on the evening of Tuesday 25th November in the Nash Room of the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London.