Leadership and innovation celebrated in new IoD awards

Friday 26 January 2018

This year's IoD Director of the Year Awards will feature a brand new range of categories.

For the first time, directors will be recognised in Innovation, Public/Third Sector, Non-Exec, New/Start-Up and Corporate Social Responsibility, with an additional Chairman’s Award being given for Excellence in Leadership.

Nominations are already open for the Awards, which are now in their ninth year. The deadline for entries is 16 February, and all that is required to submit a nomination is a concise recommendation of up to 250 words.  

Following an independent and confidential judging process, the winner will be announced at a black-tie dinner on 27 April at the Hotel de France.

IoD Jersey Chairman Chris Clark (pictured) explained the rationale behind the new awards: "After eight successful years, we decided to evolve our flagship awards initiative this year to better reflect excellent leadership, reward innovation, and celebrate the relationship between business and the local community.

"We’ve had some really outstanding entries over the years and I’d encourage anyone who has a good story to tell to consider a nomination. I’m also delighted that our long-term supporters Appleby continue to be our Gold Sponsor and that we can welcome back HSBC as our Silver Sponsor.”

Michael Cushing, Jersey Managing Partner at Gold Sponsor Appleby, added: “It has always been a key focus for Appleby to encourage and recognise strong leadership in the local community, and with that in mind we are delighted to be able to support these unique awards once again. In an increasingly complex world, the modern leader has to demonstrate a range of capabilities and it’s right that these awards should evolve in line with that.”