Shortlist announced for 2016 Jersey Director Awards

Friday 18 March 2016

The Jersey branch of the Institute of Directors (IoD) has announced a 21-strong shortlist of individuals for this year's annual search to find the top leaders in Jersey’s private, public and voluntary sectors.

The winners of the 2016 Jersey Director of the Year Awards, supported by long-term Gold Sponsor Appleby and Silver Sponsor Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited, will be announced at a black tie awards dinner on Friday 29 April at the Hotel de France.

PBS Media are the media partner for the event.

Designed to celebrate strong leadership and recognise excellence across the business community and public sector, the ceremony will once again be hosted by special guest speaker, renowned writer, broadcaster, former MP and Government Whip Gyles Brandreth.

In addition to the six core categories, a Lifetime Achievement Award will also be awarded for just the second time in the Awards’ history, whilst recognition will also be given to the best performers in the most recent Chartered Director course and the winners of last year’s IoD Work Shadowing scheme. The shortlist is as follows:

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR FOR A SMALL ORGANISATION

James Filleul, Bailiwick Publishing
Vicky Milner, Callington Chambers
Alex Morel, ALX Training

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR FOR A MEDIUM ORGANISATION

Louise Bracken-Smith, Fairway Group
Glenda Rivoallan, Healthhaus
Phil Ruelle, Greenlight
Jon Trigg, Moore Management 

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR FOR A LARGE ORGANISATION

Doug Bannister, Ports of Jersey
Niall McClure, G4S Secure Solutions
Rob Leader, C5 Alliance Group
David Padfield, Jersey Electricity

YOUNG DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Richard Beaugie, JT Global
Christopher Marshall, Langham Hall
Richard Summerfield, JT Group

PUBLIC/THIRD SECTOR DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Brian Curtis, Community Savings
Lesley Harrison, Prison! Me! No Way!!!
Richard Rolfe, National Coding
Nicholas Winsor, Autism Jersey

GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Eamon Fenlon, Jersey Dairy
Neil Howlett, PwC
Andrew Scott-Miller, Race Nation

The panel of judges for this year’s Awards is chaired by Chris Clark, CEO Prosperity 24.7 and a past winner in the awards. He is joined by Claire Boscq-Scott, CEO, The Busy Queen Bee; Colin Macleod, CEO, Co-Op; Dr Andrew Mitchell, Consultant Cardiologist; and Nigel Le Quesne, Group Chairman & CEO, JTC Group.

Commenting on this year’s shortlist, Mr Clark said: "The panel has been impressed by the high quality of entries for this year’s awards, whilst the diverse range of organisations represented in the shortlist we have agreed on is particularly interesting. That Jersey is able to boast strong leaders from all corners of island life is clearly good news and we look forward to celebrating the success of all finalists at the ceremony in April.”

Michael Cushing, Jersey Managing Partner, Appleby, said: “Having supported these Awards since their inception in 2010, it is great to see that Jersey continues to show real strength in depth when it comes to producing business leaders. The private, public and voluntary sectors have all faced significant challenges over the last few years, but this year’s shortlist demonstrates that individuals who are innovative and dynamic can help steer their organisations towards a successful future.”

Tickets for the Jersey Director of the Year Gala Dinner on 29th April can now be booked via the IoD Jersey Eventbrite page.