Institute of Directors announces winners
The Institute of Directors (IoD) has announced the winners of its Midlands Director of the Year Awards 2021.
The winners were unveiled at awards ceremonies at the National Space Centre, Leicester, and The Grand Hotel, Birmingham.
The Chair’s Award for Excellence for the West Midlands went to Professor Paul Cadman, co-founder of Cyber Risk Score and professor of entrepreneurship at Birmingham City University.
Inez Brown, IoD West Midlands regional chair, said: “Congratulations go to all our winners who demonstrated excellence and outstanding success in their individual sectors. Paul Cadman is a great ambassador for the West Midlands. We were delighted to hold live events to showcase the strength and diversity of directors across the West Midlands.
Award winners were announced by this year’s category sponsors: DRP (main sponsor); IoD Young Directors; Rational FX; Man Protection Ltd; Nottingham Business School; Elonex; Chamber Media Services; Nelsons Solicitors; KryptoKloud; The Grand Hotel; and Morningside Pharmaceuticals.
The winners were:
- Young Director of the Year – Adam Kiani, PT Academy, West Midlands
- Agility and Resilience Director of the Year – Marisa Firkins, Safety Forward, West Midlands
- Start-Up Director of the Year – Matthew Bacon, TCC Casemix, East Midlands
- Sustainability Director of the Year – Dale Parmenter, DRPG, West Midlands (highly commended – Lee Marshall, Viridis Building Services , East Midlands)
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Director of the Year – Sube Liburd, ABSTRACT, East Midlands
- Public Sector Director of the Year – Kerrin Wilson, Lincolnshire Police, East Midlands
- CSR Director of the Year – Dale Parmenter, DRPG, West Midlands and Bushra Ali, Bushra Ali Solicitors, East Midlands (highly commended – Emma Hallam, Alex’s Wish, East Midlands)
- Family Director of the Year – Ashish Kumar, Web Alliance, East Midlands (highly commended – Julie Jordan-Spence, Jordan Motors , East Midlands)
- SME Director of the Year – Alex Roberts, Forest Holidays, East Midlands
- Non-Executive Director of the Year – Shameem Kazmi, Birmingham County Football Association (supported by Britvic plc), West Midlands (highly commended – Philip Brooks-Stephenson, Backlit, East Midlands)
- Innovation Director of the Year – Matthew Bacon, TCC Casemix, East Midlands (highly commended – Tom Marsden, Lincoln College Group, East Midlands
- Third Sector Director of the Year – Andrew Thompson, Groundwork West Midlands
