IoD Director of the Year awards winners announced

  • The winners of Northern Ireland's IoD Director of the Year awards have been announced, with winners from across the local tech scene

    The annual Institute of Directors Northern Ireland (IoD NI) Director of the Year Awards took place recently, with winners from across Northern Ireland's tech anad business landscape. Kainos Group CEO Brendan Mooney won the the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Director and Board Practice following a solid year for the company.

    The awards were held virtually for the first time due to the pandemic, with other winners from Deloitte, Allstate, Axial3D, Invest Northern Ireland, Capita Managed IT Solutions, and Queen's University Belfast. The full list of winners is:

    • Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Director and Board Practice, sponsored by AIB – Brendan Mooney, Kainos Group
    • Director of the Year – Non-Executive, sponsored by Deloitte – Diana Fitzsimons
    • Director of the Year – Innovation, sponsored by KPMG – Daniel Crawford, Axial3D
    • Director of the Year – Young, sponsored by Carson McDowell - Glenn Speer, Fane Valley
    • Director of the Year - Public Sector, sponsored by Capita Managed IT Solutions Professor Nola Hewitt Dundas - Head of Management School, QUB
    • Director of the Year - Third Sector, sponsored by Capita Managed IT Solutions – Lynn Carvill, WOMEN’STEC
    • Director of the Year - Family Business, sponsored by BDO Northern Ireland – David Henry, Henry Bros
    • Director of the Year – International, sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland – Brian Reid, Deli-Lites
    • Director of the Year - Small to Medium Business, sponsored by Ulster University Business School – Sinead Higgins, Decision Time
    • Director of the Year – Inclusivity, sponsored by ABL Group – John Healy OBE, Allstate
    • Director of the Year - Large Business, sponsored by Amplifi Solutions – Michael McCormack, Musgrave Group

    A brand new Philanthropist of the Year Community Foundation Northern Ireland award was also given to Alan Nappin of the ARN Foundation.

    IoD NI Chairman Gordon Milligan commented on the win by local tech firm Kainos: "Now employing over 1,700 people, Kainos is one of Northern Ireland’s most successful and progressive companies. I am therefore privileged to present the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Director and Board Practice to Brendan Mooney to acknowledge the tremendous contribution he has made to not just Kainos, but the entire local economy over more than three decades."

    Source: Written based on press release

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