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Institute of Directors awards announced |
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
Moir Lockhead, chief executive of Firstgroup, was named as the Institute of Directors' Director of the Year for 2007 at an awards ceremony held in Glasgow last night.
Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Aberdeen Asset Management, took home
the IoD Scotland's Chairman’s Award for his lifelong contribution to
the profession of directorship.
John McClelland, chair of the Scottish Further and Higher Education
Funding Council, was named Non-Executive Director of the Year
Roger McClure, the Funding Council’s chief executive, said: "The whole
Council and its staff are delighted to congratulate our chair on
winning this prestigious award. We are all proud of his achievement."
Willie Docherty, managing director of City Building in Glasgow won the
Public Sector Director of the Year prize, and Graham Bell, chief
executive of the Kibble Education and Care Centre, won the Voluntary
Sector Director of the Year award.
Led by IoD Scotland, the awards were also backed by Clydesdale Bank,
Determined to Succeed, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Lexus,
Microsoft, MCL, Napier University, Scottish Enterprise, SCVO and the
Crowne Plaza Hotel.
IoD Scotland executive director David Watt toasted the evening's
winners: "The Director of the Year Awards has quickly become an
established date in Scotland corporate calendar as it acknowledges the
outstanding contribution of many of our business leaders.
"The calibre of entries we received this year was extremely high,
making it a fierce competition... I think that the quality and wealth
of experience demonstrated by our talented award winners should give
some encouragement to the next generation of aspiring entrepreneurs.
Scotland desperately needs more people like this - individuals who are
going to make us more globally competitive."
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