The Winners
Colin Robertson has been named as the IoD Scotland Director of the Year at a prestigious awards ceremony held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow on Thursday 22nd March 2012.
The judges selected Colin Robertson, CEO of Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL), because he has become an inspirational figure within his company, building turnover and profit, developing talent and working to clear low-carbon strategies.
As CEO of ADL, Colin has been the guiding light in a period of dramatic change that has taken the company not only to market leadership in the UK but seen it emerge as a powerful force in the international bus market, competing head-to-head against such global giants as Volvo, Scania, MAN and Mercedes. Colin has addressed fundamental product, process and people issues across ADL and his work has delivered outstanding results.
The event was hosted by TV and radio broadcaster Kaye Adams and John Swinney MSP was the guest speaker.
The evening’s other big winners were Raymond O’Hare and Sir John Elvidge KCB who were both awarded the prestigious Chairman’s award. Norman Murray won both Global Director of the Year and Non-Executive Director of the Year. Norman is Chair and non-executive director of a number of organisations, including Petrofac, Greene King and, until recently, Robert Wiseman Dairies.
IoD Scotland Executive Director David Watt said: “The Director of the Year Awards has again recognised the outstanding contribution made by many of our business leaders.
“We can take heart that we have a raft of exceptional director talent in Scotland. 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.”
Each of this year’s winners received a unique, specially commissioned trophy, designed and produced by Sarah Peterson of Caithness Glass, a framed certificate and a silk tartan scarf produced and provided by Kinloch Anderson.
The full list of winners across the award categories:
IoD Scotland Director of the Year
Colin Robertson, Chief Executive, Alexander Dennis Limited
Female Director
Karyn McCluskey, Co-director, Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
Global Director
Norman Murray, Chairman, Petrofac Ltd / Former Non-Executive Chairman, Cairn Energy PLC
SCVO Voluntary Sector Director
Sandy Murray, Chief Executive, Tenants First Housing Co-operative
MCL Public Sector
Dr Lena C. Wilson, Chief Executive, Scottish Enterprise
Edinburgh Napier University Emerging Director
Peter Bruce, Managing Director, Entiér Limited
Director Award for Enabling the Effective Use of Skills
Nick Price, CEO, Bright Purple Resourcing Ltd
Director Award for Workplace Health, Safety & Wellbeing
John Forster, Chairman, Forster Group Ltd
Non Executive Director
Norman Murray
IoD Scotland Chairman’s Award
Sir John Elvidge KCB
Raymond O’Hare, Founder, OC Solutions
PSYBT Director
Stephen Pearson, Managing Director, Geckotech Solutions Ltd
Young Enterprise Scotland Director
Jason Cohen, Managing Director, Sow Good
Aberdeen & Grampian Regional Director
Alfie Cheyne, CEO, ACE Winches
Edinburgh, Lothians and the Borders Regional Director
Ian Craig, Managing Director, Lothian Buses plc
Fife & Central Scotland Regional Director
Roy Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Optos plc
Glasgow & West of Scotland Regional Director
Stuart Macdonald, Managing Director, Seric Systems
Highlands & Islands Regional Director
James Dunbar, Chief Executive, New Start Highland
Tayside Regional Director
Chris van der Kuyl, CEO, brightsolid online innovation
Photographs from this year’s awards ceremony will be available to view here shortly.
