Best Business Awards

The Judging Panel 2011

Larry Granger
Confederation of Guernsey Industry

Originally from Lincoln, Larry served 20 years with the Plessey Company as an Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, specialising in Quality Management Systems. As a Member of the Institute of Quality Assurance and an Accredited Assessor of Management Systems to International standards he published several papers and lectured at universities. Larry came to Guernsey in 1987 and is Quality Director of Offshore Electronics Ltd. He was appointed Director of the CGi in January 2009.

Robert Sillars
Commerce and Employment

Robert combines comprehensive commercial knowledge with his work as a Deputy on Commerce and Employment. He is Chairman and CEO of The Sigma Group, a pan island company that employs 170 people and is also Chairman of Business Guernsey, a Commerce and Employment initiative that works with the private sector encouraging businesses and individuals.

Anne Ewing
Institute of Directors

Anne is Chairman of the Institute of Directors Guernsey Branch and is a full time non-executive director sitting on boards of investment companies and a well-established Guernsey charitable organisation. Anne is a corporate governance specialist and regular presenter on regulatory and corporate governance subjects and is author of related articles in business journals. When not dealing in the business world, Anne can be found working alongside her husband on their 12 acre renewal energy project.

Rory Inglis
Young Business Group

Rory Inglis is a Director of POS Interiors, a multi-disciplinary interior design and fit-out company, specialising in commercial (office and retail) contracting. Over the past 10 years Rory has developed a vast knowledge and understanding of the Guernsey business scene and his interior design and project management skills support and contribute to his main responsibility of heading up business development for POS in the Channel Islands. Rory was elected President of YBG in March 2011.

Julian Winser
Chamber of Commerce

Julian Winser is Chief Executive of Schroders (C.I.) Limited, a private banking subsidiary of the London listed Schroders Plc. He has been in Guernsey since 2005, and was previously in London with Schroders Private Bank and Baring Asset Management. He started his career in the Army serving with both the Royal Green Jackets and the Army Air Corps. He has been President of Chamber since early in 2010.

Jane Le Maitre
Guernsey International Business Association

Jane Le Maitre is Managing Director of Intertrust Reads Private Clients Limited, the tax services division of the Intertrust Group in Guernsey and a senior director of the Group's Trust Company. Jane is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser with extensive experience in providing tax and trust services to private clients. She chaired the tax sub-committee of the Guernsey Society of Chartered and Certified Accountants (GSCCA) for 10 years and is a past President of the GSCCA.

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The Guernsey Awards for Achievement 2011 is proudly sponsored by:

Sponsoring Best Business

The States Department responsible for promoting the interests of all sectors of the Bailiwick of Guernsey’s economy including exporters of manufactured goods, non-financial services and e-business, the financial services sector, the visitor economy, construction, retail, horticulture, agriculture and sea fisheries.

Sponsoring Ambassador of the Year

Publishes daily and weekly newspapers including the flagship Guernsey Press and Jersey Evening Post along with associated web portal sites This is Jersey and This is Guernsey. The Group also owns Itex, the largest computer services provider in the Channel Islands.

Sponsoring Best Large Business

Established by Derek Coates in 1996, Healthspan is the UK's leading home shopping supplier of vitamins, minerals and health supplements. Healthspan is committed to providing its customers with the best quality, highest value supplements on the market with excellent customer service.

Sponsoring Unsung Hero of the Year

Founded in 1984 by Doug and Mary Perkins, who started the business in their spare bedroom on a table-tennis table, Specsavers now has more than 1300 stores across the Channel Islands, UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.

Sponsoring Best Medium Business

The BWCI Group was established in 1979 and is the largest firm of actuaries and consultants in the Channel Islands. BWCI provides a broad range of employee benefits, investment and insurance services to its clients in the Channel Islands, the UK and internationally.

Sponsoring the Guest Speaker

Garenne is a premier Channel Islands group of companies with a long tradition of investment in local construction. The group has a very keen social responsibility and strongly supports the communities in which it works.

Sponsoring Best Small Business

Offers a range of products and services for new and established businesses in the Channel Islands. NatWest also offers Business Lifeline, a new support team of experienced banking professionals who has a wealth of banking experience to help with today’s challenging business environment.

		Sponsoring Excellence in Training The GTA University Centre serves the Bailiwick of Guernsey through the procurement, facilitation and promotion of high quality training.

		Sponsoring Excellence in Training Represents 500 members throughout the Bailiwick and actively makes presentations to the States on matters of interest and concern to its membership.

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Established in 1967, Rothschild Bank International Limited was one of the first merchant banks in Guernsey and has prospered by providing a highly personal banking service which recognises the individual needs of its clients.

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