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19 Nov 2009
Richard Meddings, finance director of Standard Chartered Bank and a member of the government’s crisis cabinet during the first bank bail out, has been named Blue Chip FD of the Year in the 2009 Accountancy Age Awards.
The judges said: “This has been an exceptional year for Richard. Not only has he played a great part in leading the bank from the front, but he has put his personal reputation on the line in advising government on how to handle the crisis.”
The awards were presented at a gala dinner at the Battersea Park Arena on Wednesday with almost 1,000 guests from across the profession.
Among other winners were Tony Lomas, the PwC partner in charge of the Lehmans administration, who was voted Personality of the Year by Accountancy Age readers, and Douglas Flint, group finance director at HSBC, who received the award for Outstanding Industry Achievement.
Other winners included BDO’s transfer pricing team in Tax Team of the Year, and KPMG for Audit Team of the Year.
The Accountancy Age Awards 2009 winners:
Outstanding Industry Achievement: Douglas Flint, Group Finance Director, HSBC
Personality of the Year: Tony Lomas, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Global Firm of the Year: Deloitte
Large Firm of the Year: Reeves + Neylan
Medium Firm of the Year: Sobell Rhodes
Small Firm of the Year: Inspire Professional Services
Sole Practitioner of the Year: Michael Dunkley of Dunkley’s
Tax Team of the Year: BDO Transfer Pricing
Finance Team of the Year – Business: Innocent Ltd
Finance Team of the Year - Public Sector: Ealing Council
Business Recovery Project of the Year: KPMG
Blue Chip FD of the Year: Richard Meddings, Standard Chartered Bank
Growing Business FD of the Year: Melissa Foux, Gü
Public Sector FD of the Year: Stuart McCreadie, Moat Homes
Accountant of the Year: Joe O’Connor, Ernst & Young
Young Accountant of the Year: Sarah Restall, Deloitte & Jess McDarren, Tamar.com
AAT Accounting Technician of the Year: Sonja Ashbarry, Eagle Education & Training
Annual Report of the Year - Public and Voluntary Sector: Channel 4
Annual Report of the Year - Business: PartyGaming
Best Use of Internet – Practice: Grant Thornton
Enterprise Software Package of the Year: COA Solutions
Mid-tier Software Package of the Year: Access
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