We’re very excited to announce that last night (25th of February, 2016) at the Institute of Directors North West Awards, Grain’s Managing Director and Founder Richard Wood was awarded Start Up Director of the Year.Since Grain was born in the summer of 2015, the company has grown dramatically. Based on finding the right team, growing and empowering them to deliver great work, coupled with finding the right clients to fit the team, the company has gone from strength to strength. Yesterday, this was acknowledged by the IOD North West.
Of the awards, Rich said: “This is an amazing accolade and I’m incredibly honoured to be named amongst some successful previous winners. My goal for Grain is, and has always been, to create an agency I’d want to work for if I didn’t own it. We’re proudly ‘team first’ and we look to work with clients that fit our mould, not the other way around.
“We have a great team in place already, some really great clients and a very clear direction of where we want to take the business and who we are as an agency and it’s great that the IOD have recognised that.”
The awards were hosted by television show presenter Mark Durden-Smith and were held at the iconic Hilton hotel on Deansgate in Manchester. The ceremony recognised the achievements of business leaders across the region.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Chartered Director of the Year: Jo Ritzema, WCF Ltd
Start up Director of the Year: Richard Wood, Grain
Leadership in Corporate Responsibility Director of the Year: Diane Modahl, The Diane Modahl Sports Foundation
Family Business Director of the Year: Jim Nicholson, Pochin's Ltd
International Director of the Year: Emma Sheldon, Vernacare Ltd
Director of the Year (Large Company): Mike Brown, BLM
Non-Executive Director of the Year and IoD North West Director of the Year: Mike Blackburn, regional director of BT and chairman of Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership
Public Sector/ Third Sector Director of the Year: Yvonne Harrison, GreaterSport
Science and Innovation Director of the Year: Dr Neil Murray, Redx Pharma
Director of the Year (Medium Company): Paul Kenyon, Avecto
Director of the Year (Small Company): Darryl Cooke, gunnercooke
Young Director of the Year: Helen Slinger, BT Business Direct and BT Shop
IoD North West Chairman's Award: Tim Bacon, Living Ventures
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