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Certified Management Accountants™ are holistic, big picture thinkers who do more than just measure value, they create it. With a rich blend of business expertise solidly grounded in accounting, management and strategy, CMAs take on today’s business challenges, applying creative ideas to position organizations for success.
Join us for the second annual CMA Creative Leadership Awards to recognize the creative leadership of CMAs from across Ontario and to celebrate the success of all CMAs.
CMA Ontario is pleased to congratulate the 2010 CMA Creative Leadership Award winner George McClean, CMA, MBA, LLB, Vice President and General Counsel, Acklands-Grainger.
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Join us on June 17, 2010, for the second annual CMA Creative Leadership Awards – an elegant evening to celebrate this year’s award winner, from the public or private sector, and all CMAs who have used creative leadership to contribute to their organization’s success. The Creative Leadership Award winner is self-nominated or nominated by peers and colleagues, and chosen by a panel of experts including academics, journalists, government, and business leaders.
This elegant evening will hosted by Amanda Lang, co-host of the Lang & O'Leary Exchange and Senior Business Correspondent for CBC’s The National, and will feature a cocktail welcome and a sumptuous dinner followed by the special guest speaker and the award presentation.
We are pleased to announce that evening's special guest speaker is David Chilton, famed author of The Wealthy Barber, Canada's all-time bestselling book. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Wealthy Barber, David's ideas have proven to be timeless and unwaveringly pertinent.
The gala will be a focal point of the annual CMA Ontario Strategic Management Accounting Conference at the Doubletree by Hilton, Toronto Airport, on June 17, 2010.
Members of the judging panel have the distinguished task of selecting the recipients of the 2010 CMA Creative Leadership Awards. The 2010 panel of esteemed judges include:
The CMA Creative Leadership Award will be presented to a CMA, from the public or private sector, who has demonstrated creative leadership to produce significant results contributing to their company's success.
In selecting the award winner, judging panel members will consider how the nominee has achieved success based on one or a combination of the following criteria:
– envisioning a holistic business idea or strategy that was not previously conceived.
– generating successful ideas and solutions from a divergent thinking perspective ("thinking outside the box").
– exemplifying leadership in harnessing the energy and possibility of creative activity in a workplace.
– success in generating a creative idea and applying it in order to create a novel and viable product or service.
As success can be measured in a number of ways, so nominators are encouraged to include comprehensive information in their application package to show how the nominee made a significant and valuable contribution to their organization.
Public and private sector companies, as well as individuals, are eligible for the CMA Creative Leadership Awards. Companies may be nominated when a team of people, led by a CMA, has contributed towards an achievement.
To be eligible for the CMA Creative Leadership Awards, the nominee (individual or team lead) must be:
Nominees may not be the subject of any legal investigation. Nominees may not be a member of the selection committee, the CMA Board of Directors, or any other group that may constitute a conflict of interest.
CMA Ontario is pleased to congratulate the winner of the 2010 Creative Leadership Award!
George McClean, CMA, MBA, LL.B
Vice President and General Counsel
Acklands-Grainger
George McClean led a multi-faceted strategy to bring his business to the world stage during the economic downturn. Acklands-Grainger Inc. has acquired new businesses, established an award winning company culture, and became an official supplier of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games – an Olympic first for an industrial supplier.
The recipients of the 2009 Creative Leadership Awards demonstrated creativity to create value in their organizations.
Victoria Davies, CMA
CFO, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
Victoria Davies knew a bold move was required to achieve Knightsbridge's corporate vision of $100 million in revenues by the end 2010. Victoria's Big Idea of a significant global acquisition proved to be that daring move, allowing Knightsbridge to be a global player, leverage new technology and be well on its way to achieving its $100 million target.
Noel John Fernandes, CMA
Management Consultant
Noel John Fernandes received the Imagination Award for his work as Director of Finance and Administration, Residential Development with Fairmont Raffles Hotels International. By leveraging the power of his teams' multi-functional expertise, Noel used his Imagination to develop a multi-national due diligence process to successfully facilitate Fairmont's appropriation and management of Private Residence Club properties around the world.
Susan Richards, CMA
Vice President of Finance and CFO, Chipworks
Susan Richards created a significant and sustainable cash source and profit generator for Chipworks, an Ottawa based tech firm, by re-framing the issue of declining cash flow from an R&D perspective. Susan repositioned Chipworks' research work product to fit within the definition of "experimental development", which qualified it for additional tax credits through the Scientific Research & Experimental Development program (SR&ED).
Jeffery Zajac, CMA
President, Solus One
Jeffery Zajac is the President of Solus One, a call center solution provider with offices in Ontario and Mexico. After tapping into the creativity of his team, Jeffery innovated Solus One's product line to create remarkable growth out of the economic downturn, developing products for the Canadian political, small-to-medium enterprise, and international markets.
CMA Ontario is pleased to present the sponsors of the 2010 CMA Creative Leadership Awards.
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For more information on sponsorship opportunities, please visit www.cmaontario.org/sponsorship or contact:
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