Ceri Rundle, Founder of CSJ Specialist Canine Feeds, from Bodfari, North Wales has been named a finalist in this year’s Leading Wales Awards.
The Leading Wales Awards Consortium that run Wales’ long-established and only dedicated leadership awards have announced this year’s short list. They are delighted that once again The Institute of Leadership & Management are the headline sponsors.
Ceri Rundle from Denbighshire has been nominated in the Leadership in the Private Sector category for her leadership role and is one of 4 finalists in the category.
The awards, which have been running for 15 years, have eight individual categories including Women in Leadership and Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion and one organisational leadership category which was won last year by the NHS Wales Finance Academy.
Barbara Chidgey, Chair of the Leading Wales Awards consortium, said; “This year our theme is “Daring to Lead®”. We received many impressive and outstanding nominations for individuals in Wales (in all sectors and at all levels of responsibility) whose leadership is courageous, inspirational and transformational. They were a privilege to read and a challenge to shortlist.”
Ceri Rundle, founder of CSJ Specialist Canine Feeds said “Entering the Leading Wales Awards is an important step and I feel the time is right. I’ve grown our business from the ground up, since we started out to develop our own range of natural working dog food and supplements, over 20 years ago and supported handlers, teams and dog events from grass roots up to championships throughout Wales and Europe. Today at CSJ, we continue to do our best to promote the finest of Wales’ heritage and qualities throughout all our business endeavours”
This is the 15th and concluding year of the Leading Wales Awards®. They will culminate with the Awards presentations as part of a legacy dinner at Hilton Cardiff on 26th September 2019. Tickets are available for £67.50 and by emailing le****************@le**************.info.
Previous alumni include Laura Tenison MBE, Jo Jo Maman Bébé, Mario Kreft MBE, CEO of Pendine Park Care Homes, Kelly Davies, Managing Director of Vi-Ability, and Dr Sabine Maguire of Sparkle, South Gwent Children’s Foundation.
For more information please visit www.leadingwalesawards.wales and www.gwobrauarwain.cymru
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- Leading Wales Awards 2019 Finalist details
| Category | Finalists |
| Leadership in the Public Sector
(Supported by Academi Wales) |
· Iwan Davies, Chief Executive, Conwy County Borough Council
· Sarah King, HR Director, Gower College Swansea · Tracy Myhill, CEO, Swansea Bay University Health Board · Detective Chief Inspector Tracey Rankine, South Wales Police |
| Young Leader (14 – 25 years old)
Sponsored by Alcumus |
· Christie-Leigh Holvey, Volunteer Activity Coordinator, Volunteering Matters
· Rudina Koka, Volunteer & Trustee, EYST · Levi Rees, Volunteer & Trustee, WRAP |
| Leadership in the Private Sector
Sponsorship TBC |
· Jack Kelleher, Managing Director, JDK Cleaning
· Ceri Rundle, Founder, CSjk9 Ltd · Jenny Scourfield, Operations Manager, DataKom Limited · Richard Selby, Director and co-founder, Pro Steel Engineering |
| Leadership in the Voluntary & Not for Profit Sector
Sponsored by Williams-Ross Ltd |
· Katie Dalton, Director, Cymorth Cymru
· Sarah Hughes, Centre Head, Maggie’s Swansea · Lesley Kirkpatrick, CEO, Techniquest · Helgard Krause, Chief Executive Officer, Welsh Books Council |
| Leadership for the Future (Sustainability)
Sponsored by Educ8 Group
|
· Mari Arthur, Director, Cynnal Cymru – Sustain Wales
· Catrin Middleton, Head of Programme, Genomics for Precision Medicine Strategy, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board / Welsh Goverment · Ian Titherington, Lead Officer, Drainage, Cardiff County Council |
| Women in Leadership
Sponsored by Cardiff School of Management, Cardiff Metropolitan University
|
· Nia Brennan, Assistant Director, Joint Legal Service South Wales and Gwent Police, South Wales Police
· Dawn Casey, Macmillan Lead Nurse for Cancer Services, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board · Julia Heslop, Operations Sections Head, Aberthaw Power Station · Lynne Thomas, Project Manager, Community Gateway / Cardiff University |
| Leadership in Social Enterprise
Sponsored by Social Business Wales |
· Arthur Beechey, CEO, Agoriad Cyf
· Simon Michaels, Founding Director, Riverside Market Garden / Bodloni Soup · Vicki Roskrams, Director, The Enbarr Foundation |
| Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion
Sponsored by CMI Cymru |
· Ali Abdi, Partnerships Manager, Community Gateway / Cardiff University
· Assistant Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan, South Wales Police · Sharon Williams, Managing Director, Pia · Alicja Zalesinska, Director, Tai Pawb |
| Inspiring Great Leadership (Organisational Award)
Sponsored by The Institute of Leadership & Management |
· Bridgend College
· Cadoxton Primary School · Do Digital Agency · Orbis Education and Care Ltd |
About the Leading Wales Awards
- The Leading Wales Awards are Wales’ only designated leadership awards. The Awards seek to identify, recognise and celebrate personal achievement in outstanding leadership in Wales and is hosted in association with The Institute of Leadership & Management.
- The Leading Wales Awards is run by a consortium of organisations from across Wales, they are:
- ACCA Cymru Wales
- CBI Cymru
- FSB Wales
- gofal gair
- Hilton Cardiff
- Learning Pathways Cymru
- WCVA
