Retail business leaders honoured at IoD NI Director Of The Year Awards

Michael McCormack, managing director of Musgrave Group has been named Large Business Director of the year at the Institute of Directors Northern Ireland (IoDNI) Director of the Year Awards

Michael McCormack, managing director of the Musgrave Group, was named Large Business Director of the Year, while Brian Reid, CEO of Deli-Lites scooped the International Director of the Year Award

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Retail industry leaders Brian Reid and Michael McCormack were among those honoured at the annual Institute of Directors Northern Ireland (IoD NI) Director of the Year Awards sponsored by AIB.

Brian Reid, CEO of Deli-Lites was named International Director of the Year and Michael McCormack, managing director of the Musgrave Group, was named Large Business Director of the Year at a ceremony held virtually for the first time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Reid co-founded Deli-Lites in 1998 and is responsible for the day to day running of over 10 bustling departments from production, new product development, sales, marketing, and packaging.

Meanwhile, McCormack who joined Musgrave in 2007, looks after the company’s 10 MarketPlace branches were he continuously demonstrates his skills of leadership, strategy, purchasing and negotiation within the fast-moving consumer goods industry.

“A huge congratulations to all this year’s winners, once again proving that the economy here in Northern Ireland benefits from a wealth of leadership talent across the private and public sector, each of them performing to the very highest standards,” said Gordon Milligan, IoD NI chairman.

This year’s full winners were:

Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Director and Board Practice, sponsored by AIB – Brendan Mooney, Kainos Group

Director of the Year – Non-Executive, sponsored by Deloitte – Diana Fitzsimons

Director of the Year – Innovation, sponsored by KPMG – Daniel Crawford, Axial3D

Director of the Year – Young, sponsored by Carson McDowell – Glenn Speer, Fane Valley 

Director of the Year – Public Sector, sponsored by Capita Managed IT Solutions Professor Nola Hewitt Dundas – Head of Management School, QUB

Director of the Year – Third Sector, sponsored by Capita Managed IT Solutions – Lynn Carvill, WOMEN’STEC

Director of the Year – Family Business, sponsored by BDO Northern Ireland – David Henry, Henry Bros

Director of the Year – International, sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland – Brian Reid, Deli-Lites

Director of the Year – Small to Medium Business, sponsored by Ulster University Business School – Sinead Higgins, Decision Time

Director of the Year – Inclusivity, sponsored by ABL Group – John Healy OBE, Allstate

Director of the Year – Large Business, sponsored by Amplifi Solutions – Michael McCormack, Musgrave Group

The inaugural Philanthropist of the Year, Community Foundation Northern Ireland award, which was awarded to Alan Nappin of the ARN Foundation.

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