Director Gray lands prestigious double
Scotland’s largest bid and tender specialists, AM Bid, is celebrating a prestigious double for managing director David Gray.
The Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) UK has recognised Edinburgh-based David as one of the profession’s top leaders with the 2020 APMP UK Outstanding Leadership Award.
He has also gained global recognition with his election to APMP’S international board of directors for 2021-22.
Buckinghamshire-based APMP UK is the largest APMP chapter in the world, with more than 2,500 members, its their award“recognises the ability of an individual to influence, motivate and guide a group of people to achieve set goals”.
AM Bid’s founder and business development director Andrew Morrison was a shortlisted finalist for the Bid Excellence Award, while the AM Bid team was shortlisted for the Contribution to the Profession Award.
Gray said :“I’ m absolutely thrilled to win the Outstanding Leadership Award. To be recognised by your peer group is the ultimate accolade, so I’m extremely proud to achieve that, especially in the field of leadership.
“I’m also ver y proud of the whole AM Bid team, for being shor tlisted finalists in three extremely strong categories. Credit goes to our high-performance team for their commitment and contributions during what has been a challenging year. You can’t be an outstanding leader without an outstanding team following you and I’m privileged to lead such a fantastic team of professionals.”
He is thought to be the first Scot elected to the international board of APMP.