The Scotsman

Director Gray lands prestigiou­s double

- By STEPHEN WILKIE

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.

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