ICDZ Corporate Director Awards 2021
Corporate Awards Category MOST Innovative Board of the Year — This award recognises significant and innovative board initiatives that promote corporate sustainability and national prosperity. Projects, initiatives or activities assessed for this award are those that drive business transformation or re-engineer business processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
The winning board stood out on the national impact, social impact, environmental impact, financial impact and stakeholder impact of its innovations.
Most Innovative Board of the Year — Public Enterprises/
Parastatals Category
2nd Runner Up — Public Service Commission
1st Runner Up — TelOne
Winner — NSSA
Most Innovative Board of the Year — Large and Listed Entities 2nd Runner Up — ZIMRE Holdings
1st Runner Up — CBZ Holdings Winner — Seed Co Group
Individual Awards Category Innovative/Turnaround Strategist Corporate Director of the Year — This award is for the nimble footed corporate director who has managed to navigate past a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment through innovation and astute leadership. Key attributes assessed under this category include the following:
a) The financial and/or social impact of your innovation to the company;
b) The national significance of the innovation — is it a game changer?
c) Does the innovation represent out-ofthe-box
or cutting-edge thinking?
Most Innovative Corporate Director of the Year — Public
Enterprises/ Parastatals
1st Runner Up — DR Chipo Mutasa — TelOne
Winner — Dr John Basera — Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development.
Most Innovative Corporate Director of the Year — Large and
Listed Entities
2nd Runner Up — Dr Lance Mambondiani — BancABC
1st Runner Up — Dr Blessing Mudavanhu — CBZ Holdings Limited
Winner — Morgan Nzwere – Seed Co Limited
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Corporate Director of the Year
Award
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This award recognises a board that has excelled in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation.
Key board attributes looked at for this
award category include the following:
a) Organisational footprint on gender balance in its board and management appointments;
b) Existence of organisational policies to promote fairness and mitigate against acts of discrimination;
c) The inclusion of communities, employees and shareholders in the organisation’s performance matrix for an inclusive stakeholder impact.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion — Corporate Director of the Year Award Winners
2nd Runner Up — Samuel Matsekete — Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited
1st Runner Up — Lesley Marange — Glytime Foods
Winner — Arthur Manase — NSSA
Social Impact and Sustainability
Award
The social impact and sustainability special award recognise corporate leaders who have made a positive impact on society, in communities, and in building sustainable businesses.
Social Impact and Sustainability
Special Award
2nd Runner Up — Dr Blessing Mudavanhu — CBZ Holdings
1st Runner Up — Arthur Manase — NSSA Winner — Alex Mhembere — Zimplats
Young Innovative Corporate
Director of the Year
This coveted award rewards a young corporate director under the age of 40 years and below in their various sectors of the economy who has excelled in the delivery of organisational purpose.
The Innovative Young Corporate Director of the Year is a vision driver who has shown excellence and great potential for further development in the following performance dynamics:
a) financial performance of the organisation;
b) innovative and value driven decisionmaking abilities;
c) stakeholder management and reputation management abilities;
d) succession planning and skills development for organisational continuity; and
e) environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impact of represented organisation.
1st Runner Up — Chengetai Mujakachi — Engen Petroleum
Winner — Dr Kudzanai Vere — Kudfort Enterprises
Family-Owned Business of the
Year
This award goes to a family-owned business that has demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism and performance.
The family-owned business of the year meets the following criteria:
a) A positive and progressive financial performance for the organisation;
b) A solid corporate reputation with regulators, employees, suppliers, partners and customers; and
c) A positive environmental, social and governance impact.
Family-Owned Business of the
Year Award Winners
2nd Runner Up — Reuben Chisale — Svolsec Security
1st Runner Up — Exevia Maoneke — Wezah Motors
Winner — Aaron Chinhara — Glow Petroleum
Young Innovative Corporate
Director of the Year
This coveted award rewards a young innovative corporate directors under the age of 40 years and below in their various sectors of the economy who has excelled in the delivery of organisational purpose.
The Innovative Young Corporate Director of the year is a vision driver who has shown excellence and great potential for further
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