Institute of Directors Scotland awards: Five Tayside and Fife finalists revealed

A total of 39 business leaders from around Scotland have been nominated

By Keith Findlay

May 5 2023, 12:01am

l-r Ian Gulland, CEO of awards sponsor Zero Waste Scotland, Catherine McWilliam, nations director at IoD Scotland, and Edinburgh International Conference Centre CEO Marshall Dallas. Image: Clark Communications

Two of the top team at Dundee-based people development company Insights are among those vying to win prestigious gongs for Scottish business leaders.

Chief executive Fiona Logan and finance and corporate services director Jackie Kipps are finalists in the international and large business categories respectively.

Others on the shortlist for the Institute of Directors (IoD) Scotland Director of the Year Awards include brothers Richard and Ed Nimmons, directors at CO2 emissions-busting firm Carbon Capture Scotland (CCS).

They will be hoping to come away with IoD Scotland’s sustainability award.

CCS, formerly Dry Ice Scotland, runs a dry ice manufacturing plant in southern Scotland but the company has its registered office in Meigle, Perthshire.

Insights chief executive Fiona Logan. Image: Insights

Also among the awards finalists are Lucy Harrier, managing director at Perth-based, employee-owned publishing services firm Prepress Projects, who is among four contenders in the category for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Meanwhile, Kirsteen Campbell, chief executive of the Scottish SPCA, based in Halbeath, Fife, is one of four finalists in the third sector category.

A total of 39 business leaders from around Scotland have been nominated.

Kirsteen Campbell, of the Scottish SPCA, could come away with the third sector award. Image: Peter Devlin

Catherine McWilliam, nations director, IoD Scotland, said: “The IoD’s Director of the Year Awards are renowned for attracting high calibre entries from across Scotland’s director community.

“It is an honour to be able to recognise and celebrate their immense achievements with this year’s in-person ceremony.

‘Resilience and commitment’

“I am regularly struck by the resilience and commitment shown by our members and directors across the country as they strive to ensure stability and confidence within their organisations.

“While it sometimes feels like par for the course, this leadership is invaluable, and exactly what these awards set out to recognise.”

Sustainability award finalists include Richard and Ed Nimmons, of Carbon Capture Scotland. Image: CCS

The annual awards celebrate leadership and offer some recognition for those navigating their organisations through a rapidly changing economic landscape.

More than 100 nominations were received from across Scotland, with 39 directors shortlisted across 12 key categories.

Also announced today are the finalists for Fife and Tayside branch’s regional award.

Ms Logan, Ms Kipps, Ms Campbell, and the Nimmons brothers are all up for this accolade.