2009 Government Finance Profession Awards

The Government Finance Profession (GFP) is delighted to announce the winners of the twelve awards for excellence in financial management presented on Thursday 19 November at a ceremony in Brighton.

The award winners were:

Name	Department	Category
Katrina Tully	Ministry of Justice	Outstanding Contribution to the Profession
Andrew Oldham	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority	Innovation in Government
David Thorpe	Department for Work & Pensions	Boss of the Year
Curtis Juman	UK Trade & Industry	Mentor of the Year
Jessica D’Aulerio	Foreign & Commonwealth Office	Government's Accounting Technician of the Year
Thomas Burnell	Defence Equipment & Support	PQ of the Year
Helen McNulty	Department for Work & Pensions	NQ of the Year
Economic Downturn Team	Jobcentre Plus	Finance Team of the Year
Unmanned Air Systems Project Team	Ministry of Defence	Finance Team of the Year
Financial Information & Accounts Branch	Department of Health	Project Team of the Year
Robert Wright	Judicial Appointments Commission	Personality of the Year
Finance Team	Higher Education Funding Council for England	Sustainability Award
Elizabeth Dobson	Department for Transport	Unsung Hero
Richard Douglas	Department of Health	Head of the GFP's Award for Lifetime Achievement

Notes for editors

1. This is the third year that these Awards have been held. This year saw the introduction of a new category “Government’s Technician of the Year” , thereby recognising the number of civil servants who have undertaken the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.

2. There were two Finance Team of the Year awards. May Smith collect the award on behalf of the Economic Downturn Team within Jobcentre Plus. Les Campbell, Financial Controller the award on behalf of the Unmanned Air Systems Project Team.

3. The award for Sustainability was collected by Ian Lewis, Head of Finance at the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

4. The Government Finance Profession represents the 9,000 strong community of qualified and trainee accountants in central government. The awards were presented at the GFP conference on 19 November, in conjunction with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; the Association of Accounting Technicians, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, Deloitte, NQ Magazine and PQ Magazine.

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