Last night we attended the 18th Annual Managing Partners' Forum Awards and for those that braved the impending epidemic to travel to Mayfair, it didn't disappoint.
Danny Wallace did a great job of making light of some of the absentees and of course, some of the weird and wonderful firm names within professional services. Below is a summary of all of the category winners with some nice pictures to go alongside.
Award 1: Best Enhanced Solution For Clients
Winners: Mason Hayes & Curran
Award 2: Best Knowledge Provision To Clients
Winners: University Of Oxford| Meridian West
Award 3: Best New Solution For Clients
Winners: Kennedys
Award 4: Best In Client Theme
Winners: Kennedys
Award 5: Best Community Programme
Winners: BryneWallace
Award 6: Best Diversity Initiative
Winners: A&L Goodbody
Award 7: Best In Community Theme
Winners: A&L Goodbody
Award 8: Best Business Innovation
Winners: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Award 9: Best Corporate Culture
Winners: Stephens Scown
Award 10: Best Employee Engagement
Winners: Lewis Silkin
Award 11: Best Learning & Development Programme
Winners: Dentons
Award 12: Best Marketing Initiative
Winners: Clark Hill
Award 13: Best Thought Leadership
Winners: FTI Consulting
Award 14: Best In Business Theme
Winners: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Award 15: Exceptional Achievement By An Individual
Winners: Ian Jeffery (Lewis Silkin)
Award 16: Exceptional Achievement By A Management Team
Winners: Willmott Dixon
Award 17: Exceptional Achievement By A Firm
Winners: Boodle Hatfield
Well done to all winners, judges, organizers and entrants.
The real winners, of course, were all of the lovely people that we and our Octopi met during the course of the evening!
See you all next year.......