CILT annual award winners revealed

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport  (CILT) presented its annual awards last night. The CILT’s Annual Awards, presented at the Lancaster London last night, recognise achievement in logistics, transport and operations.

Alan Braithwaite, chairman of global supply chain specialist LCP Consulting, received the CILT’s premier accolade, the Sir Robert Lawrence Award. Other winners on the night included Transport for Greater Manchester, Jaguar Land Rover, Reading Buses and Swansea University.

CILT is the independent international professional body for individuals and companies associated with logistics and transport. It has over 33,000 members in over 31 countries worldwide.

Kevin Richardson, chief executive of CILT, said: “Our awards recognise those individuals and businesses who demonstrate a significant contribution to the development of our profession and sector. We received an overwhelming amount of quality entries this year and our judging panel had the difficult task of choosing this year’s winners."


CILT Annual Awards for Excellence 2016 winners

• Sir Robert Lawrence Award - Professor Alan Braithwaite
• Transport Policy and Planning - Transport for Greater Manchester
• Passenger Transport Best Practice - Swansea University and First Cymru
• McKibbin Research Foundation Award - Amy Harhoff, Transport for the North
• Vulnerable Road Users Safety - Hertfordshire Road Safety Partnership
• Journalist of the Year - Paul Clifton, BBC
• Student of the Year - Lisa Sweeney, Atlantic Container Line
• Young Manager of the Year - Joshua Start, Wilson James
• Freight Transport Best Practice - Jaguar Land Rover
• Warehouse Operations - Culina and General Mills
• Information Management-  Labyrinth Logistics Consulting
• Development of People - Reading Buses
• Operations Excellence - Auto-Rescue Logistics
• Supply Chain Innovation - Argos
• Safety - Andrew Drewary Consultancy and Owen Groups UK
• Environmental Improvement - United Parcel Service (UPS)