Corporate Travel Management Managing Director Jamie Pherous was awarded the prestigious Medal of Management Innovation at the Australian Institute of Management QLD & NT Management Excellence Awards on Friday 11 November.

The Management Excellence Awards recognise exceptional managers from business, industry and government, while the Medal, conferred by the AIM board and sponsored by Griffith University, celebrates a Queensland leader who has demonstrated unwavering commitment to business growth through management innovation.

Pherous said he was very pleased to receive the prestigious award.

“To receive this award underlines and reinforces our whole business philosophy of listening to our clients to build innovative products and services which meet their needs,” said Pherous.

“As a business, we have a choice of being a leader or a follower - our whole DNA is about continuously improving our client-facing tools and our internal effectiveness.

“Some great people have won this award before me, and it is a great honour to join them as we strive to remain at the forefront of our dynamic industry.”

Previous winners of the Medal of Management Innovation include Mr Tony Ellwood (2010, Director of Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art), Mr Brett Clarke (2009, Managing Director of ePharmacy), Mr Mark Pascoe (2008, Chief Executive Officer of International Water Centre), Dr Maha Sinnathamby (2007, Chairman and Founder of Springfield Land Corporation), Ms Deborah Fleming (2006, Executive Producer of ABC’s Australian Story), Mr Mark Henry (2005, Managing Director and Design Engineer of Furitechnics), Mr Graham Wood (2004, Chief Executive Officer of Wotif.com), Mr John Stainton (2003, Founder of Best Picture Show Company and Manager of the Irwin family) and Mr Brett Godfrey (2002, Chief Executive Officer of Virgin Airlines).  

For more information on the Australian Institute of Management’s Management Excellence Awards, please visit www.managementawards.com.au.  For more information on Corporate Travel Management, please visit www.travelctm.com