TIGA wins two awards at the Chartered Management Institute’s Leadership and Management Awards
TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, has won two awards at the Chartered Management Institute’s Leadership and Management Awards. TIGA was awarded ‘Outstanding Organisation’ 2011 and Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA’s CEO, received the accolade of ‘Outstanding Leader’ 2011.
The Chartered Management Institute’s (CMI) Leadership and Management Awards celebrate the achievements and expertise of the UK’s best managers and management teams. A total of 12 CMI Management and Leadership Awards were presented by the CMI at a prestigious award ceremony in central London. Categories included Outstanding Leader, Young Achiever and Social Responsibility Management. The Awards judge organisations, teams and individual managers by looking at criteria including financial success, governance, people management, communications, ethics, sustainability and learning. The winners were chosen from a shortlist of 41 finalists from all sectors, nations and regions of the UK. Finalists included IBM, Birmingham City Council, Centrica, Norton Rose, Tube Lines and the University of Greenwich.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO, said:
“I’m exceptionally proud of my team – Lorna Evans, Vanessa Joyce, Suzi Stephenson and Nisha Valand – and what we have achieved at TIGA. It has been a challenging but exciting time for us and everyone has worked incredibly effectively to get the organisation into the position of strength and influence that it is in now. It is a huge honour to have my role recognised but especially for TIGA to be named Outstanding Organisation. We are committed to training and developing the skills of our staff, especially when it comes to management and leadership, which is why winning two CMI Management and Leadership Awards is such a wonderful achievement.
“As well as thanking my team, I would like to thank TIGA’s members and TIGA’s board for their support. By winning two awards we have demonstrated that TIGA is a high performing, organisation that is making a positive difference for its members.”
Jason Kingsley, TIGA Chairman and CEO and Creative Director at Rebellion, said:
“Our goal at TIGA is to build a tenacious, innovative, growing and ambitious organisation in order to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business. We are focused on enabling start-ups and developer-publishers generally to achieve success. Winning these two awards is a superb achievement and confirms that TIGA is on track to achieve its ambitious goals. This is a success which the entire UK games industry can be proud of.”
Mark Gerhard, TIGA board member and CEO of Jagex, said:
“For TIGA to win these two CMI Awards is a stunning achievement, reflecting the dramatic improvements that have taken place over the last year. TIGA is a well-managed, growing, successful and award winning organisation. Additionally, TIGA is constantly innovating to support UK game developers and developer publishers. Our networking events, specially negotiated discounts on third party services, and best practice information all serve to demonstrate that TIGA is the number one organisation in the UK serving to advance our talented games development sector. I hope that more developers will be inspired to join TIGA in the light of its CMI Awards success.”
Patrick O'Luanaigh, TIGA board member and CEO of nDreams, said:
“At TIGA we are determined to build a strong independent organisation which continually improves in order to benefit the UK games industry and the economy generally. Winning these two awards demonstrates to the entire UK games sector that TIGA is an exceptional organisation that delivers results. I would urge all UK game developers and developer-publishers to join TIGA in order to work together for the success of the industry.”
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About TIGA:
TIGA is the trade association representing the UK’s games industry. The majority of our members are either independent games developers or in-house publisher owned developers. We also have games publishers, outsourcing companies, technology businesses and universities amongst our membership. In 2010 TIGA won two business awards including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association Forum. In 2011,
TIGA won six business awards including ‘Trade Association of the Year’ from the Trade Association Forum and ‘Outstanding Organisation’ from the Chartered Management Institute. Richard Wilson won the ‘Leadership Award’ from the Trade Association Forum and the ‘Outstanding Leader’ award from the Chartered Management Institute.
TIGA is an Investors in People organisation. TIGA's vision is to make the UK the best place in the world to do games business. We focus on three sets of activities: political representation, generating media coverage and developing services that enhance the competitiveness of our members. This means that TIGA members are effectively represented in the corridors of power, their voice is heard in the media and they receive benefits that make a material difference to their businesses, including a reduction in costs and improved commercial opportunities.
For further information, please contact Dr Richard Wilson, TIGA CEO on 07875939643: or email