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Awards Dinner
12th May 2016
Hosted at One Great George Street, London
About the Awards
Good evening and welcome to the first BritishAmerican Business annual
CHASE Awards Dinner.
Tonight it is a privilege to celebrate, recognise and showcase some of the very best
stories of successful exporting and inward investment in the transatlantic corridor as we
highlight those small and medium sized businesses who have been shortlisted for their
UK & US business success.
We believe that no two nations share closer economic ties than those between the andthe
UK, with those ties underpinned day in day out by British, American and transatlantic
businesses creating jobs, growth and prosperity. Our Members power a vast transatlantic
economy which is a source of strength, security and sustainability in the global economy.
Moreover, we believe that international trade and investment creates prosperity,
shares progress inside our nations and across our borders, reduces poverty and adds
to human wellbeing.
We also believe in sharing the knowledge, insight and perspectives of our members
from around the world – from the Small and Medium Enterprise “grassroots” to global
multinationals and that transatlantic businesses should proactively tell their stories.
Tonight is about sharing these stories and celebrating successes of a vanguard category
of businesses – our Award winners - operating in the UK-US channel and we salute
their endeavour.
Furthermore, I would like to extend a warm thank you to our CHASE Award sponsor
EY and prestigious panel of judges.
I hope you enjoy what promises to be a memorable evening and congratulations to all our
worthy CHASE Awards winners.
With all good wishes,
Jeffries Briginshaw
CEO , BritishAmerican Business
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Order of Service
Drinks reception
Tournée du Sud, Vin de Pays D’Oc, 2014, France
Grenache, Sauvignon Blanc
’Le Chapeau Qui Rit’ 2014, France
Carignan, Grenache
Dinner
Pan-fried seabass niçoise with green bean and
potato salad, quail’s eggs and tapenade
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Roast breast of duck on a root vegetable, lentil and
cumin mash with caramelised kumquats and herb jus
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Eton mess with meringue, cream, fresh
strawberry and raspberry crumble topping
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Dinner wines
Tournée du Sud, Vin de Pays D’Oc, 2014, France
Grenache, Sauvignon Blanc
’Le Chapeau Qui Rit’ 2014, France
Carignan, Grenache
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Coffee and petit fours
Awards Ceremony
Export Award Micro Business
Export Award Small Business
Export Award Medium Business
Inward Investment Award
FinTech Award
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Judges
Steve Allen
Partner, Mills & Reeve
Steve is the current President of the British-American Business
Council having been appointed in May 2015. He heads the Birmingham
office of leading UK law firm, Mills & Reeve.
Steve is a commercial litigator with an international practice
representing clients based in Europe, North America & the Far East.
Recognised as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in Legal 500 UK & Chambers UK he
has particular expertise in handling international arbitration disputes
under LCIA, ICC & UNCITRAL rules.
Steve is a member of the Council of the Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group, an
ambassador for the city of Birmingham appointed by Marketing Birmingham and a Board Member
of BABC Midlands. Steve is a former recipient of the ‘International Solicitor of the Year’ award
presented by the Birmingham Law Society.
Jeffries Briginshaw
CEO, BritishAmerican Business & British-American Business Council
Jeffries Briginshaw was appointed CEO of BritishAmerican Business
in March 2015 and has been with BAB since 2012 serving as Managing
Director in London.
Before joining BritishAmerican Business, Jeffries worked as EU
Director for the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) in Brussels
from 2007 and prior to this at British American Tobacco holding a
number of positions, most recently Head of Political and Regulatory
Affairs (2004 – 2007) and Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs,
Latin America and the Caribbean (2001 – 2004).
With a background at BAT and before as a lawyer, from 1990 to 1993, he worked at the law firm
Lovells (now Hogan Lovells) latterly within the intellectual property practice area.
He has also worked in public service as Housing Welfare Officer in the London Borough
of Lambeth, from 1982 to 1986.
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Simon Brocklebank-Fowler
Executive Chairman, Cubitt Consulting
Simon leads all the key accounts of Cubitt Consulting, a leading
corporate and financial consultancy, including a quarter of the
FTSE100 over the last decade, and a range of growth companies and
elite tier service firms.
A former diplomat and investment banker, he served as head of
the investor relations practice of Shandwick 1992-1994. From 1994
– 1998, he was a divisional then Group Chief Executive of Citigate.
In his career he has led some of the most high-profile financial
and corporate communications campaigns in Europe of the last decade. He was educated at
Cambridge University, and is a Fellow and past Vice Chairman of the UK Investor Relations
Society. He also served for four years as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Corporate and
Financial Group of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
He is an Honorary Visiting Fellow of Cass Business School, Chairman of the SME Forum of British
American Business and Trustee of Policy Exchange, the leading charitable think tank. Tony Dewick
Assistant Director English Regions & Trade Services, UK Trade & Investment
Tony has worked in UK Trade & Investment for 13 years and currently is
responsible for a number of export support services delivered by UKTI
to companies in the English Regions, including the flagship Medium Sized
Business and Passport to Export programmes.
Previously Tony managed UKTI’s relations with local and regional
stakeholders and devolved administrations on exporting and inward
investment matters. Before joining UKTI, Tony worked at the EEF, the
manufacturers’ organisation, on manufacturing policy. He has also
done a range of jobs at the (then) Department for Trade & Industry in the
areas of defence and aerospace, radio and telecommunications, general
manufacturing, and management services. His career has given him a wide range of experience
in working with companies, Ministers and a range of other public and private sector stakeholders.
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Christopher Fraser OBE
Strategic Counsel, Head of External Affairs
He is responsible for advising senior management on engagement with
external stakeholders and has a key role in developing relationships to
advance the commercial and reputational objective of BNY Mellon and
its clients.
Before joining BNY Mellon Christopher was MP for South West Norfolk,
and Mid Dorset and North Poole between 1997 and 2010. Whilst serving
in Parliament, Christopher was appointed by the Prime Minister to the
Council of Europe and the Assembly of the Western European Union.
Christopher has an honours degree and practiced as a Management Consultant prior to being
elected. He is a Freeman of the City of London and was awarded an OBE for Public and Political
service in the New Year’s Honours List 2013.
John Simmons
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, Embassy of the United States
of America, London
John is a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service
and began his current assignment as the Senior Commercial Officer at
the US Embassy in London in August 2015.
From 2011-2015 he was stationed at the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi,
serving as the Regional Senior Commercial Officer for the Gulf. There,
John was responsible for coordinating commercial programs with US
Embassies in Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, in addition to UAE operations in
Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Previously, he served as the Senior Commercial
Officer in Pakistan (2010-2011), overseeing commercial offices at
the US Embassy in Islamabad and Consulates in Karachi and Lahore. John also served as the
Senior Commercial Officer in Lima, Peru (2007-2010); and Commercial Officer positions at the US
Embassies in Hanoi, Vietnam (2003-2006), and Tokyo, Japan (1999-2002).
John holds a BA in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MA in
International Affairs from the School of International Service at American University, Washington, D.C.
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Allyson Stewart-Allen
Director, International Marketing Partners Ltd
Allyson is a renowned marketer, whose expertise in brand
internationalisation is sought by leading businesses globally through
her consultancy, publications, appearances, mentoring and
corporate education.
A Californian based in Europe for over 25 years, Allyson applies her
extensive international consulting experience, MBA education with
Dr. Peter Drucker and languages (French, German) to the company
she founded, International Marketing Partners. Using its
BrandTravel™ methodology, Allyson helps companies to successfully
and profitably span international and functional boundaries. Allyson is co-author of best-selling
book Working with Americans (Prentice Hall), the first business manual exclusively about the US
business culture. Allyson is an experienced commentator lending her insights to broadcast, print
and digital media across the globe.
She is also engaged for her award-winning corporate education experience by both Fortune 50
companies and the world’s leading business schools. A frequent keynote speaker at international
conferences, she also serves as a judge for the National Business Awards and UK Women in
Marketing Awards.
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Nominees Export Award Micro Business
AIR2EAU offers a sustainable, disruptive innovation to replace the ‘traditional water-cooler.
It is called atmospheric water generation - where we literally “make water out of thin air”.
We capture the moisture from the atmosphere and push it through a seven-stage filtration system
to make the world’s purest drinking water.
The Centre for Business Innovation in Cambridge manages international blue chip consortia around
fast moving areas of technology or business process. Companies from across Europe and the USA
benefit by sharing the costs of horizon scanning, benchmarking, research projects, engaging with
regulators and doing deals… all in a confidential and professionally facilitated environment – away
from the attention of consultants and competitors.
Eatsleepthink Design Limited are a multifaceted team of creative individuals with a passion for great
work. With a diverse range of talents and their US partner G&S Business Communications, we offer
a genuine promise of originality, creativity and innovation from their hub in Sheffield.
With a tightly knit team of 10, we connect with our partners all over the globe, from New York,
Chicago, Raleigh and Philadelphia to Basel. We collaborate with all seven continents with a diverse
range of clients such as Syngenta, Dow Chemical, Martin Marietta, Trinseo and Dufry.
FabFunky make lovely, slightly loopy home decor designed to make customers smile and bring a
little whimsy into life. We specialise in and are best known for our Antiquarian Book Prints. 2016
saw us expand our range to include unique and stunning lampshades that bridge the gap between
art and design, hand decorated bone china plates, and cushions.
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Nominees Export Award Micro Business continued
FabFunky Prints feature the highly collectable illustrations of Kelly Stevens-McLaughlan,
an established artist living by the sea on the south coast of England.
Gummee Glove was set up in 2012 & was invented by Jodine Boothby when her son was too young
to grasp a teething toy, but was constantly chewing on his hands.
Gummee Ltd is now a growing brand of teething toys in the UK, with their flag ship product being
the worlds first teething mitten, the Gummee Glove. Gummee employs a team of seven & is about
to launch four new products, one of which will be for children with special needs. Gummee now
directly supplies over 100 independents throughout the UK & Ireland, & has distributors in
12 countries.
Gummee Glove has won numerous awards within the industry, a note worthy one being the Best
New Product in the industry in 2013.
Quality Bearings Online is a leading online supplier of high quality industrial bearings and lubricants
to many countries and industries across the world.
The US however, with its shared values, language, excellent transport links and diverse industries
represent a key market for our current and future growth strategy.
SurveyMe is a real-time customer experience feedback and reward tool designed to empower
companies of all sizes with the ability to better understand and serve their client base. Available in
over 140 countries and 8 languages, SurveyMe is a global leader in point of experience, customer
feedback solutions.
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Nominees Export Award Small Business
Avongard are the originators and global suppliers of gauges for the monitoring of cracks in
buildings and civil engineering structures. Avongard was formed in 1976. The joint founder of
the company and now the Technical Director is a Chartered Structural and Civil Engineer and
Chartered Surveyor. He recognised there was a need for a simple but reliable calibrated gauge
for the monitoring of cracks.
Prior to that time only crude qualitative methods or high precision high-resolution instruments
were available. Keeping in line with latest advancements in crack monitoring Avongard also now
supply a range of continuous and wireless monitoring systems.
Dantech UK Ltd was formed in 2000 and is an SME based in Lancashire and started the
manufacturing in 2010 investing 40% of the capital into Dantech Engineering Ltd. As a start-up we
were looking to build products and solutions for the global food industry.
The US is the world’s largest consumer of streaky bacon made from the belly of pork. Between
2014 and 2015 from zero we achieved over $1m sales and have sales in South Africa, Europe and
have just delivered our first machine to China at a sales cost of $210,000 and are proud to be
awarded North West Export Champions 2016 by UKTI. We have a 100% growth programme over
the next two years in the US.
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Nominees Export Award Small Business continued
ICC Solutions has embraced innovation combined with a clear vision, commitment and expertise to
deliver a radical new Chip & PIN certification environment for the USA. The Company’s significant
and high profile market penetration has seen USA sales increase by 800% since 2012 and this
exponential growth will continue.
Slingco is an international business with its UK Head Office near Whitworth, Lancashire and its
US base in Tyrone, Georgia. Slingco has ISO9001 quality assured design and manufacturing
facilities in Europe and provides innovative products, outstanding service, backed with excellent
stock levels, to customers throughout the world.
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Nominees Export Award Medium Business
Ford Farm is a traditional cheese making company located on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset and is
internationally renowned for producing some of the finest, multi-award winning cheddars from the
heart of the West Country including Coastal and Wookey Hole Cave-Aged Cheddar.
The Sherwin-Williams Company was founded in 1866 by Henry Sherwin and Edward Williams.
Today, the company is a global leader in the development, manufacture and sale of coatings and
industrial related products with approximately 41,000 employees and business in 115 countries.
With annual sales of more than $11 billion, Sherwin-Williams is one of the top three coatings
companies in the world.
The Floow is a UK-based independent company supporting the worldwide motor insurance and
automotive industries through device-agnostic predictive analytics and digital end-user services
that increase customer loyalty. The Floow has radically transformed conventional telematics by
spearheading the use of smartphones and harnessing contextual analysis for enhanced prediction
of claim propensity.
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Nominees Inward Investment Award
Hi-Rez Studios is a unique video game company. Created from the outset to develop online video
games, it has always put the players that make up its community at the heart of its strategy.
With the community in Europe growing with its lead title, SMITE, 2016 Bafta winner, being
extremely popular on all major gaming platforms, Hi-Rez is more committed than ever to provide
the best experience to its European players and so opened the Hi-Rez Europe as its local branch
in Brighton, UK in early 2016. Hi-Rez Europe is a small team whose sole mission is to make the
gaming experience the best possible for its five million+ players in the region. They do this by
engaging with the communities directly, localising Hi-Rez titles to the next level of quality, and
leading the competitive gaming growth in Europe through its eSports initiatives.
Kiz Studios is an independent video game and entertainment development company. We develop
and publish digital games released across console and mobile app stores the world over with
content that is considered and localized for local markets. The content of the games bend genres
and blurs the lines between casual and hardcore, making accessible games for a global audience.
Our catalogue of games includes the mobile hit Critter Escape, cross-platform battler, Might and
Mayhem, PlayStation 4 action brawler, Trans Galactic Tournament, and Wonky Ship, featured by
Apple in their “Best of 2015” apps.
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Nominees FinTech Award
Digital Shadows provides cyber situational awareness to help organizations protect against cyber
attacks, loss of intellectual property, and loss of brand and reputational integrity. Digital Shadows
helps our customers see their organizations through an “attacker’s eye view” and keep their
assets and reputation intact.
Symphony transforms the way users communicate effectively and securely with a single workflow
application. Forging a new path in the industry, Symphony is designed to help individuals, teams
and organizations of all sizes improve productivity, while meeting complex data security and
regulatory compliance needs. Symphony was founded in October 2014 and is headquartered
in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and London.
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Guests
Craig Albeck
Steve Allen
Aitor Alonso
Helen Anderson
Tracy Arch
Tom Armour
John Berens
Bruce Bernstein
Garry Bernstein
Sheraz Bhatti
Valerie Blackholly
Ed Blincoe
Andrew Boyd
Adam Brace
Jeffries Briginshaw Simon Brocklebank-Fowler
Colin Brown
James Buckle
Simon Bumfrey
Steve Cain
David Carrick
Estela Cassilatti
Henry Chan
James Chappell
Robert Chase
Corinne Cianfanelli
Nick Claydon
Andrew Connors Eamonn Cooney
Dr. Mark Coté
Nigel Crowe
Colette Cunningham
Declan Cushley
Ellen Cutler
Mark Danis
Clive Davenport
Tony Dewick
John Doherty
Stephen Edwards
Lee Evans
Nicola Evans
Dr Peter F Hewkin
Mark Farber
Louise Farley
Catherine Filippini
Christopher Fraser OBE
Hannah French
Helen French
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Lab42 Limited
Mills & Reeve
Lloyds Bank
BritishAmerican Business
Barker Brettell
Arup
CliftonLarsonAllen
Careington International
ABS Exchange
3verest
BABC Orange County
Kiz Studios
BritishAmerican Business
Corporate Traveller
British American Business
Cubitt Consulting
Venturexcel
Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank
BABC Triangle North Carolina
SNABC
Cassilatti Creations
Arup
Digital Shadows
Bridge to Britain
American Airlines
Brunswick Group
Lloyds Bank
British-American Business Association Washington, DC
Kings College London
UKTI
CBI Scotland
Browne Jacobson
Liverpool Vision
American Airlines
FSB
UK Trade & Investment
Penningtons Manches
Interel
Survey Me
Survey Me
Centre for Business Innovation
Withum
DeepBridge Capital
BABC - Pacific Northwest Chapter
BNY Mellon
Forsyth Group
BABC Michigan
Jerome Frost
Jillian Gable
Clive Gallagher
Neil Gibbs
John Gordon
Ellen Greenberg
Roma Greening
Priya Guha
Mark Harrison
Jeffrey S. Hay
Jo Healey
Sanford Henry
Paul Henty Greg Hodkinson
Allan Hogarth
Gordon Innes
Russell Jeans
Julian Johnson
Roger Johnson
David Kearney
James Kenny
Zachary Kimball
Kathleen Kimura MBE
Robert King
Veronique Lallier
Julie Langley
Michael Langley
Jean-Paul Larché
Frank Lawton
Tony Liebo
Paul Lingard
Danny Lopez
Bruce Lowe
Susan Lowe
Alastair Lukies CBE Vincenzo Maggio
Aoife Maher
Dave Maisey
Wendy Maisey
Rob Malvasi
Liz Manfredi
Leroy Margolis
Mike Marshall
Mayor Maso
Emma Mason
Tariro Masukume
Denny Maude
Erin Maude
Brian Mawdsley
Lyndon McCullough
Helen Melville
Wendy Mendenhall
Arup
BritishAmerican Business
Slingco
BT
Air2Eau
Arup
Symphony
HM Consul General, San Francisco
Quality Bearings Online
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice
BABC Northern California
BritishAmerican Business
Charles Russell Speechlys
Arup
SNABC
London & Partners
Mills & Reeve
Avongard
Avongard
Lloyds Bank
Arup
Development Advisors
Tokyo Express Co.
Lloyds Bank
Hi-Rez Studios
Greater Minneapolis St Paul Partnership
Greater Minneapolis St Paul Partnership
City of London Corporation
Slingco
Mills & Reeve
Dantech UK
British Consulate General
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister
Innovate Finance
Mills & Reeve
Liverpool in London
ICC Solutions
ICC Solutions
Careington International affiliated with Munro Sutton
ICC Solutions
Lloyds Bank
eatsleepthink
Frisco Economic Development Corporation
Aston Business School
BritishAmerican Business
Quality Bearings Online
Delta Air Lines
BritishAmerican Business
3verest
BABC Midlands
BritishAmerican Business
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Dr Brad Millick
Mary Mitchell
Sam Moore
John Mortimer
Jayne Murphy
Sophie Neary Andrew Nugent Smith
Claire O’Brien
Richard Parris
Sarah Peeler
Tania Peitzker
Grant Petersen
Warren Poll
Mike Pullin
Aarti Ravi
Rachel Reaney
Harry Reilly
Kevin Richardson
Stacey Richley
Simon Riley
Justin Ripman
Shaun Robinson
Daniel Rosenberg
Wouter Schuitemaker
Sonia Sehgal
Hunter Shull
John Simmons
Dr Dean Smith
Jacquelyn Smith
Paul Stanislas OBE
Nicholas J. Stasevich
K Thomas Stevens
Allyson Stewart-Allen
Jonathan Strassberg
Jim Tait
Michael Teden
Chris Tholstrup
John Tunstall
Margaret Van Pelt
David Varnham
Kristen Verderame
Gareth Wade
Louise Walmsley
Bridget Walsh
Ian Warwick
David Weatherhead
Sophia Wedderkopp
Harry Whalen
Barbara Williams
Urszula Wojciechowska MBE
Rhett Workman
Christina Woskobojnik
Pondera International
TASIS The American School in England
American Airlines
Angela Mortimer
Intercede
Mills & Reeve
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co
Mills & Reeve
Intercede
BABC Charlotte
Contrib.com
Ogletree Deakins
Lloyds Bank
Ford Farm
UPS
BritishAmerican Business
Mills & Reeve
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Quality Bearings Online
Quality Bearings Online
Mills & Reeve
Hilton Anaheim
Charles Russell Speechlys
Hickey and Associates
American Airlines
Wells Fargo
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs Embassy of the USA
Cadesky and Associates
Cadesky & Associates
BABC New England
Michigan
BABC Chicago
Director, International Marketing Partners
True Course
Browne Jacobson
Whitehall Advisory Group
Venturexcel
Florin Pensions
Lloyds Bank
Mills & Reeve
Pondera International, Vice President, British-American Business Council
BABC Pacific Northwest Chapter
ICC Solutions
EY
Survey Me
Lloyds Bank
Brunswick Group
Frisco Economic Development Corporation
Careington International
BABC New England
American Airlines
Dyke Yaxley
Do you know a small business that deserves to be awarded?
Nominations for 2017 will open soon
The
Chase Awards
2017 will continue to
celebrate and showcase
the very best stories
of successful exporting and
inward investment in the
transatlantic corridor.
Please encourage exemplary
small companies to enter for a chance
to win an award - and please join us again…
at next year’s Awards dinner to celebrate
excellence in small business exporting.
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