2014 Award

The FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism 2014 was presented to José Ignacio Sánchez Galán, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola.

The Responsible Capitalism Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Rahmi M. Koç CBE, Honorary Chairman of Koç Holding A.Ş.

The Responsible Capitalism Advocacy Award was presented to Sir Richard Lambert, Founding Chairman of the Banking Standards Review Council.

The SME Dahrendorf Responsible Capitalism Award was presented to Kay Allen OBE, Founding Director of Really Useful Stuff and Trading for Good.

The awards were presented by Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons, at a special 15th Anniversary Award ceremony at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London.

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: Philippa Foster Back CBE, Sir David Brewer CMG JP, Rupert Goodman DL, Chief Emeka Anyaoku GCVO TC CVFR, Lord Cormack DL, Rt Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT GCMG, Sir Robert Wilson KCMG Sir Richard Lambert, Rahmi Koç CBE, Rt Hon Lord Woolf, Rt Hon William Hague MP, José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Kay Allen OBE

: Rupert Goodman DL, Founder and Chairman of FIRST, José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola S.A, HE Simon Manley, British Ambassador to Spain, and Rt Hon Mark Simmonds MP

: Rahmi M. Koç CBE, Honorary Chairman of Koç Holding A.Ş, Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons, and Sir David Reddaway KCMG MBE, Former British Ambassador to Turkey

: José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola S.A, Rupert Goodman DL, Founder and Chairman of FIRST, and Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons

: Lord Cormack DL FSA, Senior Advisor, FIRST, Rupert Goodman DL, Founder and Chairman of FIRST, and José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola S.A

: Nita May OBE, Producer, BBC World Service, and HRH Princess Fay Jahan Ara, Chairperson, RACH Foundation

: Rt Hon Lord Trimble

: Rt Hon Lord Woolf, Chairman, FIRST Award Judging Panel, and Sir Michael Craig-Cooper CBE TD DL, Board Member, National Bank of Kuwait

: Keith Anderson, Chief Corporate Officer, Scottish Power, and Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG, Deputy Chairman, Scottish Power

: Charles de Chassiron CVO, Chairman, British Italian Society, and Lord Dykes

: HE Ivan Romero-Martinez, Ambassador of Honduras

: HE Ivan Romero-Martinez, Ambassador of Honduras, HE Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, and HE Sayakane Sisouvong, Ambassador of Lao People’s Democratic Republic

: Rt Hon Lord Woolf, Chairman, FIRST Award Judging Panel

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons, addresses the guests

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons addresses the guests

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons presents the FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism to José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola S.A

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons presents the FIRST Responsible Capitalism Lifetime Achievement Award to Rahmi M. Koç CBE, Honorary Chairman of Koç Holding A.Ş

: Rahmi M. Koç CBE, Honorary Chairman of Koç Holding A.Ş, Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons, Rupert Goodman DL, Founder and Chairman of FIRST, and José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola S.A

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons presents the SME Dahrendorf Responsible Capitalism Award to Kay Allen OBE, Founding Director of Trading for Good and Really Useful Stuff

: Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Leader of the House of Commons presents the FIRST Responsible Capitalism Advocacy Award to Sir Richard Lambert, Founding Chairman of the Banking Standards Review Council

: Sir Richard Lambert, Founding Chairman of the Banking Standards Review Council, addresses the guests

: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington and Katie Perrior, Director, InHouse Communications

: HE Acisclo Valladares Molina, Ambassador of Guatemala, and José Ignacio Sánchez Galán CBE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Iberdrola S.A

: HE Sayakane Sisouvong, Ambassador of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Charles Gray Gray CMG LVO, and Mr Jock Paton, Non-Executive Director, Beko plc

: HE Narkhuu Tulga, Ambassador of Mongolia, and HE Ivan Romero-Martinez, Ambassador of Honduras

: Kate Smith, Director for the Americas, FCO, and HE Miguel Solano-Lopez C, Ambassador of Paraguay

: Chief Emeka Anyaoke GCVO TC CFR, Judge, FIRST Award Judging Panel

: John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief, The Economist

: Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG and Sir Richard Lambert, Founding Chairman of the Banking Standards Review Council

: Rt Hon Lord Trimble and Rt Hon Mark Simmonds MP

: Sir Robert Wilson KCMG, RPW Associates, and Robertson of Port Ellen KT GCMG Hon FRSE PC

: Lord Cormack DL FSA, Senior Advisor, FIRST, Chief Emeka Anyaoke GCVO TC CFR, Judge, FIRST Award Judging Panel, and Rt Hon Lord Woolf, Chairman, FIRST Award Judging Panel

: Lady Dahrendorf and Sir David Brewer CMG JP, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London

: Lord Dykes and Michael Cockerell, Broadcaster

: HE Miguel Solano-Lopez C, Ambassador of Paraguay, HE Roberto Calzadilla, Ambassador of Bolivia, and Kate Smith, Director for the Americas, FCO

: HE Miguel Solano-Lopez C, Ambassador of Paraguay, Rupert Goodman DL, Founder and Chairman of FIRST, and Mr Charles Gray CMG LVO

: HE Eldred Bethel, High Commissioner for the Bahamas, HE Ivan Romero-Martinez, Ambassador of Honduras, HE Winnie Kiap, High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea, HE Sayakane Sisouvong, Ambassador of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and HE Erzhan Kazykhanov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan