The FIRST International Award for Responsible Capitalism 2007 was awarded to Howard Schultz, Chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company
A special Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Thomas Bata, Chairman, Bata Shoe Foundation
The Awards were presented by Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer at a ceremony and reception held at Marlborough House, London
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Sir Paul Judge and Cliff Burrows, President of Starbucks Coffee Company
Rt Hon Theresa May MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons and Rupert Goodman, Chairman of FIRST
Willie Nagel CMG, Chairman of Punchline, Peter Mathews CMG, Managing Director of Black Country Metals Ltd and HE Edgardo Espiritu, Ambassador of the Philippines
HE Khaled Al Duwaisan GCVO, Ambassador of Kuwait and John Micklethwait, Editor in Chief of The Economist
Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes, Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP, Rupert Goodman, Chairman of FIRST and Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC and Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes, Chairman of the Judging Panel for FIRST
Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP and Howard Schultz, Chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company
Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP and Thomas Bata, Chairman, Bata Shoe Foundation
HE Jan Winkler, Ambassador, Embassy of the Czech Republic and Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC of the FIRST Judging panel