2009 Award

The FIRST International Award for Responsible Capitalism 2009 was presented to Sir Andrew Witty, Chief Executive Officer of GlaxoSmithKline.

A special FIRST Award for Philanthropy was presented to Roger Sant, Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the AES Corporation.

A special FIRST Outstanding Achievement in the Face of Adversity Award was presented to Karim Khoja, Chief Executive Officer of Roshan. The awards were presented by Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer at a ceremony and reception held at Marlborough House, London

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: Rt Hon Lord Trimble PC, and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Michael Wareing CMG, Global Chief Executive Officer of KPMG International and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Peter Cadbury, Senior Partner, Europa Partners

: HE George Liswaniso, Ambassador of Namibia to the UK, and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC, FIRST Judge and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: HE Bulgaa Altangerel, Ambassador of Mongolia to the UK

: Rt Hon Lord Crickhowell CH PC

: Sir Peter Heap KCMG

: Dr Robin Niblett, Director of Chatham House and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Rt Hon Lord Hannay of Chiswick GCMG CH, Chairman of the United Nations Association UK

: Lord Lloyd of Berwick DL and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Lady Olga Maitland, President of the Algerian British Business Association, and Rupert Goodman DL, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Rupert Goodman, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP, George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rupert Goodman, Chairman of FIRST and Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes, Chairman of the FIRST Judging Panel

: Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes, Chairman of the FIRST Judging Panel

: George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer addresses the guests

: Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline

: Sir David Manning GCMG CVO, Director of BG Group

: George Osborne MP, William Nagel GMC, Chairman of Punchline, Andrew Leung SBS JP FRSA, Managing Director of Andrew Leung International Consultants Ltd and Raj Loomba CBE, Chairman of Rinku Group plc

: Rt Hon Lord Howe of Aberavon CH QC, Sir David Manning GCMG CVO, Rt Hon Lord Woolf of Barnes, George Osborne MP, Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP, Karim Khoja, Rupert Goodman and Andrew Witty

: Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP, George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Rupert Goodman, Chairman and Founder of FIRST

: Karim Khoja and family

: Sir Sidney Lipworth QC and Philippa Foster Back OBE, Director of the Institute of Business Ethics

: Baroness Flather DL and Sir Michael Craig-Cooper CBE TD DL, Director of the National Bank of Kuwait (International) plc

: HE Khaled Al-Duwaisan GCVO, Ambassador of Kuwait to the UK and HE Maria Beatriz Souviron Crespo, Ambassador of Bolivia to the UK

: George Osborne MP presents the Responsible Capitalism Award to Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline

: George Osborne MP presents the Philanthropy Award to Sir David Manning GCMG CVO, Director of BG Group who collects it on behalf of Roger Sant, Chairman Emeritus of the AES Corporation

: George Osborne MP presents the FIRST Outstanding Achievement Award to Karim Khoja, CEO of Roshan

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