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Jacqui wins Women‘s Leaders Award

Posted by Jacqui on 15th October 2018

The prestigious Women‘s Leaders Milton Keynes Awards Gala Evening event recognises the achievements of women living or working in MK. Women Leaders MK hosts the event.

The Annual Women‘s Leaders Milton Keynes Awards enables women living or working in the area to experience the same recognition achieved by others.

Stadium MK and the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in Milton Keynes hosted the Women’s Leaders Gala Evening. The hosts held the gala dinner and award ceremony on Friday, 12th October 2018. More than 500 guests packed the ballroom. There were 14 award categories which represent a diverse range of business disciplines. A panel of business leaders (men and women) from a wide range of industry sectors judged the finalists.

The Women‘s Leaders, Milton Keynes Awards Winners event provides an intimate setting to celebrate. Everyone who attends has a great opportunity to dine and network as the hosts announce the award winners.

The winners of the Awards in selected categories.  Winners automatically compete in the National Forward Ladies Award, which maintains strong links to the Women’s Leaders Awards.

Jacqui Wilkins, MD, Visual Identity, was a finalist in the Creative Industries award. Judged by Keith McLean, Executive Office Manager for Iain Stewart MP, Ruby Parmar, Senior Partner, PWC and Dr Julie Mills, CEO, MK College.

The hosts presented the Creative Industries award first; Visual Identity proudly announces Jacqui as the category’s Women’s Leader winner. As she walked up to the stage to collect her award, Steve Walls, the compere for the evening, said:

“Jacqui’s vitality and drive blew the judges away. She has taken her lifelong passion stimulated by her experiences at the Chelsea College of Arts. She has driven a highly successful creative business based on her values. Her belief is in the power and impact of unique thought.”

This is a terrific achievement for Jacqui and for Visual Identity for growth in the next 12 months. After the event, Jacqui said:

Over the last 30 years, we have established ourselves and grown as a local family business that thinks big and delivers high-quality work across all sectors. My strategy is to focus on where I can make the biggest impact using unique thoughts to achieve our goals. VI is proud to be an MK-based company, employing local people for projects across the globe.”

Congratulations to all the winners; they undoubtedly earned their awards and benefit Milton Keynes as true assets.