MPF Awards for Management Excellence

This year's winners were announced at an awards ceremony at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square on 6 March presided over by Michael Watkins, Chairman of Genesis Advisers and Professor at IMD as Master of Ceremonies.

The 11th Annual MPF Awards are an integral part of the MPF International Management Excellence Summit 2013, in association with Harvard Business Review and the Financial Times.


Winners are listed below. Click on the Award name to find out more - you can also download a list of the MPF Awards 2013 Winners

2013 CATEGORIES

Client:

Best thought leadership campaign

Sponsored by: Spada

Winner: Browne Jacobson


Best use of know-how to enhance commerciality

Sponsored by: RR Donnelley

Winner: A&L Goodbody


Best use of systems to enhance the client experience

Sponsored by: Thomson Reuters Elite

Winner: CBRE


Most innovative client service initiative

Sponsored by: Meridian West

Winner: Dundas & Wilson


Best Brands

Sponsored by: Uffindell

Winner: PwC


People:

Best leadership development programme

Sponsored by: Harvard Business Review

Winner: Hogan Lovells


Best talent management and retention

Sponsored by: Managing Partner magazine

Winner: Perez-Llorca


Most innovative approach to performance measurement

Sponsored by: Objective Manager

Winner: Weightmans


Lifetime Achievement

Sponsored by: Financial Times

Winner: Sir Michael Snyder




Collaboration:

Best collaboration across international frontiers

Sponsored by: The Royal Bank of Scotland

Winner: PwC


Most innovative use of social media

Sponsored by: Concep

Winner: BDO


Best community engagement

Sponsored by: Business in the Community

Winner: TLT


Best social mobility programme

Sponsored by: Access Professions

Winner: PRIME


Leadership:

Exceptional Achievement

Sponsored by: Managing Partners' Forum

Winner: Norton Rose


Best Performing Listed Firm

Sponsored by: Espirito Santo Bank

Winner: The Mission Marketing Group


Best strategic leadership

Sponsored by: Aon

Winner: Bird & Bird


Best Emerging Firm

Sponsored by: Vuture

Winner: Riverview Law


Best managed national firm

Sponsored by: Lloyds Bank

Winner: TLT


Best managed international firm

Sponsored by: Barclays

Winner: Clyde & Co


AN EVENING TO REMEMBER – 2013 AWARDS CEREMONY

2013 AWARDS CEREMONY

THOUGHTS ON THE AWARDS

"A valuable opportunity to recognise the significant contribution that practice management professionals make to professional services businesses."
John Connolly, Former Global Managing Director, Deloitte


"MPF Awards recognise the best of the best across professional services firms. Winning an award from an organisation solely focused on distilling best practice is a great achievement."
Simon Beswick, Managing Partner,
Osborne Clark


"To win the MPF Awards is transformational!"
Martin Darroch, Chief Executive,
Harper Macleod


"The MPF award winners represent the best in class."
Julian Yarr, Managing Partner,
A&L Goodbody


"These Awards are special because we not only compete with our colleagues in the law sector, but we meet face to face with other companies in the professional services sector. It’s refreshing and a real challenge."
Antonio Garrigues, Chairman, Garrigues

JUDGES

Judging is the responsibility of a global panel of senior management consultants