CMI Awards of Excellence

Winners
Apprentice of the Year Award

Apprentice of the Year Award 2024

Hiba Khan is a Doctor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chief Revenue Officer at Medics.Academy, and Honorary Lecturer at The University of Central Lancashire. With a background in entrepreneurship and healthcare innovation, she was awarded an Innovation Fellowship at Mid and South Essex NHS Trust and leads a global team at Medics.Academy.

A member of the UK Young Academy, Hiba contributes to national research and policy initiatives and has governance experience as Vice-Chair at Queen Mary University Students’ Union and Governor at the University of West London. She has received several awards, including national honors in quality improvement and clinical practice, and is also a regional weightlifting gold medalist.

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Dr. Hiba Khan
Chief Revenue Officer
Medics Academy
Studying at Exeter University

Winning the CMI Apprentice of the Year Award 2024 would be an incredible honour, both personally and professionally. Personally, it would serve as a celebration of the hard work, dedication, and commitment I’ve invested throughout my apprenticeship journey as well as my involvement in the shared learning and development of other apprentices in my cohort.

Debbie McArthur BA(Hons) Cert Ed. fCMgr Head of Apprenticeships (Internal Delivery) and Leadership Development - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT)

"Recognition of my efforts and a high point of my career. To be rewarded and recognised just through nomination is amazing, and I never dreamed that I would be shortlisted. "

Laura Fenton Advisory Service Support Manager - Hargreaves Lansdown

"Winning this award would be an incredibly meaningful milestone in both my personal and professional journey. As a full-time working mother, this recognition affirms the challenges I've overcome and the dedication I've maintained to excel in my career."

Trish Burley Distribution Manager - JD Wetherspoons

"Being recognised by the CMI for both the hard work and dedication I've put in, and the manager I've become, brings me great pride both professionally and personally. To be nominated for the CMI award will be a lifelong reminder of my grit, determination and perseverance, as well as the manager I am."

Apprentice of the Year Award 2023

Will Burchell is currently the Chief Executive Officer at The Bone Cancer Research Trust, a charity that has invested £5.7 million in the last five years on 73 outstanding research projects, all of which have a focus on improving the lives of patients with primary bone cancer.

By the commencement of the CMI Apprenticeship, he had progressed to a director level role in a regional social care charity. Will undertook the apprenticeship after reflecting on his training and development to this point, and recognising that it had largely been vocational, and reliant on his natural leadership style to achieve results.

Will recognised that this inflexibility had the potential to limit his future impact and career progression. As it was his ambition to become a charity CEO, he saw the need to invest in his own development to become a more versatile and adaptable leader. The CMI Apprenticeship has been fundamental in equipping Will with the skills and experience to take the next step in his career. Having experienced the benefits first-hand, he has become a huge advocate for the difference it can make, leading a number of friends and colleagues starting their own apprenticeship journey.

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Will Burchell CMgr FCMI
Nottingham Trent University

To even be considered for this award is huge honour, and to win it would mean everything to me. I am a passionate advocate of the difference that can be made by effective Third Sector provision, and the learning gained through the apprenticeship has completely changed how I approach the challenges currently faced by so many non-profit organisations. I consider myself so lucky to be in position where applying my learning can benefit so many people and communities. The CMI apprenticeship has reinforced my desire to continue to learn and develop, and redoubled my commitment to put my energy into making a positive difference in our society.

Ryan Martin CMgr MCMI City College Norwich

"To win this award on a personal level, would show that the late evenings/weekends studying/working, hard decisions I made, and relentless pursuit to be the best version of myself were worth it. It would instil a new layer of confidence to ensure I continue to develop, which in turn supports the people and organisations I collaborate with. Winning the award would champion best management practice and CMI within the organisation, especially as I look to earn Chartered status in the coming months. The award, coupled with the CMI qualifications, will be the edge that makes me THE candidate, not a candidate."

Ruth Brennan Exeter College

"Winning the award would mean a lot to me, as I genuinely believe that the apprenticeship helped to change me for the positive, developing my self-belief and confidence and giving me the skills I needed to develop my career to the next stage and understand what it takes to be an effective manager. The award would be recognition of my dedication to developing myself further and the commitment I put into completing the apprenticeship within the eighteen-month timescale, as I had to balance it against an increasing workload and frequent short notice requests for information from the executive team."

Amanda Isom fCMgr MBKB

"It would be a great honour to receive the award in recognition of my hard work, what I have achieved over the last two years and how the apprenticeship has developed me. It would also reward those who supported me and especially the company founder who has established a culture within which her colleagues can develop and grow. Obtaining the award would also give me the confidence and motivation to continue my learning journey to Level 7 studies and ultimately to progress to a more senior management role, as is my ambition."

Apprentice of the Year Award 2022

We are delighted to announce that Johnathan Dodd is our 2022 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year.

To win such a prestigious award means the world to me. Not only having recognition of how the apprenticeship has developed me as a person, but how the learning has enabled me to take a fresh approach at problems and implement new services to ensure mariners around the world are kept safe every day. This award will give me the confidence to continue to strive for excellence and look at new ways to approach my personal and professional life. I believe this would also show as an example to my team and colleagues what can be accomplished and how it can be recognised.

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Johnathan Dodd
Director of Maritime Safety, Inmarsat

Highly Commended David Lock CMgr MCMI Engineering Manager
Thales UK

"Feels fantastic to receive the recognition for my hard work during the apprenticeship, and is also a great reward for those who supported me over my time as an apprentice. It feels even better to be here representing my organisation who has created a strong culture of developing their people."

Christopher McShane Managing Director
Marathon Kids