The Australian Institute of Management, supported by CQU, was proud to award John Lever with the Manager of the Year and Darren Pirie the Young Manager of the Year Award at the 2006 Management Excellence Awards evening in Rockhampton recently.

CQU is a regional partner of AIM and host of the AIM secretariat (via the Faculty of Business and Informatics).

The awards night acknowledged and awarded local managers who have excelled in their fields. Over 90 guests attended the Friday evening event.

Bevan Slattery, former Rockhampton resident and now CEO and co-founder of PIPE Networks Ltd, was the guest speaker for the evening. PIPE Networks is a highly successful telecommunications infrastructure company, whose key employees originated from the CQ region.

Both Lever (owner/manager, Koorana Crocodile Farm) and Pirie (group co-ordinator/station manager, Queensland Ambulance Service) will proceed to the state finals of the Management Excellence Awards in November.

JM Kelly group managing director Geoff Murphy was awarded the CQ Medal for Leadership in Management.

Photo (above): Commonwealth Bank’s Scott Brooks (left) presenting Koorana Crocodile Farm owner John Lever the AIM regional award for Manager of the Year.

Photo (below): Darren Pirie, QAS Rockhampton group co-ordinator/station manager, with the AIM regional award for Young Manager of the Year.