Katherine recently attended the Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) Strategic Supplier Summit, which was organised by Intellect UK and the Cabinet Office. Since its inception the coalition government has been keen to improve SME involvement in delivery of public services. This event was organised to launch a number of initiatives designed to make it easier for SMEs to do business with government and for people to share their thoughts on SMEs and the public sector market. Sysdoc was one of only thirty SMEs selected from around the country to attend this event, which was also attended by the Prime Minister, David Cameron. Katherine met with many people who are influential in getting SME procurement happening in government, such as Francis Maude, the Cabinet Minister and Head of the Efficiency & Reform group; Ian Watmore, the Government Chief Operating Officer; and John Collington, the Head of Government Procurement for the Cabinet Office.
Katherine has also been asked to speak about the summit at the next Genesis Innovation Den, which will be attended by SMEs, senior civil servants and senior executives from IT service providers.
For more information on the government initiatives, see Government opens up contracts to small business | Cabinet Office
Katherine was a finalist in the NZ Society Air New Zealand New Zealander of the Year 2011. The awards dinner was held in London on 4 February as an early celebration of Waitangi - New Zealand day. Click here for the award announcement. and here for more information on Katherine.
Katherine said she found sitting beside the fellow finalists, Barrie Nielson of www.Sailingholidays.com and Terry Smith of the Sir Keith Park foundation, to be truly enjoyable. Both are extraordinary men who have achieved so much. Vicki Procter attended with Katherine and they were both totally inspired by what Terry did for all New Zealanders in recognising the great achievements of Sir Keith Park.
Click to read a profile of Katherine in the article Gazing skywards on the Unlimited magazine website.
Sysdoc was shortlisted for four categories at the recent Top Employers for Working Families Awards and is now officially in the list of the top 30 UK employers for Working Families 2010.
http://www.topemployersforworkingfamilies.org.uk/index.php/archive/2010
Katherine Corich was awarded the Master Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2010 in New Zealand last week!. This is a highly prestigious award. The Master Entrepreneur category is awarded to leaders of well established businesses who have demonstrated a significant commitment to entrepreneurship. This is a huge achievement and one which we are all very proud of.
NZ Management magazine recently published an article about Katherine relating to these awards.
Katherine is a keynote speaker at the UK Institute of Directors (IOD) Young Directors Conference in Manchester on 25 May.
