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Start-Up Adviser of the Year 2006
Institute of Business Advisers’ (IBA)
national Business Adviser of the Year Awards
Chrystelle and the Enterprise Enfield Management Team
From left to right: Andrzej Warhaftig, Project Manager, Chrystelle Benkhelil,
Janet Collett, Chief Executive and Sue King, Marketing Manager
Chrystelle
was presented with her award at the IBA’s national conference, sponsored
by Towergate Professional Risks, on 12th October. Her colleague, Haider
Shakiry, was selected as a finalist in the same category and received
a highly commended certificate.
Entrants from all over the country were judged on case studies and an
interview concerning their work with clients plus their personal ability,
experience and commitment, passion and empathy with clients and their
preparedness to “go the extra mile” to help others develop and grow their
own businesses.
The judges,
representing a wide range of business organisations, including the Small
Business Service at the DTI and the National Federation of Enterprise
Agencies, were particularly impressed by Chrystelle’s “passion and
empathy with clients, her broad based approach and her commitment to
quality in business support.”
Chrystelle is the youngest business adviser award winner. She said:
“I’m absolutely delighted to win this prestigious award. My ambition is to
ensure my support makes a positive difference to my clients’ businesses.
But it is also rewarding when the work undertaken with clients is
recognised by fellow business people to be of a very high standard.”
“I am particularly grateful to Enterprise Enfield who has been extremely supportive over the past 3 years I have worked with them. The quality of the business support they provide is second to none and I would strongly recommend that you visit them.”
Janet Collett, Enterprise Enfield Chief Executive enthuses: “We are very
proud, not only to have a young ethnic adviser, but as the agency is a
Prowess Flagship Award winner for best practice in women’s enterprise
development, we are delighted to have a woman winner too!”
Mike Horner, Chief Executive of the IBA, added: “The standard of
entries was very high this year, which demonstrates the calibre of
business advisers we attract to the IBA”.