Industry Trainer of the Year:
Gist wins at everywoman
in Transport and Logistics Awards 2010
May 2010
Charlotte Russell, general manager for Gist People Services, has been named Industry Trainer of the Year at the 2010 everywoman in Transport and Logistics Awards 2010.
The award is for an individual who is demonstrating best practice in training and is going beyond their line of duty to develop the skills of women coming into and working in the industry.
These awards highlight the huge contribution many women make to the transport and logistics industry, an area which is traditionally dominated by men.
Charlotte has wholeheartedly embraced the training agenda and has been instrumental in the launch of Gist People Services, Gist’s new HR and training business.
Through this new business, Gist employees have completed over 1500 NVQ qualifications and almost 350 employees have received externally recognised Skills for Life qualifications in literacy and numeracy.
Maxine Benson MBE, Co-founder and Director of everywoman comments: “We have had a phenomenal response this year with even more entries than ever before, so it’s a really great achievement for Charlotte to be named as winner in the Industry Trainer of the Year category. It’s important for women to look as broadly as possible at the various career options available and the Transport and Logistics sector is an area that offers fantastic opportunities for those who are eager to work in management positions and is so often overlooked. Charlotte is a huge inspiration to other women wanting to work or further their careers in the industry and I wish her the best of luck.”
Martin Gwynn, Gist Chief Executive, said: “Charlotte’s innovative approach to her work in logisitics training has made a step change in the way Gist develops all its people. Her ideas and drive have underpinned this new, award winning business, Gist People Services, a business that delivers training and qualifications to Gist employees, customers and suppliers.”
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Notes to Editors:
About Gist:
Gist combines leading edge experience and expertise to transform supply chains. With industry-specific understanding, know-how and excellence, Gist's solutions bring end-to-end visibility and implementation, from concept to delivery.
Gist's 5,000 employees operate out of 35 locations, providing a full range of intellectual and asset-based business offerings in the UK and continental Europe.
Gist is the largest importer of flowers into the UK and is the 6th largest contracts logistics company in the country.
Gist's customers (including British Airways, Marks & Spencer, Carlsberg UK, and Dutch Flower Group) operate in a wide range of commercial and industrial sectors, including grocery, electronics and gas.
As part of The Linde Group, with around 50,000 employees working in 100 countries worldwide, Gist also benefits from Linde's global capability, synergy and scale.
About everywoman:
Founded in September 1999, everywoman Ltd is the UK’s leading provider of training, resources and support services for women in business, thought leaders in women’s business development and promoters of women in business and gender diversity. Its mission is to Inspire Women to Excel. Everywoman works to increase the number, and raise the status, of women in the UK economy, using their experience and expertise to help women achieve their aspirations and realise their business ambitions. everywoman delivers conferences and events, awards programmes, training and leadership programmes. It developed the UK’s first, and largest, online resource for women business owners (www.everywoman.com), which now has 35,000 members.
