The BSI Resettlement Awards 2017 are launched

The BSI Resettlement Awards 2017

Pathfinder International are delighted to announce the
launch of the BSI Resettlement Awards 2017.

The 2017 awards will be held on 31^st of October
at the Lowery Hotel in Manchester. Year on year the awards become bigger and
better and we are thrilled to have BSI on board as headline sponsors for this
year’s awards. Chris
Wright, Commercial Training Director at BSIsaid: “We’re delighted to be
sponsoring the 2017 Resettlement Awards, recognising the excellence and
achievement of everyone involved.”

The
judges panel has nearly reached capacity, however there are spaces left to have
your say on who has been the most deserving in this area of expertise.

YOU!

We are looking for someone with a
military background to join the judging
panel for the 2017 Resettlement Awards.
If you are interested or know someone who would make a good judge, drop
us a line viamrobinson@pathfindermagazine.co.uk

MEET THE JUDGES

We have assembled a list of highly qualified individuals to
pass judgement on this year’s awards.

Ren Kapur MBE,
Founder and CEO X-Forces Ltd

Ren has started and run her own businesses throughout her
life and is passionate about enabling individuals and communities to support
themselves through enterprise.

She has channelled contacts and working relationships to
X-Forces, of which she is CEO and Founder, supporting new enterprise in the
military community. Since 2013, X-Forces have supported over 1000 businesses to
be launched by veterans, service leavers, reservists, cadets and family
members.

Ren was awarded an MBE for service to the Entrepreneurship
in 2016 in the Queen’s 90thBirthday Honours list.

Heledd
Kendrick, Founder of Recruit for Spouses

A highly focused, ambitious, and visionary military wife,
Heledd is passionate about driving awareness of the challenges faced by those
married to the military. In 2009, she was inspired to launch Recruit for
Spouses, an award-winning social enterprise, providing support for the spouses
of serving members of the Armed Forces in their search for employment.

Rob Dawkins,
winner of the Service Leaver of the Year Award 2016

Rob left the Royal Artillery in 2010 after 24 years’
service. Employed as a signaller he gained civilian accreditation of his
military telecommunications. Ever mindful that it was important to have options
Rob also liaised closely with General Dynamics UK about roles available and he
also kept himself current and competent regarding his assessing work. With 3
months to go before he was due to leave the Services Rob applied for a role as
a Personal Development Advisor which would utilise his assessing qualification
and also that of his 24 years military experience.

Mike Edwards,
Regional Tutor Delivery Manager, BSI

Prior to joining BSI, Mike spent over 20 years in the Royal
Navy in a variety of information security roles. He has worked for the Royal
Navy and the MoD on information assurance and business continuity management
projects.

Mike joined BSI as a Tutor and is now a Regional Tutor
Delivery Manager, managing a team of 10 specialist tutors. Mike has expertise
in information security, business continuity and quality management systems. He
has extensive security experience and has been a regular speaker at
international conferences on information security in the defence sector.

Colonel Andy
Deans MBE,the Ministry of Defence Lead on Resettlement

Andy commissioned in the Army in 1990 and his career has
been focused on training, education and leadership development. He has deployed
on operations in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Afghanistan. During his career he
has completed two Masters in Educational Technology and Defence Studies. He
started his current job as Assistant Head of Through Life Development in the
Ministry of Defence in September 15 and a major responsibility is ensuring the
revised Career Transition Partnership (CTP) delivers a quality service to
Defence personnel.

Brigadier
(Retired) Ian Caws OBE CEng MICE, Director of Operations for Cobseo.

Ian served in the Royal Engineers for 30 years before a
second career as Bursar of the Dragon School Oxford. He joined Cobseo as
Director of Operations earlier this year. Ian is responsible for ensuring the
effective and efficient operation of Cobseo and providing support to the Cobseo
Executive in pursuance of Cobseo objectives, projects and initiatives. He
represents Cobseo in various environments, attending a number of MOD meetings
and working groups; working with the Cobseo Chairman and Executive Committee to
promote Cobseo through the Cluster process; developing the relationships
between Service Charities, Government Departments and many other organisations.

Elizabeth
Stevens, Head of Employment Services and Marketing, The Officers’ Association

Liz leads the Employment Department at the Officers’
Association (OA) and is responsible for developing and implementing the
organisation’s employment strategy out to 2023. This includes developing its
regional presence across the UK and introducing new services for job seekers
and employers. She also has responsibility for marketing across the OA. She
joined the OA in November 2013 having had a career in the Royal Navy as a
Logistics Officer which included time at sea in HMS Brilliant and HMS Endurance.

Graham Brown,
Managing Director of Forces Recruitment Services Ltd

Graham joined the Army in 1987 as a musician, completing a
one-year course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall and serving
as a medic in the first Gulf War. He left the Army in 1993 to pursue a career
in sales and spent eight years in media sales working initially for the
education specialist, Hobson’s Publishing selling on print and electronic
graduate and undergraduate titles. Following the completion of an MA in Film
Composition, he set up Forces Recruitment Services, the first commercial
consultancy to assist ex-military candidates across all ranks and services in
2001.

Malcolm
Robinson, Editor of Pathfinder

Mal Robinson is the current Editor of Pathfinder
International. Prior to this, Mal served 9 years in the Royal Air Force in
Logistics and Business Management. Mal has served in operations in both Iraq
and Afghanistan. On leaving the RAF in 2011, Mal has worked in Afghanistan in
Logistics, launched a Media publishing company, held the position of Sports
Editor for Trinity Mirror’s ncj Media, worked as Security and Communications
Director in Sierra Leone, as part of the UK government’s relief to the Ebola
crisis, earning an Ebola medal in the process. Mal has been involved in 5 book projects in a range of roles from author to project editor.

SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR AN AWARD

Of course, there can
be no Resettlement Awards without winners and to select winners we need contenders!

Nominations for a resettlement award can be submitted via
the BSI Resettlement Awards 2017 website at www.resettlementawards.co.uk. It is
acceptable for potential award winners
to nominate themselves or others who they believe to be worthy.

The full list of awards can be read atwww.resettlementawards.co.uk and the award criteria are also available on the
website. Award submissions will be passed to our judging panel who will be
responsible for picking the winners. Pathfinder International magazine will
only have one representative on the judging panel (our Editor, Mal Robinson).
Other than that, Pathfinder International magazine will have no influence over
who is chosen as a resettlement award winner.

All entrants who are shortlisted for a resettlement award
will be invited as guests of BSI and Pathfinder to the awards dinner.

The closing date for submitting nominations for The BSI
Resettlement Awards 2017 is September 1st 2017.