AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Judges’ Awards 2008
Corey Rosen, Ph.D.
NCEO

The Judges’ Awards 2008
Celtel International BV

COMPANIES UNDER 20,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
Spansion

COMPANIES BETWEEN
20,000 AND 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
Sun Microsystems

COMPANIES
OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
Royal Dutch Shell plc

COMPANIES UNDER
20,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
Celtel International BV

COMPANIES BETWEEN
20,000 AND 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
CEVA Logistics

COMPANIES
OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
Intel Corporation

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COMPANIES
UNDER 20,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
Hormel Foods Corporation

COMPANIES BETWEEN
20,000 AND 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
Linde AG

COMPANIES
OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
BT Group plc.

COMPANIES UNDER 20,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
Google

COMPANIES BETWEEN
20,000 AND 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
Diageo plc.

COMPANIES
OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
ABB ltd.

COMPANIES BETWEEN
20,000 AND 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Best in Financial Education
CBS Corporation

2008 JUDGES

Debbie Tsoi-A-Sue, CEP
Yahoo! Inc.
(US)

Hans Muench
Swiss Reinsurance Company
(Switzerland)

Derek Steptoe
BHP Billiton
(Australia)

PIONEER AWARDS

Edward Burmeister

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Award Recipients
Booklet 2008 (pdf)

GEO STARS

Exceptional Merit for
Support of GEO Activities
Australian Regional Events
Emmi Foster

Outstanding Contribution for
Support of GEO
Stephen Fackle

Outstanding Contribution for
Support of GEO Activities
French Chapter Events
Veronique Jap

Outstanding Emerging
Chapter Development
Hong Kong Chapter

Outstanding New Chapter
French Chapter

* The GEO Stars and Pioneer Awards
are awarded by the GEO board and staff.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

COMPANIES UNDER
50,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
ANZ

COMPANIES OVER
50,000 EMPLOYEESS
Best Plan Effectiveness
UBS

COMPANIES UNDER
50,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
Syngenta

COMPANIES OVER
50,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
HSBC

COMPANIES UNDER
50,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
bhp billiton

COMPANIES OVER
50,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
Vodafone

GEO STARS

Outstanding Contribution
Regional Events
Michael Bendorf

Outstanding Contribution
London
Regional Event
Lisa O’Connell

Outstanding Contribution
Hong Kong Regional Event
Andrew Lui

Exceptional Merit
for Support
GEO Activities
Lisa Brook

Outstanding New Chapter Development
Barcelona
Juan Bonilla
Mike Pewton

Exceptional Merit for Chapter Development
US Midwest Chapter
Mary Samsa
Aimee Soodan
Doug Wilson

* The GEO Stars and Pioneer Awards are awarded by the GEO board and staff.

PIONEER AWARDS

Fred Whittlesey

Hans Muench

2007 JUDGES

Diane Hay
(UK)

Jule Torre
(US)

Allen Powley
(UK)

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Award Recipients
Booklet 2007 (pdf)

AWARD RECIPIENTS

MORE THAN 100,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
Accenture

BETWEEN 30,000 - 100,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
Microsoft

MORE THAN 100,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
BT

LESS THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
Agilent Technologies

BETWEEN 30,000 - 100,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
Novartis

LESS THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
and Creative Design
Smith & Nephew

MORE THAN 100,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
Starbucks Coffee Company

BETWEEN 30,000 - 100,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications
Vodafone

LESS THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Communications Diageo

GEO STARS

Outstanding Contribution
GEO Awards Event
Claudia Bogris

Outstanding Contribution
Regional Events, UK
Damian Carnell

Outstanding Contribution
Regional Events, India
Harshu Ghate

Outstanding
Chapter Coordinator
US
Saundra Genoni

Outstanding
Chapter Leader
NL
Rik Stikkelbroeck

Exceptional Merit
Chapter Development
Dublin Chapter

* The GEO Stars and Pioneer Awards are awarded by the GEO board and staff.

PIONEER AWARDS

Jeff Lees

Nigel Mason

2006 JUDGES

Diane Hay
(UK)

Robert Head
(UK)

Stan Veliotis
(US)

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Award Recipients
Booklet 2006 (pdf)

AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Judges’ Award 2005
Charlie McCreevy
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER
FOR INTERNAL MARKETS AND SERVICES

LESS THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative &
Creative Plan Design
SMIC

OVER 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative &
Creative Plan Design
Roche

OVER 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Communications
Vodafone

LESS THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
Reuters

OVER 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
ABB

LESS THAN 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
Agilent Technologies

OVER 30,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
BP, plc

GEO STARS

Outstanding
Chapter Leader
Nicholas Greenacre, UK

Outstanding
Chapter Leader
Stacy Fox, US

Outstanding
New Chapter Leader
Mary Samsa,
Midwest, US

Outstanding
Chapter Development
Simon Sloan,
Ireland

Execptional Merit For
Chapter Developement
DACH Chapter
(Deutschland, Austria and Switzerland Chapter)

Outstanding Contribution
One Day Events
Warren Miles &
Chris Galway, Australia

Outstanding Contribution
2005 GEO Awards
Kate Berry, UK

* The GEO Stars are awarded by the GEO board and staff.

2005 JUDGES

Jeff D Grady
(US)
Director, Global Compensation of VNU, Inc. in New York

Diane Hay
(US)
Senior tax official with extensive knowledge of share plans

Debi O’Donovan
(UK)
Editor of the UK-based Employee Benefits magazine

BROCHURE & PHOTOS

Downloan the
Award Recipient
Booklet 2005 (pdf)

PHOTOS

AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Judges’ Award 2004
Professor Joseph Blasi

10,000 - 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Communications
Agilent Technologies

OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Communications
HBOS plc

LESS THAN 10,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
(OPERATIONAL)
Axcan Pharma

10,000 - 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
(COMMUNICATION)
Astra Zeneca

OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
(ADMINISTRATION/OPERATIONAL)
GlaxoSmithKline

OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Use of Technology
(COMMUNICATION)
UBS

OVER 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Most Innovative
& Creative Plan Design
Roche

UNDER 10,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
Xansa

10,000 - 60,000 EMPLOYEES
Best Plan Effectiveness
Imperial Tobacco

GEO STARS

Creative Contribution
“GEO Glossary of Terms”
Peter Howells
and
Nick McKenna

San Diego Chapter Coordinator
Lisa Murzic

European Outreach and Development
Rik Stikkelbroeck

US West Coast One Day Coordinator
Fred Whittlesey

DACH Chapter
Deutchsland, Austria and Switzerland Chapter

* The GEO Stars are awarded by the GEO board and staff.

2004 JUDGES

Andy Hodges
(UK)
Aviva plc

Maoilíosa Ó Cúlacháin
(IR)
eircom

David Tuch
(UK)
KPMG

BROCHURE

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Award Recipient
Booklet (.pdf)

AWARD RECIPIENTS

LESS THAN 35,000 EMPLOYEES
Communication Category
Xansa

35,000 – 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Communication Category
Abbott Laboratories

OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Communication Category
Michelin Group

LESS THAN 35,000 EMPLOYEES
Use of Technology Category
Cisco Systems

35,000 – 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Use of Technology Category
Nokia

OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Use of Technology Category
International Paper

35,000 – 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Innovative and Creative Plan Category
HBOS plc

OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Innovative and Creative Plan Category
Michelin Group

OVER 75,000 EMPLOYEES
Plan Effectiveness Category
Procter & Gamble

CORPORATE ATTENDEES

Abacus Global

Citigroup

Computershare

Hill Samuel

Linklaters

Lloyds TSB Registrars

Merrill Lynch

MercerPinsents

PricewaterhouseCoopers

UBS

2003 JUDGES

Ed Carberry
(US)
Cornell University

Maoilíosa Ó Cúlacháin
(IR)
eircom

Nigel Turner
(UK)
BP plc

Mark van Beusekom
(NL)
PS Participation Solutions

BROCHURE

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Award Recipient
Brochure (.pdf)

Award Winner
Brochure with
Advertisements
(.pdf)

AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Judges’ Award 2002
Gordon Brown
UK Finance Minister
House of Commons

LESS THAN 15,000 EMPLOYEES
Communication Category
PerkinElmer

OVER 15,000 EMPLOYEES
Communication Category
BP

LESS THAN 15,000 EMPLOYEES
Innovative and
Creative Plan Category
Swiss Re

OVER 15,000 EMPLOYEES
Innovative and
Creative Plan Category
BP
Pearson

CORPORATE ATTENDEES

Abacus

Computershare

Ernst & Young

Jones, Day,
Reavis & Pogue

Linklaters

Merrill Lynch

Mourant

Pinsents

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Salomon Smith Barney

UBS PaineWebber

Watson Wyatt

2002 JUDGES

George Greenham
HR Consultant

Mark van Beusekom
PS Participation Solutions

BROCHURE

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Award Recipient
Booklet (.pdf)