Women in Business Awards honors Fiji's outstanding women

Rohini Hamid of Redox Limited was awarded the 2019 Women in Business award while the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission won the Employer of Choice award.

While speaking at the Awards, Minister for Industry and Trade, Premila Kumar says that women should stand up and not accept criticism.

Kumar says she was honored to be celebrating women’s success in businesses in our country.

Kalpana Lal was awarded Excellence in Executive Leadership and Sudha Deo of Paradise Beverages was awarded with the Excellence in Industry Leadership.

Ashika Chand of Swire Shipping won the Manager of the Year Private Sector and Renuka Kumar of ANZ Banking Group Limited won the Senior Manager of the Year Private Sector.

Rowena Fong of Merchant Finance Limited was awarded the Executive Woman of the Year while Shagufta Janiff was awarded the Aspiring Entrepreneur of the Year.

Senior Manager of the Year Public Sector was won by the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation’s Shamni Lochan and Manager of the Year Public Manager was won by Tupou’tuah Baravilala of the Attorney General’s Office.

The Women in Business Awards is a platform to honour Fiji’s outstanding women and recognises women who have demonstrated excellence in leadership in their business or profession and in their service to the industry.

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