Institute of Internal Communication

Winners of the COTY Awards

1976                                  The Spastics Society

1977                 Charles Boxer, Communication Relations Officer, London
                        Borough of Wandsworth 

1978                                  Freddie Laker, Chief Executive, Laker Airways

1979                                  Sir John Methven, Director General, Confederation of British Industry

1980                                  Sir James Goldsmith, Founder of NOW! Magazine

1981                                  Sir Peter Parker, Chairman, British Rail

1982                                  Peter Prior, Chairman, HP Bulmer Holdings

1983                                  Sir Austin Pearce, Chairman, British Aerospace

1984                                  Sir Kenneth Newman, Commissioner, Metropolitan Police

1985                                  Colin Marshall, Chief Executive, British Airways

1986                                  John Egan, Chairman and Chief Executive, Jaguar Cars

1987                                  Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Airways

1988                                  Anita Roddick, Managing Director, The Body Shop

1989                                  Michael Bishop, Chairman, British Midland Airways

1990                                  John Cole, Political Editor, British Broadcasting Corporation

1991                                  Robert Horton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The British Petroleum Company

Special Award to The Friends of John McCarthy for the campaign they waged 

1992                                  Howard Davies, Director General, Confederation of British Industry

Special Award to Anne Diamond for her work in highlighting cot death

1993                                  Sir Robert Scott, Chairman, Manchester 2000 

Special Award to Colin Parry for his efforts towards peace in Northern Ireland, following the Warrington bombing

1994                                  John Towers, Chief Executive, Rover Group

Team Award to Rover Group

Special Award posthumously to Roy Castle for his work on the Cause for Hope Appeal

1995                                  Julian Richer, Chairman, Richer Sounds

Environmental Award to Dr David Bellamy

Internal Award to Neil Jones  

2001                                  Matt Barrett, Chief Executive Officer,  Barclays plc

Environmental Award to Jonathon Porritt

Charity Award to David Reading of the Anaphylaxis Campaign 

2002                                  Major Sir Michael Parker,

Internal Communicator of the Year - Public Sector Major Peter Boxell, British Army 

Internal Communicator of the Year - Private Sector Katie Hadgraft, Editorial Manager, Cable & Wireless plc

2003                 John Timpson

                        Internal Communicators of the Year - Joint Awards to Ken Runicles of BT and Eleanor Kyles of J Sainsbury plc

2004                 Business Communicator of the Year

                        (Delia Smith - Unable to accept the Award)

                        Jacqueline Gold, Ann Summers

                        Internal Communicator of the Year - Ann Galletly, Severn Trent Water

2005                 Business Communicator of the Year
the Olympic bid committee

                        Internal Communicator of the Year
                        Megan Wiltshire, Heathrow's Terminal 5 

2006                 Business Communicator of the Year
                       Justin King (Sainsbury's)

                        Internal Communicator of the Year
                        Sue Mason (Rolls-Royce)

2007                Business Communicator of the Year
                       Deanna Oppenheimer, Chief Executive of Barclays Retail Banking

                       Internal Communicator of the Year
                       Juliet Ward, Internal Communications Executive at NFU Mutual.

                       A special award was given to Jonathon Porritt, Director of Forum 
                       for the Future, naming him ‘Business Influencer Of The Year’.