Award Winning Annie

Published: 02 Feb 2012   updated: 30 Apr 2012

A former EHS pupil has been named the winner of a prestigious award at a ceremony held in London this week.

EHS old girl, Annie Metcalfe, was delighted to be awarded the coveted Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) Student Award in recognition of academic excellence.

ABPCO is the UK organisation for Professional Conference and Event Organisers, industry colleagues and those studying for or pursuing a career in the Meetings Industry. The organisation announced the winners of its first ever awards ceremony at its celebratory Anniversary Gala dinner held at St Paul's cathedral.

On the evening, Annie was presented with a unique glass piece created by the National Glass Centre of Sunderland, specially commissioned to commemorate the awards in celebration of ABPCO's 25th anniversary year.

ABPCO Chair Michael Foreman said: "I am delighted to have had the honour of presenting these first ever ABPCO awards on such a momentous occasion as our 25th anniversary celebration. ABPCO has always stood for excellence in conferencing and events and the winners of these awards have been recognised for outstanding contributions in their respective categories. We received some excellent nominations for the awards and the winners should be proud of their achievement in receiving this accolade."

Annie, who left EHS in 2008 after seven years in the Senior School, was an active member of school and sat on the Sixth Form Committee in her final year. She is currently studying Events Management at Leeds Metropolitan University.

We send our warmest congratulations to Annie and shall continue to watch her career with interest.