EVERYDAY AMAZING

Meet the winners of the 2022 Finlays United Global Recognition Awards.

Words: Rachael Steed

LIVING OUR TRUSTED VALUE Cathy Bell – Product Availability Manager, Finlays Beverages The Living Our Trusted Value award recognises individuals who demonstrate accountability both in what they do and how they do it. Throughout the implementation of Anaplan, our new Demand Planning system, Cathy exemplified our trusted value. She worked tirelessly with her colleagues and the system developers to ensure the effectiveness of the system. 2^nd Place: Janaka Weeraratna – Staff Officer, Finlays Colombo3^rd Place: Thom Walton – Group Head of Marketing and Communications, James Finlay Limited

LIVING OUR SUSTAINABLE VALUE

Huang Nanhu – Production Manager, Damin Huang’s leadership throughout the implementation of the Damin Water Conservation project is a fantastic example of our sustainable value. This project has not only delivered environmental benefits by saving approximated 10,000 tonnes of water each year, but it has also reduced production costs. Thanks to this project, Damin has been officially recognised as a water-saving enterprise by the local Zhangzhou government.2^nd Place: Lallini Croos –Sustainability Manager & Sapumal De Alwis – Factory Engineer, Finlays Colombo3^rd Place: Hilary Hursh – Director, Finlays Americas Applications, Finlays Americas LIVING OUR INNOVATIVE VALUEThe Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) Team (Jordan Cutts – Engineering Team Manager, Sarah Padgett – Engineering Planner, Paul Dilks – IT Applications Specialist, & Keith Peacock – Facilities Coordinator) Finlay Beverages

The Living our Innovative Value Award recognises individuals who come up with innovative solutions to improve business and operational performance. The CMMS team are a perfect example of this value, having innovated and implemented an internal CMMS that helps to record details of all maintenance work carried out on site. The system was designed and implemented entirely by the team.2^nd Place: Aaron Oakes - Principal Scientist Sensory, Finlays Americas3^rd Place: The Farm App Team (Andrea Berg – Chief of Sustainability, Federico Benay – Chief of Agriculture, Jorge Savoini – System Manager, Gustavo De Benito – IT Manager, Florencia Sosa – Finance Director, Enzo Da Rosa – Chief of Plant Operations, Sergio Duarte – Chief of Plant Operations, Luis Sommer), Casa Fuentes

THE SAFETY CHAMPION AWARD Meknath Vidi – Site Engineering Manager, Finlay Beverages The Safety Champion Award recognises individuals who are not employed within a Health and Safety role but demonstrate exemplary safety leadership. Meknath did just that by introducing a bespoke Permit to Work system, which identifies specific hazards that need to be managed. To ensure the effectiveness of the new system, Meknath worked collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders and even delivered training to his colleagues.2^nd Place: The Forklift Team (Mackdonald Njuguna, John Oyoo, Joseph Afundi, Mercy Gichore, Muthoka Nzinga, Juma Junju, Noel Katembo, Shaphan Mnyaka, Eric Dando, Sunil Githinji, Isaiah Goro) Finlays Mombasa3^rd Place: Juan Macarrein – Chief of Plant Operations, Casa Fuentes

THE DELIVERING TOGETHER AWARDThe Production Department (D. S. Kapilarathna, J. M. Bernart, P Manoharan, J. M. W. Dissanayake, L. P. Susantha, R. A. Sandya, K. P. S. Kumara, Dinesh Rodrigo, Thilna Prasad, Rohitha Bandara, Ruwan Kumara, U. D. S. Shantha, H. A. M. Dhammika, A. P. A. Nandasiri, W. Senarathne, M. K. R. Nalinda, F. K. S. P. Silva, I. Harischandara, S. Chandrakumar and Shiromika Lakshmi), Finlays Colombo The Delivering Together Award recognises a group of individuals, or a team, who work together to deliver outstanding performance and results. The Finlays Colombo Production Department are an outstanding example of delivering together. Despite the economic crisis faced by Sri Lanka in 2022, the production department worked collaboratively to achieve uninterrupted production, on-time delivery and customer satisfaction. This team truly went above and beyond to support each other and the business during a very challenging time for their country. 2^nd Place – The Aldi Product Development Team (Rebecca West – Business Manager, Rebecca Coath – Category Manager, Sarah Martin, Thom Berriman – Production Planner, Holly Siberry – Production Planner, Daniel Brockman – Warehouse Operative, Suzannah Gore – Sustainability Manager, Dixie Fallows – Technical Manager, Oliver Gregory – Commercial Executive, Paul Jefferies – Head of Tea, Dan Moore – Senior Blender, and Frances Musgrave – Tea Blender/Buyer), Finlay Beverages3^rd Place – The Group Quality and SRA Team (Katie Carter – Global Quality Systems Manager, Jenny Dresse – Quality Development Manager, Roberto Sabater – QA Manager – Supply Chain, Sei-Wai Tse – Group SRA Manager), James Finlay Limited

THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARDThe Saosa Team , Saosa The Outstanding Performance Award recognises individuals or teams who have delivered an outstanding performance and results. The Saosa team worked collectively to deliver an exceptional performance in 2022. This included over-delivering on tea extract and EBIT budgets as well as delivering a strong OEE. 2^nd Place: The Commercial Team (Rebecca West – Business Manager, Sally McCarthy – Business Manager, Claire Hardy – Business Manager, Stuart Kinghorn – Business Manager, Chris Talkes – Business Development Manager, Paul Houlker – Business Manager and Oliver Gregory – Commercial Executive)3^rd Place: The Damin Sales Team (Wang Zhihong, Yang Yuanwang, and Zhu Yimin), Damin