Waste Management's winning double

Kim Ellis

Waste Management has been named Company of the Year and its managing director, Kim Ellis, Executive of the Year in the Deloitte/Management magazine top 200 awards.

The Auckland-based rubbish disposal company also won the award in 1996. Since then it has delivered about 20 per cent revenue growth each year and made "an ambitious and now highly productive expansion foray into Australia".

Judges cited Ellis' "incredible track record of consistent growth, strong-profit performance, strategic implementation and delivery of best management practice".

They said he "puts great store by doing it right, looking after his people and thinking about the impact of his enterprise's actions on the community and the environment".

The other finalists for Executive of the Year were Mike Daniell of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Doug Heffernan of Mighty River Power. 


The winners

* Company of the Year: Waste Management
* Executive of the Year: Kim Ellis of Waste Management
* Chairperson of the Year: Sam Lewis of AFFCO
* Young Executive of the Year Award: Grant Watson, vice-president operations, McDonald's Restaurants (NZ)
* Most Improved Performance Award: AFFCO
* Best Growth Strategy: Navman
* Emerging Enterprise Award: Cadmus Technology
* Business Ethics Award: Honda New Zealand
* Visionary Leader Award: Stephen Tindall