Best Young Director
Charlie Gilichibi
Charlie Gilichibi is the Young Director of the Year award winner for 2010. Charlie, 32, is currently the IT Manager and Special Projects Coordinator at NASFUND and has been since 2005. Charlie was elected a director to the Transparency International (PNG) Inc. board in March of 2009. He has contributed effectively towards the board's overall discharge of responsibilities on TIPNG's performance, compliance to its governance regime and the continued improvement of outcomes to its short and long term objectives.

Innovative Company
DataNets

Computer firm Data Nets is the New Innovative Company for 2010. It's General Manager Sundar Ramamurhty received the award at the awards dinner. Data Nets Limited was started in late 1993 and specialises in data communications and mobile computing and has since, expanded into being an Internet Service Provider. But this is not the first time the company has put innovative ideas into its business...it has been doing that since it opened for business in 1994.

Female Director
Tamzin Wardley
Tamzin Wardley is the Female Director of the Year award winner for 2010. She joined the PNG Sustainable Development Program at the end of 2009 after working for 15 years for WR Carpenters. At WR Carpenters, Tamzin worked her way up from Group Accountant to Finance Director and Managing Director. Directorships at WR Carpenters covered some 28 companies across PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Australia. Her directorships include roles on the PNG Sports Federation and Olympic Committee, and now the Organising Committee of the 2015 Pacific Games.

Male Director
Manesh Patel
Mahesh Patel of the CPL Group of companies is the winner of the Male Director of the Year 2010. He is the chairman of one of the country's largest chain of pharmacy, hardware and supermarket outlets company. Mahesh founded CPL Group back in 1987 with only two staff. Today, the group employs almost 2000 people with a turnover in excess of K300 million per annum.