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On Tuesday October 14 2008, the Esop Centre and Institute held a black tie dinner and awards ceremony at the Oriental Club, London, to celebrate achievement in the employee share ownership world. The event was well attended, with around 70 guests. Shadow Treasury minister, David Gauke MP was the guest of honour. He gave a keynote speech in which he applauded, amongst other things, the Centre's efforts to refresh Sharesave schemes. | For the first time, the Institute named a student as "Esop Student of the year". Kristopher Poulton emerged as a clear winner, with exceptional performance in the Esop Institute diploma. He was awarded a Mont Blanc pen, together with vouchers for an inscription of his choice, generously donated by Mike Kemsley of Cyril Sweett plc. | 
| | From left: Mike Kemsley of Cyril Sweett plc, Kristopher Poulton of Deloitte & Touche LLP, David Gauke MP and Anna Burgess of The Esop Centre | The other award winners emerged from the European Centre's 'Best employee share ownership plan in Europe' 2008 competition. RSA won the large companies category and Telecity group won the SME category. Diageo and Pearson were both highly commended. | The guests were entertained by silhouette artist Megumi Biddle, who produced astonishing likenesses of the guests' faces in profile, using scissors and black card. |
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