The 2010 ICCO Business Excellence Awards - May 13

     
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ICCO Business Excellence Awards - May 13

On May 13 at the Liberty Grand, more than 600 people celebrated business excellence in the Italian-Canadian community at the 2010 Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario Business Excellence Awards (ICCO BEA), sponsored by Scotiabank.

The 2010 Business Excellence Award recipients were:

ICCO Business Excellence Award: Ms. Connie Clerici, Closing the Gap Healthcare Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers ICCO Next Generation Award: Mr. Pat DiCapo, PowerOne Capital Markets Limited
KPMG ICCO Community Building Award: Ms. Rossana Di Zio Magnotta, Magnotta Winery Corporation
Premio Ambasciata Italiana ICCO Arte, Scienza e Cultura: Ms. Gianna Patriarca, Poet
Scotiabank ICCO Environmental Leadership Award: Mr. Gino Di Rezze, Groundheat International

Before the gala awards ceremony began, guests were treated to cocktail receptions and hors d’oeuvres, lively music provided by Soprano Sara Papini, and the evening was emceed by two members of ICCO Forward (New division of the Chamber designed for people under 40) Stephanie Angelone and Nicolas J. Severino.

The evening was highlighted by the presence of his Worship Sergio Chiamparino, Mayor of Torino. Although this was not Mayor Chiamparino first visit to Canada, he was eager to speak about his City and to promote 2011’s Italia CentoCinquanta, marking 150 years since the 1861 creation of the Kingdom of Italy, the first nation uniting the peninsula. Torino was the original capital, of the unified Italy and many of the country’s celebratory events will be held there from March to November, 2011.

Mayor Chiamparino also presented longtime Toronto Star journalist Christopher Hume with the City of Torino Award, in recognition of the many stories Hume has written about Torino, commenting on that city’s progress over the past decade.

With such guests and five categories being represented by a group of five truly inspiring and influential winners, it is no surprise that the 8th annual Business Excellence Awards was a most successful endeavor.
The ICCO would like to thank all the supporting sponsors for their generosity:

Venue Sponsor: Liberty Grand

Cocktail Reception Sponsors: Italia 150 &City of Torino

ICCO Next Generation Award Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers

ICCO Community Building Award Sponsor: KPMG

Premio ICCO Arte, Scienza e Cultura: Ambasciata Italiana a Ottawa

Cars provided by Ferrari Maserati of Ontario& Fiat

Chocolate Sponsor: Ferrero Rocher

Coffee Sponsor: Faema

Limousine Service Sponsor: Luxury Coach

Video Sponsor: Telelatino Network

Water Sponsor: Italpasta

Wine Sponsor: Fontanafredda, Noble Estates, Italia 150 & Citta’ di Torino

Gift bag Sponsors: Alitalia, Diamante Development, Fiat, Liberty Grand, Novamont, Unico, VIARail

Prize Sponsor: – Trip to Torino - Sponsor: Italia 150, Citta’ di Torino  
 
The Italian Chamber of Commerce of Toronto would also like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to Scotiabank, the title sponsor of this year’s Business Excellence Awards.

Thank you to our Corporate Table Sponsors:

Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A.
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bell Canada
Canaccord Adams
City of Torino
City of Toronto
Closing the Gap Healthcare Group
Diamante Development Corporation
Groundheat Systems International Inc.
ICCO Forward
Inter-Transport Ltd.
Italpasta Limited
John Paul & Co.
KPMG
Liberty Grand Entertainment Group
Magnotta Winery Corporation
Matcor Group of Companies
Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc.
Multimedia Nova Corporation
Northwest LEXUS – Policaro Group
Novamont
OMNI Television
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
Pizza Nova
PowerOne Capital Markets Limited
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Scotiabank
Telelatino Network Inc.
Unico
We would also like to acknowledge the following companies who have joined us this evening:

City of Vaughan
Ernst & Young
Fashion Design Council of Canada (FDCC)
Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance
Hockley Valley Resort
Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation
Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua – MP Vaughan
ICCO Forward
LIUNA Canadian Tri-Fund
Sussex Strategy Group
The Sorbara Group
Toronto Forum for Global Cities

The 2010 ICCO Business Excellence Awards are generously sponsored by: