Prestigious Walter L Hurd Executive Medal Conferred On Atul Temurnikar, Co-Founder And Chairman Of Global Schools Foundation

October 17, 2014

Prestigious Walter L Hurd Executive medal conferred on Atul Temurnikar, Co-founder and Chairman of Global Schools Foundation

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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;" align="justify">The nominating committee for the Walter L. Hurd Foundation and the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) has selected Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Schools Foundation and Mr B G Shenoy, Director, Global Centre for Education Excellence to receive the prestigious Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal for 2014. The medal will be presented at APQO&rsquo;s annual conference on November 23, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.</p>
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<p style="color: #e0fcfc; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><em>The Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal is presented annually to an executive (president, CEO, principal, owner, or senior vice president of a major corporation) who has demonstrated exceptional adherence to quality principles and provide leadership in the quality movement, both within his/her organization and outside of that organization. This individual must be an excellent role model for executives throughout the Pacific Rim nations, with an excellent personal reputation and a high degree of integrity.</em></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;" align="justify"><a style="color: #000000;" name="the"></a>The Foundation is named after Walter L. Hurd to honour his many contributions and continuous interest in furthering the quality movement in the Americas, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Recipients of the Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal are role models for other business leaders to follow. Previous winners of this distinguished award include:</p>
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<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Tan Pheng Hock, President/CEO, Singapore Technologies, Singapore</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Horst Schulze, President, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, USA</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Mr Zhenghuan Song, Goodbaby International, China</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Lt General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, UAE</li>
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<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Ko Nishimura, Chief Executive Officer, Solectron, USA,</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Feliciano Torres, President, Yazaki-Torres Manufacturing, Philippines</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Stuart Young, President, Interlock, New Zealand</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Takanori Yoneyama, President of Konica, Japan</li>
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<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Mr Yuan Xing, Chairman, Alcatel Shanghai Bell Company Limited, Shanghai</li>
<li style="padding: 5px 0px; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;">Dr Alfredo Elias Ayub, General Director of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Mexico</li>
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The nominating committee for the Walter L. Hurd Foundation and the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) has selected Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Schools Foundation and Mr B G Shenoy, Director, Global Centre for Education Excellence to receive the prestigious Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal for 2014. The medal will be presented at APQO’s annual conference on November 23, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal is presented annually to an executive (president, CEO, principal, owner, or senior vice president of a major corporation) who has demonstrated exceptional adherence to quality principles and provide leadership in the quality movement, both within his/her organization and outside of that organization. This individual must be an excellent role model for executives throughout the Pacific Rim nations, with an excellent personal reputation and a high degree of integrity.

The Foundation is named after Walter L. Hurd to honour his many contributions and continuous interest in furthering the quality movement in the Americas, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Recipients of the Walter L. Hurd Executive Medal are role models for other business leaders to follow. Previous winners of this distinguished award include:

Dr Toyoda, CEO of Toyota
Tan Pheng Hock, President/CEO, Singapore Technologies, Singapore
Horst Schulze, President, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, USA
Mr Zhenghuan Song, Goodbaby International, China
Lt General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, UAE
Sister Mary Jean Ryan, SSM Heath Care, USA
Ko Nishimura, Chief Executive Officer, Solectron, USA,
Feliciano Torres, President, Yazaki-Torres Manufacturing, Philippines
Stuart Young, President, Interlock, New Zealand
Takanori Yoneyama, President of Konica, Japan
Ambrish K. Maheshwari, President, Thai Acrylic Fibre Co, Ltd.
Mr Yuan Xing, Chairman, Alcatel Shanghai Bell Company Limited, Shanghai
Dr Alfredo Elias Ayub, General Director of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), Mexico