Guyanese Terry Sawh, President of Topnotch Group of Companies of Canada, copped the Procurement Advocate of the Year Award at the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council`s (CAMSC) 7th Annual Business Achievement Awards Presentation recently held at the prestigious Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
The Procurement Advocate of the Year Award is offered to an individual who strongly promotes supplier diversity through outreach activities to various groups and is respected by their peers for advocating supplier diversity in Canada. Sawh has satisfied the criteria for the award for his activities in promoting diversity in the Canadian society.
In identifying Sawh for this award, CAMSC said that the organisation recognizes his strong history as an advocate for supplier diversity. Sawh has been active as a Certified Supplier with CAMSC for the past 5 years. He served with distinction as Chair of the Supplier Input Committee for two years and was part of the inaugural National Minority Supplier Diversity Council`s (NMSDC) mission to China.
He actively engages with corporate executives and public policy makers to educate and advocate the benefits of supplier diversity as well as engaging diverse suppliers to take advantage of these potential opportunities.
Coming from humble beginnings in his native Guyana, Sawh migrated to Canada as a teenager in the 70`s and by dint of hard work, perseverance and belief in himself, he rose to establish the very successful Topnotch Group of Companies which encompasses recruitment services, debt collections and call centre activities.
In 2009 he published a book titled “Immigrating to Canada: A realistic path to success” which provides valuable guidance and tips to new immigrants to Canada to allow them to integrate in their new homeland. In that year he also earned the People`s Choice award as one of Canada`s Top 25 Immigrants to Canada.
In receiving the honor, Sawh said; “This award validates my argument that supplier diversity is a business proposition which continues to drive me to educate my fellow business people, various diverse groups and suppliers on the potential as well as the opportunities in gaining supplier access to mainstream North American corporations”.
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