Pictured above: Jacky Isaac who was voted Team Player of the
Year at the Stadium Business Awards 2011
A senior management figure at the Ricoh Arena and Coventry City
has won a top international award in Barcelona.
Jacky Isaac was crowned Team Player of the Year at the Stadium
Business Awards 2011 at a gala dinner at Camp Nou.
The Stadium Business Awards were created to showcase innovation,
professionalism and best practice within the stadium industry.
Jacky, who is human resources and operations director at the
multi-purpose Ricoh Arena and human resources director at Coventry
City, was chosen by an independent panel of industry
experts.
Her responsibilities include handling human resources and
staffing issues for the Ricoh and Coventry City and establishing
new policies in line with current legislation as well as running
the joint venture agreement with the Compass Group which is a
£10 million a year business.
"I was surprised to be shortlisted and even more amazed to win,"
Jacky said.
"Working for the Ricoh and the Sky Blues is extremely varied and
that is one of the reasons why I love it.
"One minute I can be working on behind-the-scenes preparations
for a football match and the next involved in the logistics of
hosting a conference for over 3,000 delegates.
"It is challenging and hard work but extremely rewarding and
every day is different."
Ricoh Area chief executive Daniel Gidney added: "Jacky
thoroughly deserves to have won this award because she is an
integral part of our management team.
"Like all team players, people truly notice when she is not
around - which is not very often.
"Being a HR director is never easy, but despite having to
oversee so many people in so many different roles, Jacky's feet are
always on the ground and she is one of the most popular members of
the team at the Ricoh."
Daniel was shortlisted in the Executive of the Year category at
the 2011 awards, events manager Justine Hewitt was nominated for
Rising Star and the venue's new conferencing and hotel facilities
were among the schemes in the Project of the Year section.