aql CEO & Founder, Professor Adam Beaumont awarded IoD International Director of the Year

We are thrilled to share that our Founder, Professor Adam Beaumont has won International Director of the Year at the Yorkshire & Humber IOD Awards.

Underpinning the international communications needs of global brands including some of the worlds largest technology scale-ups. For the past two decades, aql has built up integrated communications services for tens of thousands of clients across over 20 key countries. As part of these services through aql’s international telecoms and data networks, the team are able to connect clients to their customers in over 150 countries.

Adam’s work to promote international trade and collaboration extends to his work as Consul to the UK on behalf of the Republic of Estonia. Also global collaborations through his not-for-profit, Northinvest and also leading several trade delegations overseas on behalf of the Northern Powerhouse. He was also appointed recently to the Executive board of Eden Project International to help drive Edens international impact.

Adam commented on the award, “As a CEO it’s important to remember to say thanks to our teams. To me, this award is a thank you from the business community and kind recognition for our support for tech throughout the Northern Powerhouse. We rarely share just how broad our impact is globally at aql. This award is a fantastic opportunity to talk about the vast reach our connectivity provides for our clients.”

Adam recently also chaired a panel at the Telegraph Festival of Business on how technology can be used for good within business - bringing immediate international opportunity to startups.
Read more about it in the Telegraph article

Adam was also listed as one of the UK’s top 100 innovators in the Sunday Times Maserati awards.

To find out more about the IOD awards, take a look at the following:
Yorkshire post
Business Desk
IOD page of winners