Top 5 are APA Members

The Finalists (L:R): Jennifer Batty, Zara Dyer, Louisa James (Winner), Christopher Juliff and Sharon Walsh

All five finalists in the Hays and The Times 'PA of the Year' Award 2011 are APA Members.

Gareth Osborne said: "We are thrilled to have such outstanding PAs in Membership and many more could equally well have been shortlisted if they had applied. I have sat on many different award judging panels in the past and organisers always suggest it was a tough decision between the final group but this really was! Frankly, any one of the top five (and most of the top 16 - the shortlist) could equally well have taken the title. Louisa pipped others to the post based entirely on her project management skills. She is a worthy champion but amongst a group of exceptional finalists."

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