WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:

Working Families and American Express, Britain’s Best Boss 2007

Chris Brindley, Regional Managing Director for NatWest North, is this year’s winner of the prestigious Working Families American Express Best Boss Competition.

Chris Brindley comments:

"NatWest is a very large organisation, but I don’t want it to be an impersonal place to work. I want staff to feel that they are part of our family. A person’s working life impacts on their home life and on the wider community, so being a good leader is about supporting your staff in both their professional and personal development."

Work-life balance is clearly of great importance to Chris personally: "I have a brilliant work-life balance. Money can’t ever replace time with children. I tell everyone what my priorities are and about my values. If I am a great boss that is fantastic but I also want to be a great dad, and that is just as important."

Chris will be officially declared Best Boss at a celebratory luncheon at the House of Lords on Wednesday 12th March 2008.

Sarah Jackson OBE, Chief Executive of Working Families, comments:

"Chris Brindley embodies the success at work and success at home which we are looking for; importantly he shows that they are not incompatible."

Ramón Martín, Country Manager UK and Ireland, American Express, adds: "Chris exemplifies the sort of leadership that American Express is proud to champion. He combines a keen business sense with a set of personal values that place family responsibilities and a wider sense of community at the heart of the workplace.

These values are also shared by American Express, and are the reason we are so pleased to be sponsoring this award."

To find out more about the Best Boss competition click here

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