{"id":6267,"date":"2024-12-10T18:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ocni.ca\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2024-12-10T18:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T18:19:30","slug":"the-organization-of-canadian-nuclear-industries-congratulates-its-2024-service-excellence-award-winners-and-announces-new-and-returning-directors-at-its-annual-general-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/10\/the-organization-of-canadian-nuclear-industries-congratulates-its-2024-service-excellence-award-winners-and-announces-new-and-returning-directors-at-its-annual-general-meeting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries Congratulates its 2024 Service Excellence Award Winners and Announces New and Returning Directors at its Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>December 9, 2024, Pickering, Ontario<\/strong> \u2013 The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) held its AGM, Awards, and Holiday Luncheon \u2013 a 45th Anniversary Celebration Event on December 5th with broad participation from 260+ member companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The 2024 OCNI Service Excellence Awards were presented to 13 OCNI member companies by OCNI Interim President and CEO Brian Fehrenbach. &#8220;The OCNI Service Excellence Awards are a celebration of the remarkable achievements within our industry and membership. This year, we proudly recognized milestones of our 45th Anniversary, such as our founding members, and introduced the newly established <strong>Legacy of Excellence Award<\/strong>, which honours the late Brian Agnew, a deeply respected OCNI Board member and passionate advocate for the nuclear supply chain. These awards are not just about individual recognition but about showcasing the collective talent, dedication, and innovation that make our community exceptional,&#8221; said Brian Fehrenbach.<br><br>Awards presented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cLegacy of Excellence\u201d Award: Framatome Canada Ltd. <\/strong>for their profound and lasting impact on the nuclear industry, demonstrating decades of leadership, meaningful partnerships, and sustained contributions that have helped shape and strengthen the nuclear supply chain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cBalance Means Business\u201d Award: Lisa McBride<\/strong> for her exceptional leadership in advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, fostering a workplace where balance drives innovation and success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cSmall Service Excellence\u201d Award: Caitlin Stone Consulting<\/strong> for their dedication to excellence, and unwavering community support that set a standard of professionalism and care that inspires all.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cService Excellence\u201d Award: Promation Nuclear <\/strong>for their unwavering commitment to outstanding service, exceeding expectations, and fostering excellence through innovation and team development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cInnovation\u201d Award: Deep Trekker <\/strong>for their groundbreaking innovation, creativity, and forward-thinking solutions that address challenges with originality and impact.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cExport\u201d Award: AtkinsR\u00e9alis<\/strong> for exceptional achievements in international business and export success; their innovative strategies, competitive edge, and dedication to excellence have set a high standard in the global marketplace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cSpecial Contribution\u201d Award: Jeff Acorn, Matt MacDonald, and Ron Oberth <\/strong>for their outstanding contributions, unwavering dedication, and remarkable impact on the advancement of the nuclear industry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u201cFounding Members\u201d Award: AtkinsR\u00e9alis, BWXT Canada Ltd., L3Harris MAPPS Inc., Lakeside Process Controls, and Sulzer Pumps (Canada) Incorporated <\/strong>for their vital support to OCNI and key contributions to building the Canadian nuclear industry supply chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OCNI was pleased to honour outgoing Board Director <strong>Matt MacDonald<\/strong>, who displayed initiative, leadership, and diligence on a wide variety of OCNI assignments during his tenure on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OCNI is also pleased to announce that <strong>Fabricia Pi\u00f1eiro Tresierra<\/strong> was re-elected as Chair of the Board of Directors, along with <strong>Lisa McBride<\/strong> as Vice Chair, <strong>Emma Hauch<\/strong> as Secretary, and <strong>Tanya Bodiroga<\/strong> as Treasurer. OCNI members also approved the appointment of five new and returning directors for three-year terms on the 14- person OCNI Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of OCNI directors (in alphabetical order) for 2024-25 includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ahab Abdel-Aziz of Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tanya Bodiroga of Framatome Canada, Treasurer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susan Brissette of Wild Matriarch Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael H. Chatlani of L3Harris MAPPS Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vinod Chugh of Power Generation Integrated \u2013 newly elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrian Davies of AtkinsR\u00e9alis \u2013 newly elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jasdeep Dulku of ShawFlex<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iftikhar Haque of Terrestrial Energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emma Hauch of ATS Industrial Automation, Secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa McBride of GE Hitachi \u2013 returning, newly elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fabricia Pi\u00f1eiro Tresierra of Westinghouse Electric Company, Chair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Louie Shoukas of PCL Industrial Constructors \u2013 returning, newly elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ed Veckie of Unified Engineering \u2013 newly elected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mimi Ginger Wilde of Hatch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We extend our gratitude to all candidates who stepped forward to nominate themselves for this year&#8217;s board of director elections. The slate of candidates was truly impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/20241205_1458140-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6260\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Directors pictured left to right: Adrian Davies \u2013 AtkinsR\u00e9alis, Vinod Chugh \u2013 Power Generation Integrated, Emma Hauch \u2013 ATS Automation, Tanya Bodiroga \u2013 Framatome Canada, Susan Brissette \u2013 Wild Matriarch Inc., Fabricia Pi\u00f1eiro Tresierra \u2013 Westinghouse Electric Company, Mimi Ginger Wilde \u2013 Hatch, Ed Veckie \u2013 Unified Engineering, Lisa McBride \u2013 GE Hitachi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-30-<br><strong>Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) <\/strong>is an association of more than 260 suppliers to the Canadian and international nuclear industry that employ more than 15,000 highly skilled and specialized engineers, technologists, and trades people. OCNI companies design reactors, manufacture major equipment and components, and provide engineering services and support to CANDU nuclear power plants in Canada as well as to CANDU and Light Water Reactor (LWR) plants in offshore markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact:<br><strong>Brian Fehrenbach<\/strong>, Interim President and CEO, Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries<br>905.830.0073 or 365.885.9533, brian.fehrenbach@ocni.ca.<br><strong>Lauren Lowns<\/strong>, Senior Manager, Operations and Membership, Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries<br>905.839.0073 or 289.980.7700, lauren.lowns@ocni.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 9, 2024, Pickering, Ontario \u2013 The Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) held its AGM, Awards, and Holiday Luncheon \u2013 a 45th Anniversary Celebration Event on December 5th with broad participation from 260+ member companies. The 2024 OCNI Service Excellence Awards were presented to 13 OCNI member companies by OCNI Interim President and CEO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocni.mbc-inc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}