Veera Johnson – CEO of ProcServe – is named “Asian Business Woman of the Year”
At an awards ceremony held at London’s Park Lane Hilton on May 20 Veera Johnson was named as Business Woman of the Year at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards. Veera is CEO of PA venture company, ProcServe, the leading provider of procurement and electronic trading solutions.
Veera said: “I am humbled that amongst such a strong group of my peers the panel, led by James Caan, chose to honour me with this accolade. This award follows on from the recent public acknowledgement of Zanzibar, the collaborative e-procurement shared service delivered on behalf of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Martin Jay, who led the collaborative procurement workstream of the Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Review, pin-pointed Zanzibar as key to delivering multi-billion pound savings for the UK Government. All of this is great news for everyone at ProcServe, though I won’t forget that at heart I’m just a girl from Preston!”
Jon Moynihan said: “All of us at PA and ProcServe are delighted for Veera to have this great recognition from the Asian business community through this award. Here at PA it was her ability, creativity, passion and dedication to whatever task she was given that marked her out for professional success. The leadership she has shown in building ProcServe to a multi-million pound business delivering year on year growth even in these difficult times has made the company a showcase to her qualities.”
The Asian Women of Achievement Awards, co-founded by Pinky Lilani OBE in 1999, were conceived to celebrate the often unsung Asian heroines of British life. Such women make a huge contribution in fields as diverse as business, entrepreneurship and social and humanitarian work.
