MARGARET HIRSCH’S BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION LAUNCHED IN BALLITO
A fashion show with girls from the Simply Models wearing beautifully designed “coastal corporate” ware from Calico, and food prepared by the recently launched Divas catering company kicked off the launch of Ballito’s Business Woman of the year competition.
The competition is being run on a monthly basis at all Hirsch branches, and will culminate in a Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the year winner being announced in each branch in August 2015.
Over the last two years, Margaret has been the recipient of a variety of awards to acknowledge her contribution to the business world in South Africa, from the BWASA Business Woman of the Year (Entrepreneur) award in 2012 to SANLAM’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship in 2013. This year she was a nominee in the Standard Bank sponsored Business Woman of the Year (Topco) Awards.
“Winning these awards has been wonderful – both for Hirsch’s and for me personally, and I would like to see this happening to other women in business.” Margaret explained when she decided to launch the Margaret Hirsch Business Woman of the Year Award in each area in which Hirsch’s operates throughout South Africa. “As women, we tend not to be assertive enough. There are so many fantastic women out there who are not coming forward to be acknowledged for their contribution to the business world, and I would like to encourage them to come forward and enter the competition or nominate a friend or business owner who they would like to be recognized for this award and if you think you are a successful business woman don’t be too shy to enter yourself!” she said. www.hirschs.co.za