New Zealand businesswoman Katherine Corich has been named a finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year category of the 2009 British business awards.
Corich is founder and managing director of a change management and business process consulting firm Sysdoc.
Three years ago she moved to Britain to develop the British and European side of the business.
Despite the recession the company achieved sales growth in Britain of more than 42% in the last year.
The company's annual turnover in Britain is about $15 million with strong profitability, and it now operates in Britain, the US, Australia, and New Zealand.
Corich is a previous category winner in the New Zealand Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards.
She grew up on the Kapiti Coast, attending Kapiti College, before completing an MA at Canterbury University in Christchurch.
