At the conclusion of the recent COA Meeting in Barcelona, Patrick Hicks, General Secretary of the COA, was presented with the BIC Award for 2025 by Philippe Berard and Giordano Guerrini, Members of the BIC Board, together with Douglas Owen, Secretary General of BIC.

Speaking after the presentation, Patrick said: “I’m deeply honoured to receive this award. My sincere thanks to BIC for presenting it to me. I also see this as recognition of the many years of work by my colleagues Colin Rubery and Kate Marszalek, as well as the COA Board and the many COA members who have contributed so much to the Association and to our industry over the COA’s 20 years.”

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Doug Owen, BIC Secretary General, presents the Award to Patrick Hicks