2009 Winners pictured

2009 Bayer Innovators Award winners (from left) Prof. Richard Warrick, Dr Barney May (on behalf of winner Brian Ward), Senior Bayer Country Representative Hans-Dieter Hausner, Rod Walker, Hon. Dr Wayne Mapp (Minister for Research, Science and Technology), Prof Jim Johnston and Geoff Furgusson (on behalf of winner Patrick Costigan).

Awards categories and winners are as follows.

Science and Health: Dr Brian Ward - founder and chief executive of Mesynthes Ltd, a medical device company developing and manufacturing speciality devices for wound healing and tissue reconstruction.

Design and Engineering: Rod Walker, executive director and head of research and development at Simcro Animal Health Delivery Systems. The company specialises in manufacturing customised animal drug delivery systems for the pharmaceutical industry.

Agriculture and the Environment: Professor Richard Warrick, founding director and chairman of the board of Climsystems Ltd, which designs, develops, and markets advanced, user-friendly software systems for assessing climate variability and change.

Information Technology and Communications: Patrick Costigan, founder of Motorweb and chairman of the New Zealand Inventors Trust. Motorweb is a web-based e-government system which facilitates motor industry transactions with government departments while improving consumer protection and reducing legal compliance costs.

Research and Development: Professor Jim Johnston, Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, at Victoria University of Wellington. Professor Johnston is internationally recognised for his research and development of new innovative nanotechnology materials and chemical process technology platforms.

For more information about the 2009 winners, visit the Previous Winners section.