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Woodford (pictured), who beat candidates including Nigel Farage<\/a>, leader of the UK Independence Party, said he was \u2018delighted to be the inaugural recipient of such a prestigious prize’.<\/p>\n

The award’s organisers praised the former CEO for acting ethically in a \u2018post-Enron, post-banking crisis world’, driven by \u2018principle and the desire to expose what happened in an effort to “make us all safer”‘.<\/p>\n

Woodford, who helped expose a \u00a31.1 billion accounting cover-up<\/a> at
\nOlympus Japan in 2011, was applauded for blowing the whistle on his
\nboardroom colleagues \u2018despite intimidation and coercion from the very
\npeople that promoted him’. <\/p>\n

They added: \u2018Woodford, who spent almost \u00a31 million of his own money defending himself and won, displayed great courage by acting alone and putting his own life and that of his family in danger because he spoke out.’<\/p>\n

The award was set up by Ali Miraj, a chartered accountant and former Conservative parliamentary candidate.<\/p>\n

Miraj said: \u2018This man was fired from a company for which he had worked for 30 years, giving up a seven-figure salary and the status afforded to a large cap [market capitalisation] CEO all for doing the right thing.’<\/p>\n

The award aims to recognise individuals in British public life who \u2018go against the grain and put their head above the parapet by demonstrating independence, courage and sacrifice’.<\/p>\n

Last year, Woodford won a \u00a310m settlement after suing Olympus for unfair dismissal \u2013 much of which he plans to donate to Reprieve, a human rights charity, and road safety campaigns.<\/p>\n

[Picture credit: C Cheesman] <\/p>\n

\n Related articles <\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n Interview: How exposure nearly killed me <\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n UK probe into Olympus scandal persists <\/a>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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