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- ↑ "Fellows Award". www.scip.org. Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- ↑ "Past Alumni Awards". www.mgsm.edu.au. MGSM. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
The award has been created to recognise a member of the alumni who has made an outstanding contribution to their field of endeavour
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