The 43rd GAI Education Awards celebrated the outstanding educational achievements of students who passed prestigious GAI diplomas in 2023, as well as those who secured prizes as the top students worldwide. Our warmest congratulations to all!

A total of 97 students achieved Stage 3 diploma and certificate qualifications, as follows:

 

GAI Diploma in Scheduling (DipGAI) 

Sadique Abdullah, Hafele GmbH & Co KG - Dubai 
Abdul Asslam Abdul Ajies, NAFFCO FZCO 
Daleena Alwin, Consort Middle East LLC 
Paul John Anghay, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Middle East 
Mohamed Aref, Ahram Security Group 
Kanchana Balachandran, ASSA ABLOY India Pvt Ltd 
Joanne Beck, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
David Boyd, Gretsch Unitas Ltd 
Manu Mohan Chalipurath , Hafele GmbH & Co KG - Dubai 
Mahaveer Chandrakanthan, Allegion India Pvt Ltd 
Cheung Eric Kiu Kit, Commy Hardware Co. Ltd 
Albert Elliott, SDS (London) Ltd 
Mohamad Fares, S.B.K. Projects 
Asha Marina Fernandes, Hafele GmbH & Co KG - Dubai 
Andrea Forzoni, Franchi Plc 
Sambath G.H, Haroon Engg. Mat. Marketing CO.LLC 
Steve Hartland, Allgood Plc 
Tim Holmes, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Hung To Hing, B.S.C. Building Materials Supply Company Limited 
Lloyd James, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Aamir Jamil, Haroon Engg. Mat. Marketing CO.LLC 
Kho Soon Jye, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Malaysia Sdn Bhd 
Vijesh Kelangath, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Middle East 
Bob Kemp, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Daniel Llewellyn, SDS (London) Ltd 
Craig Marsh, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Lejo Mense, NAFFCO FZCO 
Matin Mukadam, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Middle East 
Harry Netherwood, CTS Ironmongery Ltd 
Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen, ASSA ABLOY Vietnam Limited 
Callum Noble, Lloyd Worrall - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne 
Anuraj R G, Hafele SE & Co KG - Abu Dhabi 
Stuart Ratcliff, CTS Ironmongery Ltd 
Tyrelle Riviere, County Architectural Ironmongery Ltd 
Paul Roper, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Dan Rushent, IRM Bristol Limited 
Idris Saifuddin, Ectratech Trading LLC 
Tanmaya Sinha, ASSA ABLOY India Pvt Ltd 
CM Sivagnanam, GEZE India Private Limited 
Vishnu Sivankutty, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Middle East 
Nigel Taylor, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Samir Tereifi, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Middle East 
Ngo Yin Boris Tse, ASSA ABLOY Hong Kong Ltd 
Man Yui Wan, Dormakaba Access Solutions (China) Ltd 
Martha Wray, Sole Trader (UK) 
Jack Wright, Carlisle Brass Ltd 
Peng Zhong, Dormakaba Access Solutions (China) Ltd 

GAI Diploma in Door Systems (DipDS) 

Robert Adams, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 
Angus Anderson, Interior Hardware Ltd 
James Brice, Integrated Doorset Solutions Ltd 
Gary Cooper, Integrated Doorset Solutions Ltd 
Natalie Ebler, Turentek (Architectural Ironmongery) Ltd 
Nisanth Eyyani, HOPPE AG GCC 
Dane Killick, Forza Doors Ltd 
Randen Lannas, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Monika Maliugine, Eurobond Doors Ltd 
Robert Mottram, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 
Karen Nelson, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 
Ganesh Prabhu, Hafele India PVT Ltd 
Michael Rooney, Mooney Architectural Ironmongery Limited 
Henry Rowden, Vanquish Hardware Protection 
Hollie Rowe, John Planck Ltd 
Leung Kwok Siu, Key Technologies International Ltd 
Adam Sweatman, John Planck Ltd 
Andy Syms, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 
Dave Timson, Eurobond Doors Ltd 
Jim White, Forza Doors Ltd 
Garrath Willshaw, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 

Diploma in Electric Hardware & Access Control (DipAC) 

Vikas Agrawal, Consort Middle East LLC 
Mansoor Ali, Dormakaba India Private Limited 
Hanish Arora, Dormakaba India Private Limited 
David Barden, John Planck Ltd 
Tony Barnes, Abloy UK Ltd 
Sabrina Bettles, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Shaun Brown, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Roy Buckingham, Abloy UK Ltd 
Mike Drayton, Spiller Door Controls Ltd T/a Door Controls Direct 
Naveen G, Dormakaba India Private Limited 
Tommy Geddes, George Boyd Architectural Ironmongery & Doorsets 
Samir Hassaine, Allgood Plc 
Po Cheong Heung, Key Technologies International Ltd 
Benjamin Daniel Hume, DOM UK Ltd 
Lee Mitchell, Abloy UK Ltd 
Peter Price, Allgood Plc 
Jessica Puri, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 
Suryaprakash Ramasamy Raja, Dormakaba India Private Limited 
Duncan Rigby, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 
Richard Roberts, HOPPE AG GCC 
Nirmal Singh, Dormakaba UK Ltd 
David Stevens, Allgood Plc 
Michelle Sutton, Abloy UK Ltd 
Sridhar Velusamy, Allegion India Pvt Ltd 
Jacobus Albertus Vermeulen, Abloy UK Ltd 
Jonathan Walker, HOPPE (UK) Ltd 

GAI Certificate in Standards & Regulations (CertSRA) 

Roy Buckingham, Abloy UK Ltd 
Robert Noon, Allgood Plc 
David Oake, Poyntell Limited

The following prizes were awarded to the top performing students in the 2023 Certificate in Architectural Hardware Stage 2:
1st, Andrew Hullock, ERA Home Security LTD T/A Zoo Hardware 
2nd, Helmi Chaaban, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Middle East 
3rd, Andrew Crosby, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 




The following medals were awarded to the top performing students in the 2023 GAI Diploma:
Gold, Mohamed Aref, Ahram Security Group 
Silver, David Boyd, Gretsch Unitas Ltd 
Bronze, Craig Marsh, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland 




The 2023 Pinnacle Award for the highest aggregate results across the Certificate in Architectural Hardware and Diploma programme, sponsored by Robust UK, was awarded to Mahaveer Chandrakanthan, Allegion India Pvt Ltd