The Tony Thurnham Award
The Tony Thurnham Award is named after Tony Thurnham, one of the founding members of IPEBLA as well as a past chair of the Steering Committee and of the Conference Organising Committee. The award is made for the article in the IPEBLA Journal over the 2 year period between IPEBLA conferences which the IPEBLA Journal editor and country representatives consider to be the best article published during the 2 year period.
The authors who have been given this award and the associated articles are listed below:
For the period 2007 to 2009: Caroline Helbronner and Jessica Bullock of Canada for their article in the November 2008 Edition of the Journal "Plan sponsors and service providers – allocating risks and responsibilities".
For the period 2005 to 2007: The Tony Thurnham award for this 2 year period goes to Howard Pianko for an excellent article in the March 2006 edition of the Journal titled "Perplexed by the Complex? Consider the Non-US Multinational who encounters the New US Tax Law (Section 409A) Regulating Deferred Compensation".
For the period 2003 to 2005: Advocate Malcolm Wallis (Senior Counsel) of South Africa for his article in the March 2004 edition of the Journal “Protecting members’ rights”.
For the period 2001 to 2003: Mike Woodbury and David Cochrane of New Zealand for their article in the March 2002 edition of the Journal "Sharing, Married or Not – New Property (Relationships) Legislation in New Zealand".
For the period 1999 to 2001: Michel Benoit and Josée Dumoulin of Canada for their article in the March 2000 edition of the Journal "Claims by Retirees to Surplus in Ongoing Plans: Recent Case Law".