---
title: Australia’s own recognised for leadership award
description: Knauf Insulation Annual Conference 2021 recognises Australia’s James Bedford for outstanding leadership.
---

[Knauf Insulation Blog](https://blog.knaufinsulation.com.au)

# [Australia’s own recognised for leadership award](https://blog.knaufinsulation.com.au/australias-own-recognised-for-leadership-award)

 Written by [Jordan Sargeant](https://blog.knaufinsulation.com.au/author/jordan-sargeant) | 12/04/2021 2:00:00 PM

Australia was well represented at the 2021 Knauf Insulation Annual Conference, held virtually on 24-25 February, with one of our very own superstar performers from the Asia Pacific Region recognised for outstanding leadership.

James Bedford, Regional Market and Product Portfolio Manager (APAC), was among [fourteen employees](https://www.knaufinsulation.com/news/knauf-insulation-celebrates-outstanding-leadership-a-year-like-no-other) across the company whose performance and achievements were celebrated.

James was recognised for achieving *increased sales by an outstanding percentage – despite product shortages – through the allocation of new solutions, relocating stock and building trust with a future-focused vision*.

When asked what lessons he has learned about leadership at Knauf Insulation, James said, “I’ve learned to keep customer centricity at the heart of the decisions I make, to focus on projects that will grow sales for customers, and also to think outside the box for new and exciting opportunities.”

Jean-Claude Carlin, Member of the Knauf Group Management Committee Insulation Europe/Middle East/Asia, who announced the recipients of the Leadership Awards for 2021, spoke of the unprecedented pressures caused in 2020, saying, “COVID-19 was an extraordinary test of leadership for everyone at Knauf Insulation and I am incredibly proud of what has been achieved.”

Congratulations to all the Knauf Insulation award recipients for 2021.

## **Leadership Awards 2021 Winners:**

[View full post](https://blog.knaufinsulation.com.au/australias-own-recognised-for-leadership-award)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Jordan Sargeant"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2023-02-16T14:23:04.145Z",
  "datePublished" : "2021-04-12T14:00:00Z",
  "headline" : "Australia’s own recognised for leadership award",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 630,
    "url" : "https://22527401.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22527401/Imported_Blog_Media/COPY_Leadership%20Awards%202021_banner.jpg",
    "width" : 1200
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.knaufinsulation.com.au/australias-own-recognised-for-leadership-award",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60.0,
      "url" : "https://22527401.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22527401/Knauf_Insulation_Logo.png",
      "width" : 238.8991
    },
    "name" : "Knauf Insulation Blog"
  }
}
```