ISACA International pleased to extend congratulations to the Karachi Chapter for an outstanding year in 2015. The chapter has earned the 2015 K. Wayne Snipes Award for both categories, i.e. Best Medium Chapter in Asia and Best Medium Chapter Worldwide.
The K. Wayne Snipes Award recipients are determined based on the criteria of Chapter membership growth; Member service projects; Attendance at Chapter meetings/Educational meetings; Involvement with other professional organizations; Compliance with ISACA International Headquarters requirements and Educational events conducted by the chapter. The awards presented at the 2016 Global Leadership Summit in Lisbon, Portugal on 7-9 April, 2016.
At this prestigious moment Mr.Zain A. Ansari stated that “we are very proud to share that our Chapter has won two awards “ISACA’s K. Wayne Snipes Awards 2015” (for the BEST Medium Chapter in Asia) and (for the BEST Medium Chapter Worldwide). In fact these awards are global recognition for our chapter and we are extremely proud to earn this distinction. I wish to thank our chapter board and every chapter member for making this possible with continued & unstinted support. This is a great inspiration for all of us especially at the beginning of New Year 2016. I assure, the chapter board will definitely expend further efforts to win more awards for our Chapter.”
Best Medium Chapter Worldwide
Mr. Zain Ansari, President ISACA Karachi Chapter and Executive Director Deloitte Pakistan attended the ISACA’S Global Leadership Summit 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal. He received the “Best Medium Chapter in Asia” and “Best Medium Chapter Worldwide” awards from Mr. Matt Loeb, CEO ISACA (left) and Mr. Christos K. Dimitriadis, International President ISACA (right). ”
About the K. Wayne Snipes Award
The K. Wayne Snipes award was established in 1989 and recognizes ISACA chapters that meet or exceed service goals by actively supporting local membership and, thus, the information systems audit and control profession. The award is given to the top chapter in four size categories—small (20-100 members), medium (101-300 members), large (301-800 members) and very large (more than 800 members) within each region. The K. Wayne Snipes Award is ISACA’s way of recognizing chapters that continually go above and beyond to provide excellent service and guidance. Chapters are selected by a group of peer leaders from chapters around the world, specifically the Chapter Support Committee, with help from the International staff.
Award recipients are determined based on the following criteria:
- Chapter membership growth
- Member service projects
- Chapter-sponsored educational events
- Attendance at chapter meetings
- Involvement with other professional organizations
- Compliance with ISACA International Headquarters
- Involvement on association committees or with association activities
K. Wayne Snipes, Jr., was an active member of ISACA who served in various positions at both the local and international levels, including regional vice president at the international level. During his time in office, Snipes achieved the largest number of new chapters and the largest membership growth in existing chapters. In total, he dedicated 14 years to the North Texas (USA) ISACA Chapter and served eight years as an international trustee on the ISACA Board of Directors.
