J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge 2009

The sixth annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge brought new surprises and excitement along with a new route that saw renewed enthusiasm for Singapore’s largest corporate race among this year’s runners. Flagged off by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth & Sports, and Mr Philip Lee, CEO, J.P. Morgan Singapore, a capacity crowd of 9,927 runners and walkers from 330 companies took to the streets and completed the 5.6 km (3.5 mile) road race. Starting from the Esplanade Bridge, participants went down Raffles Avenue and Republic Avenue., before moving onto the Singapore F1 GP race route, and finally reaching the finish line at the Pit Building, where they were greeted with cheers from their colleagues and friends.

The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), which has been the beneficiary of the Corporate Challenge in Singapore since its 2004 debut, will receive a donation for each entry. The funds will go specifically to ExplorAsian Zones at ACM -interactive displays dedicated to providing children and adults with a “hands on” learning experience.

Results

Overall Winners

• 1st Male : Andrew Hallam, Singapore American School, 20:25 minutes

• 1st Female : Vivian Tang, CIMB-GK Securities, 22:20 minutes

The Edge Fittest Senior Executive Award

• 1st Male Most Senior Executive: Mark Jansen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 22:13 minutes

• 1st Female Most Senior Executive: Janet Young, Bank of America, 34:05 minutes

Note: Team results would only be announced several days after the event as organisations are encouraged to deliberate and submit their best team timings online the morning after the race.

The Singapore event is part of the 12-city, six-country, and five-continent J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series, which in 2008 featured a record 242,510 participants from 7,380. Collectively, more than $600,000 was donated to worthy not-for-profit organizations through these events.

For more information, please visit www.jpmorganchasecc.com

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