(WCBF: Chicago) -- The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards, organized by WCBF, recently announced Tom Farrell, chairman, president and CEO of Dominion, as the winner of its prestigious Six Sigma & Business Improvement CEO of the Year Award, sponsored by Minitab.

WCBF has also announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2009 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program. A total of 43 entries from 34 organizations have been selected by the independent judging panel from 12 categories to go forward to the final stages of the judging process.

The finalists for the 2009 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program are:

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Chemical & Pharmaceuticals
Hexion Specialty Chemicals
Merck & Co. – West Point

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Financial Services, sponsored by SSA & Co.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.
Deutsche Bank
TD Bank Financial Group
Wyndham Consumer Finance

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