2024 Mark O’Brien Award

On Friday 16th January, we were fortunate to be joined by the family of Mark O’Brien to present this year’s award. The Mark O’Brien award is open to any employee of Xtrac who is being sponsored by the company for a bachelor’s degree or higher.

Mark O’Brien sadly lost his life to cancer in October 2014. Mark worked at Xtrac as a Business Manager for 3 years and in that time made a significant contribution to the company and became an extremely popular and well-liked member of the commercial team, and around our industry.

The winner of the 2024 Mark O’Brien Award is Marvey Miranda. Recognised for his proactive and dedicated approach, Marvey grabs every challenge with professionalism and a positive attitude, encouraging strong relationships across finance, operations, commercial, and transmission teams. In May 2022, he became a fully qualified accountant through the ACCA program, balancing work and study with exceptional discipline. In 2024, Marvey began an MBA with the Open University, earning distinctions and merits in his courses, further highlighting his commitment to personal and professional growth.

Our runner-up is Darrin Diffenthal, recognised for promoting collaboration across departments and levels within the business. He has been instrumental in enhancing the expertise of the Transmission department and improving ways of working through his proactive approach. Darrin embraces challenges, including pursuing an MBA to broaden his business knowledge.

Congratulations to Marvey and Darrin for their well-deserved recognition.