Manik Jayakumar to receive ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ at World Tea Expo
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Mr. Manik Jayakumar
Manik Jayakumar, founder of QTrade Teas & Herbs, will receive the John Harney Lifetime Achievement Award at World Tea Expo to be held on June 11-13 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
QTrade Teas & Herbs provides end-to-end solutions to the North American specialty tea industry. World Tea Expo is the leading tradeshow focused on advancing the business of tea.
As the 2019 John Harney Lifetime Achievement Award recipient,Mr. Jayakumar will be recognized for his significant support of the tea industry’s growth, innovation and education, according to a report in the US-based World Tea News.
Mr. Jayakumar is a tea professional with more than 55 years of experience in every segment of the industry. He’s a pioneer and expert on organic cultivation and specialty teas with a state-of-the-art GFSI facility that provides formulation, supply chain and manufacturing services to the hot, iced and bottled tea segments. In particular, QTrade is one of the region’s largest suppliers of organic teas, loose leaf blends, and pyramid sachets, the report said.
Samantha Hammer, the World Tea Expo event director and World Tea brand leader, said, “We’re thrilled to honour and recognize Manik Jayakumar with this year’s John Harney Lifetime Achievement Award. Manik is a shining example of success in the tea and business communities, and we congratulate him on his achievements and decades of work to improve and promote specialty tea in the marketplace.”
Mr. Jayakumar said, “I am very appreciative of the great honour that receiving The John Harney Lifetime Achievement Award signifies. This most unexpected recognition of the small part I have played while working in the industry that I love is beyond anything I have ever sought. To be included now in the august group of recipients of this award is very humbling.” Mr. Jayakumar was a planter in Sri Lanka before he migrated to the US. His career started on Brunswick Group, Maskeliya. He represented Royal College, Colombo – in rugby in the pivotal position of hooker.