FIFTY people from 22 countries were yesterday presented with Magnolia Silver Awards in recognition of their contribution to the city’s development.

Among the recipients were Johan Jansen, chief executive of Coca-Cola Industries Management (Shanghai), Gordon Orr, chairman of McKinsey & Co Asia, Bivash Mukherjee, a foreign expert at Shanghai Daily, and Leonard Pratt, senior consultant in the news department of International Channel Shanghai.

“It’s a great honor to be here today as a recipient of the Magnolia award,” Pratt said on behalf of the winners.