"Veni, vidi, vici", I Came, I Saw, I Conquered! Way back in history, Julius Caesar's sent those famous words in a message back to the Roman Senate in recognition of an overwhelming victory. And so it was for "The Mighty Turtles" (Parsons, United States) who deservedly became the Enginuity 2025 Champions with a finishing score of 3,449 pts, and a decisive margin of victory of 158 points, having led the final during every round, and this despite being in competition against a high class field. Congratulations to the team so expertly led by Zach Riley, who can now retire from Enignuity as great Champions.

Commiserations go the valiant "CEPTians" (AtkinsRealis, India), who has been in second place throughout the final, but could not quite close the gap on the Champions, and had to settle for the Runners Up spot this year. "Hatchico" (Hatch, Canada) moved up one place to finish 3rd, with "The Octopodes" (Jacobs, Ireland) not far behind in 4th. All the way down the final table the teams should be proud of their performance, finishing in the top 12 of another large international field of starters, a superb effort, and they would all be a sound long term investment if it was the real world.

The journey has certainly been a long one for the finalists, involving three and half simulated years of management through the early and later years, both in the UK and globally. The global nature of the challenge opened up numerous strategies that could have been adopted, and the teams will look back at their own, and whether they would have done things differently if they could start all over again. In the end there can only be one winner, but they have all demonstrated that they have developed exceptional management skills, combined with effective team dynamics, both essential drivers to success.