2024 Shortlist

Digital Leader of the Year – Enterprise

Cansu Subasi, HSBC
Deborah O’Neill, Oliver Wyman
Annie Ibrahim Rana, Agilisys
Eszter Morvai, Aviva
Hayley Patterson, MoD
Kat Shaw, Accenture
Linsey Cranfield, Velonotic
May Winfield, Buro Happold
Meg Lowe, NatWest Group
Penny Kechagioglou, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Rachael Fox, Altera Digital Health
Rebecca Taylor, IBM
Sarah Pena, Swindon Borough Council
Wincie Wong, NatWest Group
Yuelin Li, Onfido
 
Digital Leader of the Year – SME

Alana Pearson, Deazy
Florence Aluu, Flosverse Techsphere CIC
Gemma Gwilliam, The "Portsmouth: the Digital City" Project
Giulia Pustorino, Weston Williamson & Partners
Hazel Chan, Element Human
Hazel Savage, Soundcloud
Judith Shaw, Flixmedia
Laura Munday, eleven17 Consulting
Lindsay Jessup, Geeks Ltd.
Lisa Taylor, Geolytix
Liz Rhodes, Art of Cloud
Sarah Hitchcock, Geolytix
Veda Kanala, Sahaj Software
Yemi Oluseun, The Change Hive
Yun Ma, JMAN Group
 
Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year             

Admiral Group, Admiral Women in Tech Community
Amdocs, Career Hub Platform
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, Demographic template SystemOne
Geeks, #Geekess
IBM Consulting, Make Her Story
Ivee, D & I Initiative
Kerv, Women@Kerv
Lloyds Banking Group, Elevate
Manchester Digital, Digital Her
Nasstar, Women in Tech ERG,
Pearson, Women in technology Initiative
Skills 4 Ltd, EMPOWER programme
STEM LEARNING
Trowers and Hamlins, Trowers Connects
TUI, DEI Working Group “Come as you are”
 
Diversity Employer of the Year

Admiral Group
Atom Bank plc
DWP Digital
HelloFresh UK
HSBC
Nasstar
SAP
Scrumconnect
Snap Finger Click
Tenacium DC
 
**NEW** Emerging Tech Champion of the Year

Aeman Faruqui, BT Group
Alessia Tosi, Government Digital Service
Asha Easton, Innovate UK
Florence Aluu, Flosverse Techsphere CIC
Hauwa Yakubu, West London Business
Laura Weir, IBM
Malini Jeyachandran, Lloyds Banking Group
Maria Zervou, Databricks
Nadzeya Mernaya, Godel Technologies Europe Ltd.
Patty Kostkova, University College London
Rowena Parry, NatWest Group
Roxana Haytova, Accenture
Sophie Galpin, Parallax
Yemi Erinle, HSBC
Yin Yin Lü, CUBE
 
Engineer of the Year

Aeman Faruqui, BT Group
Elizaveta Varabei, Godel Technologies Europe Ltd
Kate Adamczyk, HSBC
Lauren Carne, Aviva
Malini Jeyachandran, Lloyds Banking Group
Nancy Gupta, Daily Telegraph
Parul Chhabra, IBM
Rachel Seymour, LSEG
Rita Aktay, Vodafone
Seema Goswami, Hitachi Solutions
Swapna Alladi, Version 1
Tehila Atar, Amdocs
Wei Xia Pui, Accenture
Wenjia Knight, Hippo
Wincie Wong, NatWest Group
 
**NEW** Founder/Entrepreneur of the Year

Adaora Dagogo, Stechad Ltd.
Claire Agutter, Scopism Ltd.
Edwina Murphy, Graphene Cloud
Emma O’Brien, Embridge Consulting
Keighley Douglas, Kids Black History
Megha Jain, Get Swarms Ltd.
Rosie Morgan, SuSy
Saskia Griffiths-Moore, Talent is Timeless
Shilpa Kaluti, Scrumconnect
Sophie Carr, Bays Consulting
Sophie Hussey, Lapis Consulting Services Ltd.
Zoe Dronfield, Dronfield Consulting
 
Graduate/Apprentice  of the Year

Aisha Chowdhury, IBM
Anushka Gupta, PwC
Catherine McGarry, DWP Digital
Emily Kerkhof, PwC
Emily Lewis, Accenture
Felicity Bruce, Vodafone
Grace Wood, Bank of England
Jade Hill, Sage
Jessica Anthony-Pillai, Capgemini
Karina Greenaway, Vitality
Orla Dunlop, Department for Work & Pensions
Ziana Butt, Accenture
Ziyue Chen, HSBC
Zoe Hammond, BT
Zoe Matthews, TUI Group
 
Hero of the Year – Enterprise

Amanda Hammond, Fujitsu
Emily Gotch, Microsoft
Jane Perry, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Jennifer Bazarova, Telegraph Media Group
Jennifer Marks, Government Digital Service
Jordan Pearson, Lloyds Banking Group
Lilian Liu, Atkinsrealis
Lisa Faulkner, PwC
Mary Leonard, Firstgroup plc
Naseera Mohsin Patham, IBM
Nicky Akindele, Colt
Ruhi Shah, Capgemini
Sarah Cunningham, Daisy Corporate Services
Sarah Neenan, IBM CIC
Wincie Wong, Natwest Group
 
Hero of the Year – SME

Alcia Loach, Pocket Angel CIC
Carla Hawkins, Mosaic Smart Data
Claire Revell, Intellek
Deborah Millar, Hull College
Hazel Chan, Element Human
Jigyasa Grover, Bordo AI
Joanne O’Flaherty, Lowell
Kate Daniels, eSynergy
Katie Laulund, Oakland
Keke Boyd
Lara Vafiadis, Netpremacy
Rachael Warrington, Smith Institute
Sasha Burgoyne, TechSwitch
Tatiana Melnichuk, Lucky Hunter
Zoe Dronfield, Dronfield Consulting
 
Innovator of the Year

Ashley Magill, PwC
Claire Holroyde, Natwest
Claire McBride, Fujitsu
Felicity Cooper, Lloyds Banking Group
Gabriela Styf Sjoman, BT Group
Helen Kelisky, Google Cloud
Lucy Wright, Costa Coffee
Lyndsay Macleod, HSBC
Lynne Magennis, Daisy Corporate Services
Mridu Gupta, Accenture
Rachel Dickinson, Lloyds Banking Group
Sandrine Pons, SAP
Sarah Sliwka, Red Hat
Shweta Bhatt, Accenture
Terrie de Wilton, Nationwide Building Society
 
IT Leader of the Year

Christine Theodore, Admiral Group
Elisabeth Rowark, Sage
Fiona Dawson, Mayden
Helen Walker, Pearson
Holly Mascard, Synyega
Kirsty Buss, Vitality
Louise Maynard-Atem, Government Digital Service
Lucy Murray Brown, Ministry of Defence
Mary Leonard, Firstgroup plc
Rachel Phillips, Okta
Sally Basting, Nationwide Building Society
Sarah Hitchcock, Geolytix
Suzy Wardle, Virgin Atlantic
Tracey Jones, HMRC
Wendy Marshall, Rackspace
 
Outstanding Returner Award

Amy Bannon, BM Technologies
Amy Harman, Capgemini UK
Charlie Kieszkiewicz, Daemon Solutions Ltd.
Erin Robinson, Government Digital Service
Gemma Collins, Vodafone UK
Holly Mascard, Synyega
Joanna Hemingway, Jet2
Katie Lilly, RSA
Leah Piper, PwC
Lynn Stoneman, Government Digital Service
Nida East, IBM
Raksha Pavan, Aviva
Raluca Popa, Natwest
Surangi Nethsinghe, Pearson
Vilma Qerama, Cisco
 
Outstanding Transformation of the Year

Amanda Henderson, FourNet
Anuja Raj, Sage
Carole Ramaroson, HSBC
Casey Stander, Admiral Group
Jenny Arundale, Vitality
Jess Barnes, Vodafone
Joyce Fletcher, FIS Global
Louise Maynard-Atem, Government Digital Service
Pam Pahal, The Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust
Pardis Farahi, IBM
Rachel Dickinson, Lloyds Banking Group
Sally NG, RSA Insurance
Teodora (Teddy) Tepavicharova, Condé Nast
Victoria Driscoll, Rackspace
Zoe Hammond, BT
 
Rising Star of the Year

Asra Aslam, University of Leeds, Alan Turing Institute, YourAlly,
Jasmine Gillard, BUPA
Jennifer Bazarova, Telegraph Media Group
Jenny Henderson-Ross, Jet2
Kaja Kurowska, GfK
Katrina Simpson, Sky
Lara Sullivan, Government Digital Service
Lydia Miller, Ivee
Neve Curnyn, Leonardo
Sarah Turner, Sky
 
Rising Star of the Year – Consultancies & Professional Services

Anushka Gupta, PwC
Chloe Tartan, Accenture
Eve Grisenthwaite, Accenture UK Ltd.
Francesca Romana Ferrante, PwC
Ieva Marija Gedzute, Cognizant
Lutfiye Aykac, PwC
Monique Ho, Accenture
Mridu Gupta, Accenture
Sara Varhelyi, PwC
Tamsin Benson, PwC
 
Rising Star of the Year – Financial Services

Adriana Chu, Vitality
Alice Springett, Markerstudy Group
Anna Pilipiuk, SpendQube
Aoibhinn O’Hagan, Exegy
Erin Hartnett, Mobilize Financial Services
Niamh O’Connell, NatWest Group
Renka Pooja, Admiral Group
Rowena Parry, NatWest Group
Vibhusha Raval, Lloyds Banking Group
Zama Hlongwane, Discovery Vitality Life UK
 
Rising Star of the Year – Tech

Adaora Dagogo, Stechad Ltd.
Annika Möslein, Quantum Dice
Asma Zoghlami, Trustmarque
Dash Tabor, TUBR
Elora Parocki, Eviden
Eva Powell, Rackspace
Georgina Bidder, True Digital
Irantzu De Aguinaga Alverde, Google
Jess Batty, Nasstar
Lella Violet Halloum, IBM
Melissa McKenna, Fujitsu
Penelope Peters, CGI Ltd.
Tee Ganbold, Improvability AI
Wenjia Knight, Hippo
Yi Zhao, Version 1
 
Role Model of the Year

Amanda Dahl, Government Digital Service
Amanda Mandiki, BT Group
Anna Webb, Kocho
Asra Aslam, University of Leeds, Alan Turing Institute, YourAlly, UK
Beth Hughes, N Brown
Charlotte Clark, Mears Group Plc
Claire Faulkner, QBE
Hayley Patterson, Ministry of Defence
Jessica Lewis, Admiral Group
Katherine Stevens, Government Digital Service
Mary Leonard, Firstgroup
Naomi Timperley, Tech North Advocates
Renka Pooja, Admiral Group
Vyshali Nayak, Sky

Role Model of the Year – Consultancies and Professional Services

Abigail Kaye, Capgemini Invent
Anna Nation, Eviden
Bharti Lim, Computacenter
Dora Fernandes, PwC
Helen Lancaster, Kerv
Karen Gunn, Accenture
Latha Balne, Nasstar
Lisa Ventura, Cyber Security Unity Ltd
Nyree Basdeo, PA Consulting
Sameena Akhter, Capgemini Invent
Sarah Cunningham, Daisy Corporate Services
Sarah Littlejohn, Solirius Consulting
Sheena Prema, PwC
Sophie Hussey, Lapis Consulting Services
Swapna Alladi, Version 1
 
Role Model of the Year – Financial Services

Dolapo Omonubi, Nium
Elizabeth Excell, Lloyds Banking Group
Faizah Rafique, Atom Bank
Francesca Guyett, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets
Jennifer Sutton, HSBC
Jordan Pearson, Lloyds Banking Group
Kapila Dayal, NatWest Group
Laura Pinto, Nationwide Building Society
Leanne Bridges, Nationwide
Malini Jeyachandran, Lloyds Banking Group
Marie Anderson, Lloyds Banking Group
Sophia Steiger, HSBC
Verity Watson, HSBC WPB Technology
Victoria Evans, Nationwide
Zahraa Murtaza, Bank of New York
 
Role Model of the Year - Tech

Amanda Hammond, Fujitsu
Claire Knight, Netlify
Eimear Morrison, Fujitsu
Hema Purohit, Microsoft
Janet Bastiman, Napier AI
Jen Dallas, RSA
Kasia Dutch, eduMe
Kaye Johnson, Sage
Kiran Bajar, Keboola
Michelle She, Patchwork Health
Poppy Folland, IBM
Priyanka Gangishetty, Microsoft
Rachel Savill, Agilisys
Rebecca Taylor, Secureworks
Sadiat Jimo, Corero Network Security
 
Security Professional of the Year

Caroline Saunders, GBG plc
Cliodhna Lynch, 2T Security Ltd
Dionne Mason, Capgemini
Dolapo Omonubi, Nium
Eve Grisenthwaite, Accenture
Freha Arshad, Accenture
Jasmine Gillard, BUPA
Justyna Larkowska, Ardonagh Advisory
Lucy Sanders-Crook, CGI
Megha Jain, Get Swarms Ltd
Nagaswetha Mudunuri, Tenacium DC
Pamela Pineda, Sage
Patricia McCulla, GBG plc
Rachel Gentry, RTG Commercial Services Ltd.
Shridevi Rajeshwar, Cisco
 
Team Leader of the Year – Financial Services

Alex Bailey, Atom Bank
Amy Thomson, Lloyds Banking Group
Clare Shilling, Admiral Group
Donna Nuth, Ardonagh Advisory
Emily Jarvis, Nationwide Building Society
Hanaa Ali, London Stock Exchange
Joanne Driver, Lowell
Julie McLaughlin, Nationwide Building Society
Kate Daniels, esynergy
Katie Hermans, RSA
Manochitra Selvam, Discover Financial Services
Meg Lowe, NatWest Group
Michelle Tobin, Mobilize Financial Services
Paula Walker, Aviva
Sara Wolfe, Direct Line Group
 
Team Leader of the Year – Tech

Abigail Kaye, Capgemini Invent
Aliaksandra Andersan, Godel Technologies Europe Ltd
Amanda Robinson, Fujitsu
Annika Möslein, Quantum Dice
Karamjot Jaswal, IBM
Kathryn Dinley, Velonetic
Kylie Smith, Sage
Laura Lewis, First Derivative
Purnima Pratap, Accenture
Swapna Alladi, Version 1
Tanya Pushkina, Onfido
Tehila Atar, Amdocs
Vicky Moxon, Forge Technologies
Victoria Driscoll, Rackspace
Vivienne Williamson, Trustmarque
 
Team Leader of the Year

Anne Bienia, Cancer Research UK
Danielle Thornton, JLR
Gabi Talbot, Costa Coffee
Hannah Varley-Fodden, Oakland
Helena Trippe, Government Digital Service
Jenna Moore, Sellafield Ltd.
Jie Zheng, TUI
Keerthiga Thangavelu, Scrumconnect Consultancy
Lakshmipriya Chandraiah, Pearson
Menaka Shanmugavadivelu, RS Group plc
Natasha Dogra, PwC UK
Nikki Ziemann, Vodafone
Patty Kostkova, University College London
Sarah Green, University of Warwick
Sarah Ludbrook, The Telegraph
 
Transformation Leader of the Year

Amanda Hammond, Fujitsu
Amanda Henderson, FourNet
Briony Parkes, RSA
Carole Ramaroson, HSBC
Emily Jarvis, Nationwide Building Society
Emma Cowley, Kerv Digital
Gemma Gwilliam, The "Portsmouth: the Digital City" Project
Hema Purohit, Microsoft
Jasmin Booth, Capgemini
Jenny Henderson-Ross, Jet2
Joyce Fletcher, FIS Global
Kathryn Goddard, Nationwide
Polly Hickling, Eviden
Priscilla Tse, Hitachi Solutions Europe
Teressa Carlin, Corero Network Security
 
 
Woman of the Year

Alice Hendy, R;pple Suicide Prevention
Anna Webb, Kocho
Bethany Ainsley, OptiMe
Charlotte Blount, Sedex
Erica Cawood, PwC
Jasmine Gillard, BUPA
Joanna Haslam, Snap Finger Click
Kate Daniels, esynergy
Katie Pocklington, BAE
Kerrie Woods, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Natalie Jones, Government Digital Service
Nicola Thomson, Oakland
Shilpa Kaluti, Scrumconnect
Sireesha Dumpala, Cube Global
Toni Scullion, STACS
 
Woman of the Year – Financial Services

Alex Bailey, Atom Bank
Arvinder Thandi, Nationwide Building Society
Christine Theodore, Admiral Group
Cristel Haley, LV
Emma Fiandaca, HSBC
Jo Burgess, Aviva
Julia Young, Mobilize Financial Services
Kapila Dayal, Natwest Group
Karen White, Direct Line Group
Louise Jordan, RSA Insurance
Rachel Dickinson, Lloyds Banking Group
Sally NG, RSA Insurance
Sarah-Jayne van Greune, Payen Limited
Zahra Gill, Starling
Zahraa Murtaza, Bank of New York
 
Woman of the Year – Tech          

Amy Bannon, BM Technologies
Carina Hendrikx, Rackspace
Dash Tabor, TUBR
Emily Gotch, Microsoft
Helen Kelisky, Google Cloud
Jennifer Faulds, IBM
Jessica Anthony Malintas, SoftwareOne
Latha Balne, Nasstar
Lisa Ventura, Cyber Security Unity Ltd.
Maria Zervou, Databricks
Rachel Phillips, Okta
Sonia Krishnan, Vizst Technology
Sophia Adhami, Sage Group
Victoria Sinel, IBM
Zoe Caddick, Eviden