2024 Winners

Digital Leader of the Year - Enterprise

Winner: Wincie Wong - NatWest Group

Highly commended: Sarah Pena - Swindon Borough Council

Digital Leader of the Year – SME

Winner: Lindsay Jessup - Geeks Ltd

Highly commended: Lisa Taylor - Geolytix

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

Winner: Manchester Digital, Digital Her

Highly commended: Skills 4 Ltd

Diversity Employer of the Year

Winner: DWP Digital

Highly commended: Nasstar

Emerging Tech Champion of the Year

Winner: Asha Easton - Innovate UK

Highly commended: Patty Kostkova - University College London

Engineer of the Year

Winner: Swapna Alladi - Version 1

Founder/Entrepreneur of the Year

Winner: Sophie Carr - Bays Consulting

Highly commended: Emma O'Brien - Embridge Consulting

Graduate of the Year / Apprentice of the Year

Winner: Aisha Chowdhury – IBM

Highly commended: Ziyue Chen - HSBC / Ziana Butt - Accenture

Hero of the Year - Enterprise

Winner: Sarah Cunningham - Daisy Corporate Services

Highly commended: Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group / Sarah Neenan - IBM

Hero of the Year - SME

Winner: Zoe Dronfield - Dronfield Consulting

Highly commended: Claire Revell - Intellek

Innovator of the Year

Winner: Rachel Dickinson - Lloyds Banking Group

Highly commended: Lyndsay MacLeod - HSBC

IT Leader of the Year

Winner: Wendy Marshall - Rackspace Technology

Highly commended: Lucy Murray-Brown - Ministry of Defence

Outstanding Returner Award

Winner: Nida East – IBM

Highly commended: Lynn Stoneman - Government Digital Service

Outstanding Transformation of the Year

Winner: Teodora (Teddy) Tepavicharova - Condé Nast

Rising Star of the Year

Winner: Asra Aslam - University of Leeds, Alan Turing Institute

Highly commended: Lydia Miller - ivee

Rising Star of the Year - Consultancies and Professional Services

Winner: Chloe Tartan – Accenture

Rising Star of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Renka Gaddu - Admiral Group

Highly commended: Vibhusha Raval - Lloyds Banking Group

Rising Star of the Year - Tech

Winner: Lella Violet – IBM

Role Model of the Year

Winner: Amanda Dahl - Government Digital Service

Role Model of the Year - Consultancies and Professional Services

Winner: Anna Nation – Eviden

Highly commended: Sheena Prema - PwC

Role Model of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Elizabeth Excell - Lloyds Banking Group

Highly commended: Faizah Rafique - Atom Bank

Role Model of the Year - Tech

Winner: Priyanka Gangishetty – Microsoft

Highly commended: Kiran Bajar - Keboola

Security Professional of the Year

Winner: Eve Grisenthwaite - Accenture UK Ltd

Highly commended: Justyna Larkowska - Ardonagh Advisory

Team Leader of the Year

Winner: Gabi Talbot - Costa Coffee

Team Leader of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Julie McLaughlin - Nationwide Building Society

Team Leader of the Year - Tech

Winner: Amanda Robinson – Fujitsu

Highly commended: Vivienne Williamson - Trustmarque

Transformation Leader of the Year

Winner: Kathryn Goddard – Nationwide

Highly commended: Gemma Gwilliam - The

Woman of the Year

Winner: Alice Hendy - R;pple Suicide Prevention Charity

Highly commended: Toni Scullion - STACS (Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science) / Shilpa Kaluti - Scrumconnect