2025 shortlist
NEW Best Employer of the Year
Admiral Group
Emerald Publishing
Justice Digital; Ministry of Justice
Kyndryl
Nationwide Building Society
QBE
Solirius Reply
Stone Technologies Ltd T/A Converge Technology Solutions
Wavenet
ZAIZI
NEW Problem Solver of the Year
Anastasiia Gorodetckaia - Lloyds Banking Group
Andrea Rosales - Colibri Digital
Emma-Louise Fusari - In-House Health Limited
Gek Yeo – AICPA-CIMA
Haley Hatzer - Lloyds Banking Group
Jessica Huckson - Lloyds Banking Group
Karrie LIU - Hypatia Analytics
Kate Pearce - Gower College Swansea
Laura Collard - Lloyds Banking Group
Megan Hughes - Lloyds Banking Group
Rajasree Ramakrishnan - Lloyds Banking Group
Sarah Neenan - IBM
Saranya Balaji - Lloyds Banking Group
Surbhi Badhwar - Nationwide Building Society
Victoria Sinel - IBM
Cybersecurity Professional of the Year
Adiba Baksh - Sage
Alisa Alijeva - Pulsant
Bharti Lim - Computacenter
Daniela Waugh - Markerstudy
Dawn-Marie Hutchinson - BAT
Einat Segal - iProov
Emma Yuan Fang - EPAM Systems
Gail Meikle - BT Group
Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS - Cyber Security Unity
Rebecca Taylor - Secureworks, a Sophos Company
Digital Leader of the Year – Other
Amanda Dahl - Government Digital Service
Amarachi Amaechi - Bitpowr technologies
Anjali Nagaraj - NatWest
Anupama Hatti - NHS Blood and Transplant
Ceyda Mogulkoc - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Clare Cassidy - NHS England
Deb Millar - Hull College
Gemma Gwilliam - "Portsmouth: The Digital City" Project
Kayleigh Gunner - Lloyds Banking Group
Lindsey Jackson - Everywhen
Malini Jeyachandran - LLoyds Banking Group
Maryna Rybalko - Paydock
Minali Jones - London Borough of Harrow
Rachel Hope - NHS England
Rachel Pick - Public Sector Partnership Services Ltd (PSPSL)
Digital Leader of the Year - Tech and Consultancy
Abigail Howe - Bell Integration
Abigail Kaye - Capgemini Invent
Anjali Dhar - BT Group
Charlotte Parnham – Atos
Janine Chasmer - Equantiis
Romita Pandita - PwC
Sandra Bendlova - IBM
Sarah Hitchcock - Geolytix
Sian Maragna - PwC
Tremaine Burns - Rackspace Technology
Emerging Tech Champion of the Year
Afsheen Sajid - Accenture (Avanade)
Andrea Rosales - Colibri Digital
Geethu Suresh - Version 1
Jen-Yu Teng - Voyager AI Limited
Lisa Matthews - KETS Quantum Security Ltd
Liv Turnbull - Sage
Nene Yamasaki - UK Power Networks
Neshma Emile - Zumo
Polly Hickling - Atos
Rhea Ebanks-Simpson - Westminster City Council
Serena Campbell - PwC
Shejal Bhatt - Nationwide Building Society
Tommie Edwards - Tech1M
Yasmin Tiyamiyu - IBM
Zeba Khanam - BT Group
Engineer of the Year
Adriana Chu - Vitality
Aimee Dowell - Lloyds Banking Group
Chrysa Papadopoulou - NIQ
Dr Carla Di Cairano-Gilfedder - BT Group
Gemma Riddell - Lloyds Banking Group
Jessica Lewis - Admiral
Ljiljana Holden - Adaptavist
Malini Jeyachandran - LLoyds Banking Group
Paige Harland - Lloyds Banking Group
Ria Day - Aviva
Surbhi Badhwar - Nationwide Building Society
Vaishnavi Sarvesvaran - Lowell Financial Ltd
Founder/Entrepreneur of the Year
Amarachi Amaechi - Bitpowr Technologies
Amber Idumwonyi Makinwa - IBM
Emma-Louise Fusari - In-House Health Limited
Kiruthika Sureshkumar - Satva Trust
Monika Kott - Neurolase Ltd
Rachael Grimaldi - CardMedic
Sharon Oranekwu - Emboldened
Shilpa Kaluti - Scrumconnect Consultancy Ltd
Graduate of the Year / Apprentice of the Year - Other
Alicja Nawrocka - Athlon Mobility Services UK Limited
Amanpreet Oppal - QBE Europe
Aster Shear - Lloyds Banking Group
Bharathi Sudanagunta - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Daisy Power - Royal London
Gurjot Kaur - School of Coding and AI
Harper / Xuechun Liu - Procter & Gamble
JieHui Sexton - Jaguar Land Rover
Kayla Kamugasha - Renault UK
Madhavi Swamy – Barclays
Megha George - FDB
Molly Richards - Lloyds Banking Group
Victoria Atkins - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Yasmeen Bey - Volkswagen Group UK
Zarah Khan - Jet2 and Jet2Holidays
Graduate of the Year / Apprentice of the Year - Tech and Consulting
Asli Doga Kanturk - Geolytix
Dhara Ranavaya – IBM
Felicity Bruce - Vodafone
Hodan Hassan - Capgemini
Jasleen Kaur - Capgemini
Jessica Nicholls - IBM
Sophia Agha - Atos
Tioluwani Jaiye-Tikolo - Sage
Zaynab Abdulle - Accenture
Hero of the Year – Finance
Arvinder Thandi - Nationwide Building Society
Bailee Devey - 10xBanking
Fatma Sadiq - Lloyds Banking Group
Faye Sutcliffe - Lloyds Banking Group
Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group
Rachel Burns - Atom Bank
Sally Jackson - Admiral Group
Sally Ng - RSA Insurance (Intact)
Shobana Kousik - Lloyds Banking Group
Tiffany Bain - Aviva
Hero of the Year – Other
Chelsea Kirton - The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Deb Millar - Hull College
Elisa Lakhan-Hector - NHS England
Emma Beattie - Computacenter
Jasmine Green - London & Quadrant
Laura Collins - UWE Bristol
Laura Gilbert - Tony Blair Institute
Mini Biswas - Cisilion
Wendy Liu - UK Power Networks
Yanitsa Arnaudova - Computacenter
Hero of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Amber Idumwonyi Makinwa - IBM
Hema Kariyappa - VodafoneThree
Kellie Kwarteng - Halzak | Elevate Women in Tech
Mili Pattni - Scrumconnect Ltd
Natasha Ghoojamanian - Red Hat
Pushpinder Chouhan - BT Plc
Sammy White – Genio (formerly Glean)
Shivangi Singh - Accenture
Somasri Goswami - Capgemini UK
Innovator of the Year - Other
Claire Harrison - The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Elena Markoska - Bank of England
Kath Howell - Markerstudy Insurance Services Limited
Maheem Imran - Lloyds Banking Group
Megan Hughes - Lloyds Banking Group
Megan Rowlands - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
Mini Biswas - Cisilion
Neshma Emile - Zumo
Rachael Grimaldi - CardMedic
Ravinder Sahota-Thandi - Dudley Group NHS Trust
Soniya Mahale - Nationwide Building Society
Innovator of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Adiba Baksh - Sage
Armin Mustafa - SAIReco Ltd. and CVSSP, University of Surrey
Cheryl Graham - Sky
Fay Cooper - Scrumconnect Consulting
Hilary Aylesworth - CoachHub
Leah Claireaux - BT
Michelle Coombs - Oprising Ltd
Nicky Clift - PwC
Yasmin Tiyamiyu – IBM
IT Leader of the Year - Finance
Annemarie Warner - Atom Bank
Clare Shilling - Admiral Group
Dawn Bostock - Lloyds banking Group
Kate Bristow - Nationwide Building Society
Kiran Mahil - Nationwide
Lauren Dally - Everywhen (previously Ardonagh Advisory)
Lyndsay MacLeod - HSBC
Samantha Greenland-Weir - Hargreaves Lansdown
Shruti Naik - Lloyds Banking Group
Sophia Steiger - HSBC
IT Leader of the Year - Other
Anupama Hatti - NHS Blood and Transplant
Claire Harrison - The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Lydia Nicola - Amnesty International
Mie Verstraelen - AICPA & CIMA
Sarah Hitchcock - Geolytix
Outstanding Returner Award
Alina Timofeeva - Unique.Bold.You.
Bethany Bodin - Fujitsu
Erin McClean - Synyega Ltd
Lynne O'Donnell - Oakland
Lynsey Carr - Emerald Publishing
Monika Galla - Telegraph Media Group
Pip Henderson - Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance LTD
Rosie Greer - Nationwide Building Society
Ruchi Gupta - Royal SunAlliance
Sally Mole - Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Rising Star of the Year - Financial
Aimee Dowell - Lloyds Banking Group
Gemma Riddell - Lloyds Banking Group
Kasia Dutch - Starling Bank
Lilia Bendjebba - RSA Insurance
Madhavi Swamy - Barclays
Maheem Imran - Lloyds Banking Group
Neshma Emile - Zumo
Paige Harland - Lloyds Banking Group
Rhea Katherine Minta-Jacobs - Nationwide Building Society
Saba Ferdous - Lloyds Banking Group
Sangeetha Sharma - RSA
Sayo Agunbiade - RS Group
Shalu Madan - Lloyds banking group
Sneha Sarkar Sanyal - Admiral
Susie Whitaker - Lowell Shared Services
Rising Star of the Year - Other
Alexia Williams - Defence Organisation
Benazir Ulde - Jisc
Eimear Morrison - Fujitsu
Fiona Philip - University of St Andrews
Jamila Kabir - University College London
Jenny Henderson-Ross - Jet2.com
Jess Devine - Procter & Gamble
Lydia Nicola - Amnesty International
Makishakini Janarajan - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Miranda Weston - Thrift+
Nene Yamasaki - UK Power Networks
Rhea Ebanks-Simpson - Westminster City Council
Tammy Ajadi - King-Chi
Victoria Atkins - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Zoe Holland - Computacenter
Rising Star of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Andrea Rosales - Colibri Digital
Anushka Gupta - PwC
Armin Mustafa - SAIReco Ltd. and CVSSP, University of Surrey
Dedun Oyenuga - Microsoft
Ellie Priestley - Sedex
Farida Elgharably - Vodafone
Helen Chatterton - Accenture
Jenny Zhou - Amazon Web Services
Joanna Clitheroe - Nielsen IQ
Neriah Osei-Ampem - Capgemini Invent
Phoebe Fretwell - Oakland
Shivani Mishra - Xalient
Sophie Hiscock - Accenture
Tiana Kirkwood - Accenture
Victoria Sinel - IBM
Role Model of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Alina Timofeeva - Unique.Bold.You.
Amber Idumwonyi Makinwa - IBM
Amelia Hewitt - Hewitt Partnerships Ltd/CybAid
Bethany Bodin - Fujitsu
Elena Dumitrana - AND Digital
Kellie Kwarteng - Halzak | Elevate Women in Tech
Laura Yarr – PwC
Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS - Cyber Security Unity
Liz Henderson - Capgemini
Liz Rhodes - Art of Cloud
Polly Hickling - Atos
Qiushuo Sun - BT Group
Rebecca Taylor - Sophos
Sam Gaskell - DataFit
Tracy Collins - Nasstar
Role Model of the Year – Financial
Carrie Wray - Ardonagh Advisory, part of the Ardonagh Group
Donna Wayman - Zurich Legacy Solutions
Elena Markoska - Bank of England
Emma Norris - RSA
Eszter Morvai - Aviva
Faizah Rafique - Atom bank
Hannah Muller - Nationwide Building Society
Jessica Lewis - Admiral
Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group
Kasia Dutch - Starling Bank
Katie Hermans - RSA
Malini Jeyachandran - LLoyds Banking Group
Renka Gaddu - Admiral Group
Sarah Longhurst - Nationwide Building Society
Sophia Steiger - HSBC
Role Model of the Year – Other
Claire Hyland - SNG
Jacqui Leggetter - DWP
Jodi Nelson-Tabor - Final Pixel, Ltd
Kirsty Nunn - Millfield School
Laura Collins - UWE Bristol
Minali Jones - Harrow council
Nagham Saeed - University of West London
Pauline Brown - University of St Andrews
Rachel Carter - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Rachel Pepperdine - Computacenter
Radhia Shah - DWP Digital
Sarah Beavon - Canterbury Christ Church University
Yanitsa Arnaudova - Computacenter
Zoe Kelly - Serco
Team Leader of the Year – Financial
Chiamaka Odikanwa - HSBC
Jessica Lewis - Admiral
JJ (Joanne) Reeves - Nationwide Building Society
Joanne Driver - Lowell
Kapila Dayal - NatWest Group
Kelly Boyd - Aviva Plc
Lola Adeoti - Natwest
Maryna Rybalko - Paydock
Nicola Canfield - Atom bank PLC
Rashmi Srinivas - Nationwide building society
Team Leader of the Year – Other
Becky Townend – DWP
Bee Smith - North Sea Transition Authority
Bharathi Sudanagunta - Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Claire MacDonald - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)
Kate Pearce - Gower College Swansea
Katy Green - William Grant & Sons
Liz O'Neill - Pearson Education
Luisa Pires - Bank of England
Mala Benn - Genio (formerly Glean)
Sasha Sullivan - Asda
Team Leader of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Angela Wiltshire – VodafoneThree
Anita Gupta - Vodafone UK
Anjali Dhar - BT Group
Carina Almeida - Red Hat
Chrysa Papadopoulou - NIQ
Eva Fernandez Marin - OAKLAND GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
Francesca Malpass - Oh Goodlord Ltd
Jeanette Livings - Kyndryl
Kara Radcliffe - PwC
Krithikha Krishnamoorthy - Scrum Connect Consulting
Ljiljana Holden - Adaptavist
Paola Archer - Vodafone
Sandra Markey - GB Group PLC
Sherifat Akintunde-Shitu - Accenture
Yvonne Tebb - BT
Transformation Leader of the Year - Financial
Charlotte Walters – HSBC
Chiamaka Odikanwa - HSBC
Dorret Groot Wassink - Admiral Group
Eszter Morvai - Aviva
Indhira Mani - RSA Insurance - Intact UK
Lyndsay MacLeod - HSBC
Shejal Bhatt - Nationwide Building Society
Shruti Naik - Lloyds Banking Group
Soniya Mahale - Nationwide Building Society
Suzanne Ellison - Lloyds Banking Group
Transformation Leader of the Year - Other
Alexandra Stephenson - Wavenet
Deb Millar - Hull College
Gemma Gwilliam - "Portsmouth: The Digital City" Project
Joanna Clitheroe - Nielsen IQ
Katrina Macdermid - HIT Global
Laura Sato - NHS England
Liv Horner - Haymarket Media Group
Radhia Shah - DWP Digital
Sharon Ong - Nielseniq
Zhanet Zaharieva - Quantum Dice
Transformation Leader of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Anasol Pena-Rios - BT Group
Claire Smith - Enconvo UK
Gaby Paul - Sedex
Hannah Butterworth - Scrumconnect Consultancy
Marelize Venter – OpenCorporates
Natasha Lewis - KPMG
Shreya Chopra - Capgemini
Tiana Kirkwood - Accenture
Yvonne Tebb - BT
Woman of the Year - Finance
Arvinder Thandi - Nationwide Building Society
Chiamaka Odikanwa - HSBC
Dawn Connelly - Lloyds Banking Group
Faizah Rafique - Atom bank
Gek Yeo - AICPA-CIMA
Hilary Lanham - Head of Engineering Productivity Services
Indhira Mani - RSA Insurance - An Intact company
Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group
Katie Hermans - RSA
Lauren Carne - Aviva
Lyndsay MacLeod - HSBC
Mei Fong Tam - Nationwide Building Society
Ria Day - Aviva
Rose Ulldemolins - Lloyds Banking Group
Soniya Mahale - Nationwide Building Society
Woman of the Year – Other
Alexia Williams - Defence Organisation
Ceyda Mogulkoc - Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Claire Harrison - The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Dawn-Marie Hutchinson - BAT
Fiona Campbell - Coats Group PLC
Hannah Rixon - L&Q
Hilary Hastings - North Sea Transition Authority
Holly Hughes - HMRC
Jacqui Leggetter - DWP
Jasmine Green - London & Quadrant
Kate Pearce - Gower College Swansea
Laura Hanna - Goldsmiths University of London
Lorraine Dodd - Renault UK
Oluwabukola Sulyman - British Standards Institution
Ravinder Sahota-Thandi - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Woman of the Year – Tech and Consultancy
Andrea Rosales - Colibri Digital
Caitlin Randles - ConnexAI
Dr Carla Di Cairano-Gilfedder - BT Group
Gaby Sebire - Sedex
Isabella Rocha - IBM
Joanna Haslam - Snap Finger Click
Latha Balne - Colibri Digital
Natasha Lewis - KPMG
Rebecca Taylor - Secureworks, a Sophos Company
Ruchira Jigajinni - SKY
Sameena Akhter - Capgemini
Sharon Oranekwu - Emboldened
Shilpa Kaluti - Scrumconnect Consultancy Ltd
Somasri Goswami - Capgemini UK
Victoria Sinel - IBM