Congratulations to our 2023 finalists:


Digital Leader of the Year – SME

·       Sophie Palmer - IRIS Solutions

·       Emily Plummer - Beyond Encryption

·       Reena Raichura - Interop.io

·       Emily Walshe - Raven Housing trust

·       Taylor Belchak - Sedna Communications

·       Lalita D'Cruze - Giant Digital

·       Janet Bastiman - Napier Ltd

·       Katie Gallagher - Manchester Digital Ltd

·       Farnoush Mirmoeini - KYC Hub

·       Iris Winter - xDesign

·       Pauldy Otermans - Otermans Institute

·       Gemma Maidment - Sedex

·       Natalie Waite - Sagittarius

·       Yin Yin Lu - CUBE

·       Adriana Mironova - Redstor

 

Digital Leader of the Year – Enterprise

·       Harriet Brown - PwC

·       Sara John - NatWest

·       Samhita Tumuleti - IBM

·       Charlotte Hicks - Aviva

·       Sonia Parveen - Capgemini

·       Nanda Sharma - Fujitsu

·       Angela Wallace - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Jessamyn Rossington - Government Digital Service

·       Tremaine Burns - Rackspace Technology

·       Charlotte Crowson - Vodafone

·       Charlene McDonald - Kainos

·       Vikki Williams - Arup

·       Vibhusha Raval - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Nikki Rolph - Iceland Foods Ltd.

·       Deepali Parekh - Tata Consultancy Services

 

Diversity Employer of the Year

·       Aviva

·       Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Credera UK

·       Astound Commerce

·       King

·       Allica Bank

·       Revolent

·       Redstor

·       DWP Digital

·       Mobilize Financial Services

·       Man Group

·       Novuna Plc

·       Wunderkind

·       GoCardless

·       GFT

Engineer of the Year

·       Maria Wheatley - 8x8

·       Pamela Shah-Exton - Nationwide

·       Clare Jolly - Vodafone UK Ltd

·       Sarah Hogg - Vitality

·       Anoushka Verma - IBM

·       Kirsten Allanson - Sage UK

·       Elizabeth Gee - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Asia Sharif - NatWest / ChainVerse

·       Dziyana Aryshchuk - Godel Technologies Europe Ltd

·       Yuki Kitaoka - Ensono Digital

·       Esin Akdeniz Akar - Nationwide Building Society

Graduate of the Year

·       Rebekah Kay - Capgemini

·       Danni Peng - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Marie de Groot - IBM

·       Imogen Kempster - Fujitsu

·       Melina Kim - Pearson

·       Anushka Gupta - PwC

·       Nicole Tolfts - Aviva

·       Anita Yau Gwa Keung - PwC

·       Tara Mulcahy-Murray - IBM

·       Abigail Griffiths - BT

·       Afoma Ukah - Man Group

·       Poppy Carnegie-Peake - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Zhen-Yen Chan - NatWest Group

·       Lucy Wilcox - HSBC

·       Lara Wiggins - Capgemini

Hero of the Year – SME

·       Zoe Dronfield - Trustmarque

·       Rav Bumbra - Cajigo

·       Katherine Murphy - Trustmarque

·       Alice Hendy - Ripple Suicide Prevention

·       Frances Holmes - Speak Out Revolution & Microsoft

·       Flavilla Fongang - GTA Black Women In Tech

·       Diana Pani - InterDigital

·       Neha Sampat - Contentstack

·       Amanda Brock - OpenUK

 

Hero of the Year – Enterprise

·       Joanne Healy - Microsoft

·       Louise Krug - BT

·       Louise Tuck - Nationwide Building Society

·       Gemma Al-Kaisy - Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Nyree Basdeo - PA Consulting

·       Lisa Slade - Accenture

·       Harriet Brown - PwC

·       Cathreen Wong - Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital

·       Divya Shree - Natwest Group

·       Nicola Frost - 8x8 UK Limited

·       Debbie Lewis - Fujitsu

·       Michelle Conway - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Divya Handa - Ping Identity

·       Amanda Bailey - Arup

·       Tatiana Elek - Jaguar Land Rover

 

Innovator of the Year

·       Michelle Conway - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Vickie Evans - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Emma-Louise Fusari - In-House Health Limited

·       Lucinda Mee - Transport for London

·       Hollie Keen - BT Media & Broadcast

·       Anne Hegmann-Weston - SehaMed Global Ltd.

·       Emma Tulloch - NatWest

·       Heather Perriam - Trustmarque

·       Ivy Taylor - Amazon Music

·       Fiona Buckland - The University of Edinburgh

·       Kristin Savilia - JOOR

IT Leader of the Year

·       Hilary Lanham - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Ursula Dolton - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Supriti Singh - Arup

·       Elle Austin - Aviva

·       Chloe Gray - Nationwide Building Society

·       Claire Haynes - NatWest

·       Sumitha Fernandez Musoles - PwC

·       Divya Ananthram - Tata Consultancy Services

·       Ekta Soni - Wipro

·       Helen Marshall - Yodel

·       Milla Mazilu - Network Rail

·       Rachel Waters - Man Group

·       Fiona Buckland - The University of Edinburgh

·       Cathie Hall - IFS

·       Sam Murray - Lowell Group

Role Model of the Year

·       Karen Louise Clark - DVLA

·       Agnes Beviz - DVLA

·       Amanda Brock - OpenUK

·       Sue Griffin - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

·       Hawwa Dorrington - Bourne Leisure Limited

·       Catherine O'Keeffe - NHS England

·       Mia Michla - NHS England

·       Lianne Potter - ASDA

·       Rebecca Morris - University of Edinburgh

·       Nic Ponsford - Global Equality Collective

·       Stella Quartarella - Penguin Random House UK

·       Deborah Haworth - Penguin Random House UK

·       Emily Walshe - Raven Housing trust

·       Sim Kaur - TUI Group

·       Meghan Mitchell - University of Warwick

 

Role Model of the Year – Consultancies and Professional Services

·       Kiran Bajar - Hunters and Unicorns

·       Paulette Watson - Academy Achievers

·       Lisa Clark - Eviden

·       Lyndsey Charlton - Daisy Corporate Services

·       Klaudia Zawrotna - Capco

·       Nyree Basdeo - PA Consulting

·       Gabriela Rodriguez - PwC

·       Jessica Willis - Data Science Festival

·       Michelle Griffey - Communisis Ltd

·       Larisa Vancea - Atos

·       Wendy Mead - Atos

·       Mariella Gallo - Arup

·       Munmun Shah - EY

·       Irene Symeonidou - Capco

·       Ella Ovenden - IBM

 

Role Model of the Year – Financial Services

·       Lydia Harris - Vitality

·       Sara John - NatWest

·       Chloe Gray - Nationwide Building Society

·       Lucie Grainger - Aviva

·       Kapila Dayal - NatWest Group

·       Barbara Wray - London Stock Exchange Group

·       Mary Van Eker – Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Ashleigh Batson - Nationwide Building Society

·       Hena Naranbhai - Barclays

·       Lauren Dally - The Ardonagh Group

·       Amy Barnes - HSBC

·       Michelle Christmas - RSA

·       Rachel Skelton - Covea Insurance

·       Anita Patel - First Derivative

 

Role Model of the Year - Tech

·       Zoe Dronfield - Trustmarque

·       Pearl Jarrett - Veranda Connect Ltd

·       Alexandra Pott - Vodafone

·       Maitreyee Ghosh - Chubb European Group SE

·       Janet Bastiman - Napier Ltd

·       Nicola Martin - Adarga

·       Maria Cuevas - BT Group

·       Rashada Harry - AWS & Your Future - Your Ambition

·       Lyubomira Dimitrova - Onfido

·       Leigh-Anne Whittingham - Trustmarque

·       Terri Martin - Allpoints Fibre

·       Charlene McDonald - Kainos

·       Lauren Kisser - Amazon

·       Melissa Torgbi – SAS

·       Alisha Wong – Credera

·       Roxanne Goldfinch - Astound Commerce

 

Rising Star of the Year

·       Sarah Hoffman - Akeneo

·       Isobel McNeany - Auroch Digital

·       Rebecca Wilson - DigiSafe Consulting LTD

·       Agnes Beviz - Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

·       Amina Omar - GDS

·       Sasha Druzhinin - GfK

·       Gaby Frylinck - Giant Digital

·       Gaby Hall - Grayce

·       Evie Dineva - Gymshark

·       Joanna Kelly - Leonardo

·       Ellice Birch - Motability Operations

·       Gabriela Piatek - Northumbria University

·       Holly Robertson - Petrofac

·       Setareh Jalali - Sheffield Hallam university

·       Claudia Donia - TUI Group

 

Rising Star of the Year – Consultancies & Professional Services

·       Mei-Shiang Shen - IBM

·       Cindy Cheung - Eviden

·       Lizzie Dearden - Eviden

·       Daria Postnikova - Accenture

·       Sophia Liu - PwC UK

·       Bethany Orchard - PwC

·       Mariam Hussein - Slalom

·       Catherine Quilley - Made Tech

·       Sherifat Akintunde-Shitu - Accenture

·       Zoe Cuenoud - Altman Solon

·       Amelia Ferguson - Arup

·       Kesta Kemp - Capgemini Invent

·       Sushmitha Mungara - Tata Consultancy Services

·       Katie Vega - 6point6

 

Rising Star of the Year – Financial Services

·       Ria Bedford - Aviva

·       Gabi Silver - Aviva

·       Elise Soucie - GBBC Digital Finance

·       Inna Garkusha - Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Lucy Wilcox - HSBC

·       Elizabeth Excell - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Bhawika Agarwal - Lloyd's Banking Group

·       Rachel van Rensburg - NatWest Group

·       Farah Shippam - Novuna

·       Ann Teh - Zopa Bank Ltd

·       Ellen Roberts - Lowell Group

·       Ria Green - Nationwide Building Society

·       Jessica Burton - Atom Bank

 

Rising Star of the Year – Tech

·       Jessica Mowatt - 8x8

·       Claire Doyle - BT

·       Fatma Elasouad - BT

·       Talia Glantz - Doddle

·       Deborah Torley - DXC Technology

·       Katerina Tasiopoulou - Exelasis

·       Michelle Golding - Experience This

·       Rebecca Mason - IRIS Software Ltd

·       Mam Begay Joof - GitLab

·       Daizy Limo - Meta Inc (Facebook UK)

·       Kate Featherstone - MHR

·       Jasmine Gillard - Pentest People

·       Camille Pirali - PolyAI

·       Harriet Baker - Rackspace Technology

·       Sally Blake Exley - Nasstar

 

Outstanding Returner Award

·       Suzi Archer - Huler

·       Nancy Easton - KPMG UK

·       Julie Clark - Aviva

·       Angela Leung - 6point6

·       Katherine Mullard - Kerv Digital

·       Katy Harrison - BT

·       Isobel Daley - 6point6

·       Anna Smith - BT

·       Nina Feighoney-Smith - PwC

·       Rakhi Sachdeva - Microsoft

·       Emily Hall-Strutt - Next Tech Girls / Empiric

·       Yuelin Li - Onfido

Security Professional of the Year

·       Victoria Axon - NHS England

·       Elizabeth Kirby - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Lucy Finlay - Aviva

·       Vic Harkness - Arenko

·       Meghan Gordon - PWC UK

·       Sarah Armstrong-Smith - Microsoft

·       Tanya Davis - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Shannon Wilson - IBM

·       Louise Ferrett - Searchlight Cyber

·       Lianne Potter - ASDA

·       Louise Gill - Trustmarque Cyber Security

·       Kay Ng - Schneider Electric

·       Jenny Reveley - PCI Pal

·       Manjinder Khunkhuna - Microsoft

Team Leader of the Year – SME

·       Emily Plummer - Beyond Encryption

·       Joanna Kori - Encompass Corporation

·       Sai Leela Bendi - Encompass Corporation Ltd

·       Amy Sampson - Falmouth University

·       Ayca Didszuweit - MoEngage

·       Louise Hill - GoHenry

·       Nila Patel - Government Digital Service

·       Karolin Ecke - Intelligent Growth Solutions

·       Katherine Mullard - Kerv Digital

·       Freddie Turner - MiQ Digital

·       Kam O'Donnell - Mobilize Financial Services

·       Ellice Birch - Motability Operations

·       Lyubomira Dimitrova - Onfido

·       Catherine Oxley - PolyAI

·       Nicola Bryan - Zest4

 

Team Leader of the Year – Enterprise

·       Nerea Gandarias - 8x8

·       Mariella Gallo - Arup

·       Lucie Grainger - Aviva

·       Sara Jones - BT

·       Maria Rhodes-Johnson - Daisy Corporate Services Ltd

·       Rachna Osman - Fujitsu

·       Rosanna Lane - Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Lisa Taylor - Hitachi Solutions

·       Shannon Wilson – IBM

·       Verity Watson – HSBC

·       Robyn Cooper - Nasstar

·       Louise Tuck - Nationwide Building Society

·       Sally Basting - Nationwide Building Society

·       Christina Chadfield-Keys - PwC

·       Wendy Marshall - Rackspace Technology

Transformation Leader of the Year

·       Sarah-Jane Littleford - Fujitsu

·       Kelly Boyd - Aviva Plc

·       Kirsty Baxter-Smith - BT Plc

·       Julia Young - Mobilize Financial Services

·       Lisa Slade - Accenture

·       Yvonne Tebb - BT

·       Jana Goree - 8x8

·       Katherine Murphy - Trustmarque

·       Abirami John - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Rachna Osman - Fujitsu

·       Aisling Jiang - Adobe

·       Daria Grishina - Danone UK & Ireland

·       Megan Yawor - Medivet

Outstanding Transformation of the Year

·       Denise Gale - 8x8

·       Kirsty Baxter-Smith - BT Plc

·       Sabrina Au - Dot Dot Fire

·       Sarah-Jane Littleford - Fujitsu

·       Natalli Krechick - Godel Technologies Europe Ltd

·       Natalie Jones - Government Digital Service

·       Julie Wiseman - Hargreaves Landsdown

·       Julie Ferry - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Megan Yawor - Medivet

·       Mia Michla - NHS England

·       Urvija Roy Chowdhury - Tata Consultancy Services

·       Claire Widd - Rackspace Technology

·       Kirsty Buss - Vitality

·       Rachel O'Leary - Vodafone UK

·       Gemma Maidment - Sedex

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

·       Accenture

·       Allica Bank

·       BT Group Plc

·       Capgemini

·       DXC Technology

·       GfK

·       GFT

·       Allpoints Fibre

·       Global Equality Collective

·       Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Hymans Robertson

·       Options IT

·       Pearson 

·       PwC

·       Rackspace Technology

CIO of the Year

·       Harsha Goodlad - HSBC

·       Mary Caffrey - HSBC

·       Supriti Singh - Arup

·       Daria Grishina - Danone UK & Ireland

·       Helen Marshall - Yodel

Woman of the Year

·       Louise Krug - BT

·       Roushanak Rahmat - Elekta

·       Catherine O’Keefe - NHS England

·       Abi Williams - Capgemini

·       Hayley Shorthouse - Uniq Recycling

·       Cheryl Rosenthal-Warlow - GfK

·       Ziyi Liu - Capco

·       Christina Chadfield-Keys - PwC

·       Huijie Ma - Jaguar Landover

·       Sarah Wood - University of Warwick

·       Louise Hill - GoHenry

·       Georgina Fairhall - WAC App

·       Natalie Cramp - Profusion

·       Evie DinevaGymShark

·       Rav Bumbra - Cajigo

 

Woman of the Year – Financial Services

·       Elizabeth Excell - Lloyds Banking Group

·       Rachel Skelton - Covea Insurance

·       Cathreen Wong - Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital

·       Pamela Shah-Exton - Nationwide

·       Divya Shree - NatWest

·       Michele Barton-Mcintosh - Nationwide Building Society

·       Julia Young - Mobilize Financial Services

·       Gemma Al-Kaisy - Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Rosanna Lane Hargreaves Lansdown

·       Jitske van Londen - Hymans Robertson LLP

·       Jessica Lewis - Admiral Group

·       Sinead Brennan - AccountsIQ

·       Ann Teh - Zopa Bank

 

Woman of the Year – Tech

·       Jessie Auguste - Cybsafe

·       Ashlesha Kadam - Amazon

·       Elinor Honigstein - LinkedIn

·       Liz Morrison - Fujitsu

·       Katie Shanahan - Crossword Cybersecurity

·       Rashada Harry - Amazon

·       Kirsty Kay - Eseye

·       Annick O’Brien - Cybsafe

·       Wendy Brett-Reynolds - Aviva

·       Stina Ehrensvärd - Yubico

·       Nicola Martin - Adarga

·       Zoe Boreham – Redstor

·       Lauren Langdell - Women in DevOps

·       Lisa Ventura - Cyber Security Unity