Congratulations to all our 2019 finalists:

Digital Leader of the Year

• Shazia Carr, Alzheimers Society
• Pamela Maynard, Avanade
• Kay Deacey-Coulton, Barnsley Council
• Radhika Bandarupalli, Centrica Plc.
• Sarika Soni, HSBC
• Elisha Deol, KPMG
• Bridget Glynn-Baker, Pearson PLC
• Deepa Sreenivasan, Telegraph Media Group
• Roxane Heaton, UKHO
• Chrissie Felthouse, University of Derby
• Jo Steel, Vodafone UK

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year

• Lucia Adams, 10 Digital Ladies
• Anna Somaiya, KPMG LLP
• Joanne Miklo, Leeds City Council
• Camilla Trigwell, QA Consulting
• Rajvinder kaur, ReAssure
• Anushka Davies, Softcat plc
• Valentina Synenka, Symphony Solutions
• Ann Hawkins, Eric Sheley, Sue Hargreaves, Jo Mawdsley, Andrew Coe and Floriana Grigore, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Diversity Employer of The Year

• Atos
• IBM UK
• Microgaming
• Pearson Plc
• Puppet
• Redington
• Simitive
• Skanska

Diversity Project of The Year

• 10 Digital Ladies
• Atos
• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Code First: Girls
• DIDFest
• Office for National Statistics
• QA
• Softcat plc

Entrepreneur of the Year

• Kim Aviv, Pathfinder Software Limited
• Rachel Jones, SnapDragon Monitoring Ltd

Graduate of the Year

• Mary Kirby, Atos
• Aine McCaughey, Civica
• Lalita Chopra, Cognizant
• Swetha Thanabalasingam, FDM Group
• Esmé Sullivan, Information System Services, Lancaster University
• Smruthi Chandrasekar, Just Eat
• Lucy Monaghan, Kainos Software Ltd
• Fionnuala Carr, Kx
• Alice Ashcroft, Lancaster University
• Shannon Holmes, Lead Tech
• Kate O'Loughlin, NuData Security, a Mastercard company
• Oishi Deb, Rolls-Royce
• Mollie Cooper, Unipart Group

Hero of the Year - (ENT)

• Jennifer Lam, Atos
• Katie Coleman, FutureLearn
• Storm MacSporran, FutureLearn Limited
• Joanne Cooper, Futures Housing Group
• Helen Brittain, Genting UK
• Helen Campbell, Hitachi Capital UK
• Elena Klokova, Insight
• Jayne Davies, Office for National Statistics
• Kayleigh Charlton, Softcat
• Holly Steele, Sweaty Betty
• Sylvia Lu, u-blox Cambridge Ltd
• Diane Bannister, Worldline

Hero of the Year - (SME)

• Shazia Carr, Alzheimer's Society
• Alyssa Grindstaff, Fitrzrovia IT
• Hella Williams, Hitachi Capital
• Catherine Bond, Lancaster University
• Sophie Xuefei Lu, Lancaster University
• Madeleine Neil Smith, Mind Foundry Ltd
• Laura Turner, Mudano
• Lynsey Taylor, Mudano
• Aimee Garner, University of Derby

Innovator of the Year

• Stacey Birkett, BrightHR
• Jasmina Mularska, British Telecoms Plc
• Sarah Hibbert, Civica UK Ltd
• Gill Holloway, Insight Direct UK Ltd
• Emily Foges, Luminance
• Sarah Tayler, Office for National Statistics
• Laura Bengescu, Pathfinder Software
• Victoria Nicholson, QA Ltd
• Patty Kostkova, University College London

IT Leader of the Year

• Lorraine Campbell, Al-Futtaim
• Jayne Sayer, Aviva PLC
• Elsa Chen, Entanet
• Leanne Allen, KPMG
• Keren Wild, North Yorkshire County Council
• Jane Stack, Paddy Power Betfair
• Hayley Johnson, Hoseasons
• Nimisha Patel, RSA
• Carol Johnson, The Telegraph
• Tamara Castelli, UNiDAYS
• Julia Veall, Vodafone UK

Outstanding Returner Award

• Tracey Webb, Atos
• Elizabeth Valentine-House, FutureLearn
• Kelly Bretherton, Iress
• Lyndsey Parry, Keoghs
• Catherine Askam, Mudano
• Pav Shergill, nimbl Ltd
• Joanna Goodwin, Office for National Statistics
• Holly Steele, Sweaty Betty
• Sumedha Asnani-chetal, University of Dundee

Outstanding Transformation

• Shazia Carr, Alzheimer's Society
• Anne Marie Couper, ATOS IT Services
• Pallavi Swaroop, Capgemini Invent
• Helen foster, First Direct
• Christine Percival, Lancaster University
• Sarah Schofield, Mudano
• Alessia Mancini, Paddy Power Betfair
• Emmy Lippold, SysGroup PLC
• Lina Oleszek, Telegraph Media Group
• Jo Kearley, University of Derby
• Jo Steel, Vodafone UK

Rising Star of the Year - (ENT)

• Monique Ho, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
• Rosalind Whittam, BBC
• Tracey, FutureLearn
• Kate Hunter, Genting UK
• Laura Harries-Ward, Genting UK
• Becki Hobson, Insight
• Isabel Holden, Insight
• Sureya Udin, Insight
• Johanna Sergent, Just Eat
• Ruth James, Office for National Statistics
• Iraide Ruiz, Paddy Power Betfair
• Erica Allan, Paddy Power Betfair
• Allegra Dellafrana, Pearson Plc
• Amna Askari, Reach Plc
• Juliet Eysenck, Telegraph Media Group
• Joyce Adetula, The Telegraph
• Nikki Dowding, Travis Perkins PLC
• Krittika D'Silva, University of Cambridge
• Claire Newbold, Walgreens Boots Alliance
• Cara Reaston, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Rising Star of the Year - (SME)

• Charlie James, Basingstoke College of Technology
• Alice Rose Little, CENTURY Tech
• Megan Warren, ComputerWorld Systems Ltd
• Janine Gill, CyberCrowd Limited
• Tani Flower, Derivco Isle of Man
• Samantha Lawler, Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office
• Roisin Hunter, Heliocor
• Laura Forster, Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust
• Martyna Wilk, Microgaming
• Beatrice, Mudano
• Laura Bengescu, Pathfinder Software
• Naomi Stanley, QA Consulting
• Lucy Winifired Hamilton, QA Consulting
• Svetla Stoyanova, RockIT
• Cecilia Lai, Snapdragon Monitoring Limited
• Ashlee Barnard, Westmin

Rising Star of the Year (ENT) - Financial Services

• Yemi Oluseun, Barclays
• Pakeeza Hussain, Barclays Wealth
• Siobhan Stevenson, First Derivatives
• Laura Kerr, First Derivatives
• Sarika Soni, HSBC
• Rachel Davies, Legal & General
• Donna Wayman, Zurich Insurance

Rising Star of the Year (ENT) - Tech Industry

• Priya Kanda, Atos
• Louise Lawrey, Atos
• Katie Kirwan, Atos Consulting
• Beth Price, Atos IT Services UK Ltd
• Emma Hudson, Civica
• Swetha Thanabalasingam, FDM Group
• Chloe McAteer, Kainos
• Bronagh Smyth, Kainos
• Faye Koukia-Koutelaki, Kainos Software Ltd
• Ran Jiang, KPMG LLP
• Shannon Holmes, Lead Tech
• Amy Bain, Softcat PLC
• Sylvia Lu, u-blox Cambridge Ltd

Role Model of the Year - (ENT)

• Jo Wilson, Allianz Insurance Plc
• Pamela Maynard, Avanade
• Mivy James, BAE Systems
• Sarah Cockrill, Coventry University
• Lyndsey Charlton, Daisy Corporate Services
• Juliet Parab, Deutsche Bank
• Nabila Aydin, FDM Group
• Lucy Blackwell, FutureLearn
• Clair Hall, Genting Casinos
• Suzanne Viant, Hargreaves Lansdown
• Corina Sas, Lancaster University
• Lorraine Rimmer, Matalan
• Nimisha Patel, RSA
• Susan Binns, RSA
• Alina Tomczak, Skanska UK
• Rima Amin, The Telegraph

Role Model of the Year - (SME)

• Rebecca Harrop, Barnet and Southgate College and Open University
• Joanna Cooper, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
• Radhika Bandarupalli, Centrica Plc.
• Lydia Barbara, Department for Enterprise, Isle of Man Government
• Clare Young, dxw
• Ash Haind, Fitzrovia IT
• Siân Thomas, Food Standards Agency
• Shivvy Jervis, FutureScape 248
• Victoria Hancy, Keoghs LLP
• Michelle Bellwood, North Yorkshire County Council
• Allison Nau, Test Learn Iterate Group Ltd
• Pauline Brown, University of St Andrews
• Dr. Mabrouka Abuhmida, University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Role Model of the Year (ENT) - Tech Industry

• Zoe Wilson, Agilisys Ltd
• Nikki Kelly, Atos
• Nicoleta Raportaru, Atos
• Gemma Emmett, Bluewolf - an IBM Company
• Julie Phelan, Civica UK
• Emily Douglin, Civica UK Ltd
• Jody Stockford, HP inc
• Josephine Farr, Kainos
• Janette Isiguzo, KPMG
• Lizzie Nairn, KPMG LLP
• Kaila Bloomfield, KPMG LLP
• Shalini Thirunilathil, LexisNexis
• Alix Whiteway, Softcat
• Jo Steel, Vodafone UK

Role Model of the Year (SME) - Tech Industry

• Laura-Jane Turner, Centerprise International Limited
• Maria Ward, Creative Virtual Ltd
• Gemma Wooden, Entanet
• Cherie Howlett, Jola
• Ranjani Devarajan, Mudano Ltd
• Anthee Merichovitis, Sitecore
• Gaia Caruso, Sparta Global
• Meera Rao, Synopsys, Inc.
• Sabrina Castiglione, Tessian
• Eileen O'Mahony, WM Promus

Security Leader of the Year

• Anne-Marie Balfour, Atos
• Rebecca Harrop, Barnet and Southgate College and Open University
• Ash Haind, Fitzrovia IT
• Katy Hinchcliffe, Littlefish (uk) Ltd
• Sara Vecchini, Pearson
• Jennifer Williams, Practical Vision Network
• Dee Deu, The British Land Company PLC
• Beverley Robinson, Waterstons

Software Engineer of the Year

• Oliwia Komperda, Azuri Technologies
• Polly McEldowney, BBC
• Samantha Louise Hall, Derivco
• Emily Biggs, Digital Shadows
• Yuliya Maksimchyk, Godel Technologies
• Alina Ungureanu, Hargreaves Lansdown
• Amna Askari, Reach Plc
• Rachna Mehta, Telegraph Media Group
• Sarah Sharp, Telegraph Media Group
• Wendy Cocksedge, Telegraph Media Group

 

Team Leader of the Year - (ENT)

• Samantha Kite, Advanced
• Monique Ho, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
• Sarah Cockrill, Coventry University
• Lynne Magennis, Daisy Corporate Services
• Sikhulile Dlamini, Derivco Isle of Man
• Elaine Bailey, First Derivatives
• Kate Richardson, Just Eat
• Louise Harte, Paddy Power Betfair
• Carola van der Sommen, Softcat
• Emmy Lippold, SysGroup PLC
• Tara Pathirana, Telegraph Media Group
• Amma Amosah, The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster City Council
• Rebecca Davies, Worldline
• Louise Walker, Worldline

Team Leader of the Year - (SME)

• Radhika Bandarupalli, Centrica Plc
• Alice Rose Little, CENTURY Tech
• Melissa Rahilly, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Zoe Jones, Practical Vision
• Katy Watson, Radius Payment Solutions
• Kathy Bloomfield, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
• Natasha James, Simitive
• Pauline brown, University of St Andrews

Transformation Leader - (ENT)

• Samantha Kite, Advanced
• Caroline Gray, Agilisys
• Cheryl Allen, Atos
• Monique Ho, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
• Radhika Bandarupalli, Centrica Plc
• Kate McSwiney, Flutter
• Helen Brittain, Genting UK
• Helenna Vaughan-Smith, Good Energy
• Michelle Loughlin, Pearson
• Lesley Bunting, Pearson PLC
• Emmy Lippold, SysGroup PLC
• Arabela Silva, Vodafone UK
• Julie Hillman, Worldline

Transformation Leader - (SME)

• Shazia Carr, Alzheimer's Society
• Pav Shergill, nimbl Ltd
• Naseem Golamgouse, Westminster City Council and Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
• Susan Brown, Zortrex Ltd

Woman of the Year - (ENT)

• Sue Lees, Agilisys
• Anu Koolothumkandi, Barclays
• Rebecca Harrop, Barnet and Southgate College and Open University
• Radhika Bandarupalli, Centrica Plc.
• Sophia Meola, Expandi Digital
• Suguna Venkataraju, Handelsbanken
• Rishu Sharma, IDC
• Devon Edwards Joseph, Lloyds Banking Group
• Lisa Harrington, QA Ltd
• Ewa Lacombe, Relyon IT Services
• Emmy Lippold, SysGroup PLC
• Louise Curtis, Telegraph Media Group
• Sylvia Lu, u-blox Cambridge Ltd
• Julia Veall, Vodafone UK
• Lisa Coleman, Worldline

Woman of the Year - (SME)

• Nina Lovelace, 10 Digital Ladies, Kandu
• Stephanie North, bChannels
• Nina Cicakova, BlueCat Networks Europe Ltd.
• Samantha Wessels, Elastic
• Nusrat Khondaker, Fitzrovia IT
• Elly Zhang, Heliocor
• Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, Immuta
• Elena Yegorova, London Media Exchange (LMX)
• Emily Foges, Luminance
• Laura Bengescu, Pathfinder
• Bamidele Farinre, Public Health England, Colindale UK
• Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, techUK
• Sabrina Castiglione, Tessian
• Claire Cromie, Tourism Northern Ireland
• Jill Martin, University of Dundee
• Lorraine Meeks, Voip Unlimited

CIO of the Year

• Jennifer Anderson, incuto
• Nimisha Patel, RSA
• Elizabeth White, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sustainability Leader of the Year

Special Award: Winner announced at the awards