Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 Winner: Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE, FRS, FREng.
2013 Winner: Dame Stephanie Shirley, IT entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Woman of the Year Award
2014 Winner: Torie Chilcott, Founder, CEO Content, Rockabox
2013: Eleni Antoniadou, Co-founder and Chief of Science, Transplants without Donors
2012: Vin Murria, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Computer Software Group plc
2011: Christine Hodgson, Executive Chairman, Capgemini UK plc
Leader of the Year in a Corporate Organisation
2014 Winner: Katrina Roberts, Vice President – Global Network and International Consumer Technologies Europe, American Express
2014 Finalists:
- Penny Hutchinson, Director, IT Infrastructure Projects, Lloyds Banking Group
- Angela Mitchell, Partner, Deloitte
- Rosemary Stark, Senior Vice President – Head of Banking – UK, Capgemini Financial Services
2013 Winner: Lucy Dimes, Chief Executive Officer, UK & Ireland, Alcatel-Lucent
2013 Finalists:
- Meggy Chung, Lead Infrastructure Partner, Barclays Bank
- Maggie van’t Hoff, General Manager Retail IT, Shell
- Jayne Showell, Senior Director, Head of Technology Operations, Capital One (Europe) Plc
2012 Winner: Sheila Flavell, Chief Operating Officer, FDM Group
2012 Finalists:
- Tracey Foster, Manufacturing Director- Peterlee, PepsiCo UK & Ireland
- Alix Pryde, Director of Distribution, BBC
- Emer Timmons, President, BT Global Services, UK, BT
Team Leader of the Year in an SME
2014 Winner: Diana Kennedy, Head of Strategy & Architecture, Enterprise Systems, BP Plc
- Emma Scott, Managing Director, Freesat
- Shilpa Shah, Chief of Staff of Deloitte Delivery and Women in Technology Lead, Deloitte
- Lyndsey McDougall, Head of OSS, Virgin Media
2013 Winner: Tamara Lohan, Co-founder & CTO, Mr & Mrs Smith
2013 Finalists:
- Cheryl Diskin, Project Group Manager, Web Applications UK Ltd
- Dragana Ljubisavljevic, Managing Director, EMEA, Return Path
- Kay O’Brynne, Consulting Director, CloudSense Ltd
2012 Winner: Kirstin Duffield, CEO, Morning Data Limited
2012 Finalists:
- Jules Howard-Wright, Broadcast Project Director, Digital UK
- Poonam Joshi, Head of Advertising Operations, Gumtree.com
- Pam Maynard, General Manager, UK & Ireland, Avanade
Rising Star of the Year Award
2014 Winner: Anne-Marie Imafidon, Enterprise Collaboration Strategist & Head Stemette, Deutsche Bank & Stemettes
2014 Finalists:
- Rosie Campbell, Research Technologist, BBC Research and Development
- Sadie Hawkins, Executive Assistant, IBM UK Ltd
- Catherine Mills, Technology Consultant, Accenture
2013 Winner: Taylor McGhee, Integrated Supply Chain Specialist Apprentice, IBM UK Ltd
2013 Finalists:
- Stacy Morris, UKGI Solutions Delivery – Performance Oversight, Aviva UK
- Imogen Wethered, CEO,Qudini
2012 Winner: Laura Earle, Executive Communications Manager, Services, EMEAR, Cisco
2012 Finalists:
- Orla Baker, NTP Head Office Data Programme Manager, Accenture
- Maria Navrotskaya, Information & Decision Solutions Manager, EMEA Financial Projects, Procter & Gamble UK
2011 Winner: Stephanie Nicolaou, ICT Systems Analyst, Agusta Westland Helicopters Ltd
2011 Finalists:
- Emma Davids, IT Professional, Yorkshire Water Services LTD
- Madiha Sayed, Partner System Engineer, Cisco
- Anushree Srivastava, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Team Leader of the Year Award
2011 Winner: Billie Major, Core Assets Portfolio Director, Capgemini UK plc
2011 Finalists:
- Carol Bogue-Lloyd, Head of End User Services for the North West European Cluster, Siemens IT Solutions and Services
- Sarah Lynch, Development Director, Snow Valley Ltd
- Paula Walter, Vice President, Goldman Sachs International
Innovator of the Year Award
2014 Winner: Vicky Brock, CEO, Clear Returns
2014 Finalists:
- Jane Stockdill-Mander, WebSphere Portfolio Product Manager, IBM UK Ltd
- Vanessa Tufnell, Executive Assistant to the Chief Information Officer, Lloyds Banking Group
2013 Winner: Joanna Montgomery, Founder & CEO, Little Riot
2013 Finalists:
- Kate Craig-Wood, MD & Owner, Memset Ltd
- Liz Rice, Co-founder, Tank Top TV
- Diana Stepner, Head of Future Technologies, Pearson
2012 Winner: Mandy Chessell, IBM Distinguished Engineer, Master Inventor, Chief Architect for InfoSphere Solutions, IBM
2012 Finalists:
- Polly Gowers, Founder and CEO, Everyclick Ltd
- Cyndi Mitchell, Managing Director, ThoughtWorks
- Jo Reid, Creative Director, Calvium Ltd
2011 Winner: Naomi Chayen, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College London
2011 Finalists:
- Leesa Fogarty, Vice President Northern Europe & Asia Pacific, Augure UK Limited
- Ella Romanos, Managing Director, Remode
Entrepreneur of the Year Award
2014 Winner: Alicia Navarro, CEO and Co-founder, Skimlinks
2014 Finalists:
- Roberta Lucca, Co-Founder, CMO, Bossa Studios
- Pat Nice, CEO, Reconnix
2013 Winner: Jennifer Sheridan, Founder & CEO, Togeva Ltd
2013 Finalists:
- Kathryn Parsons, Founder, Decoded
- Dr Sarah Wood, COO & Founder, Unruly
2012 Winner: Olga Kubassova, Founder and CEO, Image Analysis Ltd
2012 Finalist:
- Nathalie Gaveau, CEO, Shopcade
2011 Winner: Wendy Tan-White, Founder and CMO, Moonfruit
- Alicia Navarro, CEO and Co-founder, Skimlinks
- Juliet Tzabar, Managing Director, Plug-in Media
Inspiration of the Year Award
2014 Winner: Dr Sue Black, Founder & CEO, Savvify
2014 Finalists:
- Isla Kennedy, Analyst, Accenture
- Belinda Parmar, CEO, Lady Geek and Little Miss Geek
-
Claire Vyvyan, Executive Director and General Manager, Public and Large Institutions,
Dell UK
2013 Winner: Deborah Gundle, Founder/Director, Netbuddy
2013 Finalists:
- Zoe Cunningham, Managing Director, Softwire
- Sarah Greasley, Distinguished Engineer and Technical Director, IBM UK Ltd
- Siân John, Security Strategist, Symantec
2012 Winner: Gillian Arnold, Director, Tectre from Huddersfield
2012 Finalists:
- Hazel Moore, Chairman and Co-founder, FirstCapital Corporation Ltd
- Sheryl Newman, Operations Director, Appetite for Learning
- Pat Ryan, CEO, Information Technology for Children in Hospital
2011 Winner: Nikki Walker, Senior Director Inclusion, Diversity & Sustainability Europe, Cisco Systems
2011 Finalists:
- Jo Alma, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Philippa Snare, Technical Sales and Marketing Director, Microsoft Ltd
Start-up founder of the Year Award
2014 Winner: Elizabeth Clark, CEO, Dream Agility
2014 Finalists:
- Elizabetta Camilleri, Founder & CEO, SalesGossip
- Clare Flynn Levy, Founder & CEO, Essentia Analytics
Business Leader of the Year Award
2011 Winner: Bernadette Wightman, Managing Director, Partner Organisation, Cisco UK & Ireland, Cisco
2011 Finalists:
- Lesley Cowley OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Nominet
- Janet Day, Director, Technology and Infrastructure Services, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
