Education & Academia
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Education & Academia category, sponsored by EDIT Development.
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Fintech
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Fintech category, sponsored by Streets Consulting
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
HR & Recruitment
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the HR & Recruitment category, sponsored by Linkedin
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Consulting
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Consulting category, sponsored by EY
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Defence
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Defence category, sponsored by the Royal Navy.
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Diversity
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Diversity category, sponsored by Aon.
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Construction
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Construction category
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Banking
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Banking category, sponsored by Societe Generale
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Charity
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Charity category, sponsored by Cancer Research UK
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Shortlist in Charity
Bukola Adisa | Career Masterclass
Bukola Adisa is a senior Compliance and Financial Crime expert with extensive experience in the Financial Services Industry. She is currently the Head of Europe Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Testing at HSBC where she leads a team of 110 professionals in executing compliance reviews across all lines of business in the region. Until recently, she was the Global Head of Financial Crime Assurance at The Royal Bank of Scotland. In this role, she led a...
Caroline Odogwu | Business Launchpad
Caroline Odogwu is committed to working with young people, inspiring them to reach their full potential. And after working nearly five years at youth entrepreneurial charity, Business Launchpad, alongside running her own award winning social enterprise – she has an inspiring story of her own! After graduating with a degree in journalism, Caroline began her career as a broadcast journalist working with OHTV (Sky Digital), ITV, Granada and Sky News. It was through this work...
Elizabeth Renshaw | City University London
Hello, I’m Liz. I’m 30, I live at the end of the Metropolitan line, I’m really in to mini eggs and crime dramas and I’m completely thrilled to be nominated for a WATC Rising Star award! It’s been great to reflect on my story; I’ve recently landed a real dream job and this has been the perfect opportunity to think about how I got there. I’ve worked in and around the charity sector for my...
Emma Miller-McCaffrey | Mermaids UK
Natalie Campbell | A Very Good Company
Natalie Campbell is an award-winning businesswoman and HarperCollins author. She won the ‘Community Spirit’ award at the ‘Women of the Future Awards’ in 2016 and was recognised in the Management Today 35 Women Under 35 and City AM Power 100 Women lists. Natalie is the co-founder of A Very Good Company (AVGC), a global social innovation agency and recently launched London’s newest wellbeing craze, “The Badass Principle – a workout for the mind and soul”. As a non-executive...
Sonia Meggie | Inspirational YOU
I am the Founder of Inspirational YOU, a UK based Social Enterprise that specialises in delivering empowering masterclasses and workshops for women, students and start ups. I have engaged with thousands of attendees via Inspirational YOU and have a proven track record of successful partnerships with the corporate, statutory and third sector organisations. These include the BBC, UK Supreme Court, Lewisham Homes, PwC, Pearson, ITV News, Channel 4, Go Think Big, Impact Hub, Punch Records, London...
Tanya Compas | The Change Foundation
After failing my A-Levels at the age of 18, I got my first taste of work within the charity sector. I spent a year volunteering in a boys orphanage in a small town called Oropesa in rural Peru, during which I fulfilled the role of big sister, mother and carer for a group of 13 indigenous boys. This proved to be one of the most transformative experiences of my life and career. Thanks to my experience in Peru, I...
Tonia Ashikodi | Mumtrepreneur Club
Tonia is the founder of the mumtrepreneur club and the project director of The F.E.E.D Project UK . Tonia is very passionate about the community and understands the importance of giving back to society. “We cannot change the world but we can change a life”. (Tonia). Tonia’s Journey in community giving dates back to 2002 when she was part of a team that pioneered a charity program to raise money for less privilege children in...
Trishna Bharadia | MS Society
I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis aged 28, in 2008, and since then have become a leading and award-winning advocate for people with MS/chronic illness/disability, using my experiences to help others, largely through charitable work. I’m a full-time translator but in my spare time collaborate with organisations in the UK and abroad, including MS Society (Ambassador), Sue Ryder, the Wheelchair Dance Sport Association (Patron), the Cambridge MS Therapy Centre (Patron), Asian MS (Newsletter Editor and...
Yasmine Davies | Autistica
I’m a highly motivated, proactive and experienced fundraiser, always working to expand my horizons and try new things. I am proud to have worked in the charity sector since leaving university, primarily in roles covering corporate and major donor fundraising, but also collaborating with colleagues and managing junior staff across multiple forms of fundraising. I started my career at the Woodland Trust, where I gained an incredible grounding in top-quality account management and business development...
Entrepreneurs
We are proud to announce the top 10 shortlisted individuals for the Entrepreneur category, sponsored by Citi
The individuals contained within the shortlist are now able to receive public votes of support. If you wish to show your support, please cast your vote below.
We look forward to welcoming all shortlisted nominees to our celebration drinks reception sponsored by Bloomberg on 8 June.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our judges for their time and to wish all nominees the very best of luck in the next round of judging.
Shortlist Entrepreneurs
Bryony Thomas | Watertight Marketing
To quote one reviewer on Amazon, Bryony Thomas is the author of “the book on marketing that makes sense of the rest”. Watertight Marketing (Panoma Press) brings together her extensive experience and many perspectives on marketing. She was managing telephone fundraising campaigns for the likes of Mind and Help the Aged at age 19. She was designing and running pan-European campaigns for Dell and Microsoft by age 24. She secured a role as divisional director of marketing in...
Chayya Syal | Avid Scribbler
Chayya is an award winning Broadcast Journalist with seven years’ experience working across print, digital, broadcast, video and radio from London, UK. She currently works on a live news programme at the BBC, is a Schools Speaker for Amnesty International, is a Huffington Post blogger and goes to schools and colleges across London to discuss careers, responsible journalism and tech. She is also the creator and founder of her blog Avid Scribbler which she started...
Claudia Lambeth | Luna Mae London
I am a twenty six year old entrepreneur who started the luxury lingerie brand, Luna Mae London four years ago. I was motivated to start the brand because I believed that there was a gap in the market for a truly luxury lingerie offering. I felt like the word ‘luxury’ was used by a lot of companies when, in fact, upon close examination, their quality was not great and they didn’t provide customers with the...
Cynthia Davis | BAME Recruitment
I am a passionate female entrepreneur who is determined to make a difference for people from under represented backgrounds within the workforce. I have worked within the recruitment industry for over 18 years and worked for a number of organisations including BT, Carphone Warehouse, Talk Talk and at ITV for Creative Access. Throughout my career, no matter what organisation I worked in, there were never many people who looked like me working in similar positions....
Dr Ava Eagle Brown | Ava Eagle Brown
Multi-award winning International Speaker, Author and Transformation mindset coach, Dr Ava Eagle Brown is in a class by herself. She is the author of her memoir The Mango Girl soon to be a feature film. Ava has moved from incest, rape, failed marriages and being homeless to a household name globally. She has shared stage with the likes of Eric Thomas, Lisa Nichols, Nick Vujicic, Andy Harrington, Hollywood -Sheryl Lee Ralph, Paul O’Mahony, Darren Winters,...
Jenny Garrett | Reflexion Associates
I am an award winning Executive Career Coach, Author, 2 x TEDx Speaker, Leadership Trainer. Commentator. Women & Teen Advocate and Entrepreneur. I have been running my business, Reflexion Associates Limited, which is a Leadership Consultancy for 11 years, Before that I held senior marketing roles in organisations, such as Schroder Leasing and Hamptons International. 4 years ago I wrote my Amazon best selling book Rocking Your Role, on the taboo subject of female breadwinners...
Lalita Devi Purbhoo Junggee | Nineteen Fifty Design & Print Co Ltd
My name is Lalita Purbhoo-Junggee. I am 28 years old, married and the mother of two kids. I am the co-founder of 1950 Design & Print Co Ltd, which is located in Pailles, Mauritius. I started my career as a trainee reporter at sixteen. Following high-school, I began work at a top newspaper in Mauritius. After eight years of working full-time, I decided to take on the adventure of becoming an entrepreneur. Together with my...
Shainul Kassam | Fortune Law
Shainul trained as a lawyer at Memery Crystal and qualified into the corporate department specialising in stock market flotations. Three years later, in 2004, aged 29, she left to set up her own commercial law firm Fortune Law. She was reported at that time to be the youngest female to start a law firm in the UK. In her first year of trading and initially from her kitchen table she advised on 2 stock market...
Tanya Dennis | Eventsuncut
Tanya Dennis is a commercially aware, consumer focused and organised events manager with an interest in the overall B2B and B2C entertainment and events industry. With 6 years of international conference and exhibition experience (in-house), Tanya has a worked within a variety of sectors including Interior Design, Aviation, Finance, Technology and Health Care. Considerable experience in coordinating and managing events from venue sourcing to onsite management, incorporating production and budgeting as well as exemplary customer...