2023 FINALISTS

Congratulations to our 2023 finalists:


Personal Excellence

Apprentice of the Year

Aadam Ali – HM Revenue & Customs

Charlie Allen – Amazon

Rabiya Aurfan – PepTalks

Matthew Carter – Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL)

Danny Jackson – Hargreaves Lansdown

Rose Kanyama – Maersk

Jamie Kavanagh – Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

Iulia Olaru – IBM

Matthew Shufflebotham - KPMG

Amelia Stone – Morgan Stanley

 

Business Analyst of the Year

Lokesh Banjaria – Cognizant Worldwide

 

Georgina Bella Tabernero – KPMG

Kalpesh Chavda – Markel International

Shamaila Jawaid – Bank of England

Yamini Kumar – Network Rail

Sean McCabe – Financial Conduct Authority

Srikanth Pullikanti – Bank of England

Alexander Scott – Shared Services Connected

Souptik Som – Cognizant Worldwide

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leader of the Year

Karen Byer – PA Consulting

Imran Mirza – Bank of England

Steve Westgarth – Haleon

 

 

 

Engineer of the Year

Pete Houghton – St. James’s Place

Chloe McAree – Hamilton Robson

Mohammad Shalchi – Haleon

 

Inspirational Individual of the Year

Steph Burgoyne – IBM UK

Lily Glasson – esynergy

Rhian Hamer – Digital Health and Care Wales

Clara Sanchez – North Highland

 

Mentor of the Year

Asad Ali-Khan – KPMG

Jane Gough – QBE

Sarah Smith – Astro Technology Group

 

Rising Star of the Year

Jake Bowles – Expert Thinking (Consulting)

Mike Brouwer – North Highland

Shannon Burgess – SSCL

Versha Choudhary – Cognizant Technology Solutions

Lucille Harvey – Triad Group

Jessica Howe – St. James’s Place

Graham Hurlston – Roq

Sarah Nadwick – Turnkey Consulting

Dominic Paxton – NECS

Kishan Raguras – PA Consulting

 

Security Professional of the Year

Leah Claireaux – BT

Kirsty Dalby – UNIT4 Business Software

Joshua Lewis – Vitality

Steven Pritchard – PA Consulting

 

IT Leader of the Year

Steve Capper – AtkinsRéalis

Andy Garrett – Lookers

Jagpal Jheeta – Financial Conduct Authority

Amy Landucci – Haleon

Philippa Manley – Home Office

Cdr Lee Packer – Data and Navy Applications (DNA)

Mark Robinson – Ricoh Europe

 

Organisation Excellence

Best Place to Work

Dunelm

esynergy

GBG

Intercity Technology

Roq

Sharp UK

AtkinsRéalis

UST

Wise

Zaizi

 

Development Team of the Year

Ardonagh Group

Financial Conduct Authority

Greggs

John Lewis Partnership

KPMG

National Grid

Open GI

Vitality

Vodafone UK

Origami in partnership with Zenitech

 

Project Team of the Year

Department for Work & Pensions

Haleon

HM Revenue & Customs

IBM Consulting

Intercity Technology

L&Q

Social Security Scotland in partnership with IBM

St. James’s Place

Virgin Media O2 in partnership with NTT DATA UK

 

Services Company of the Year

Audacia

ConnectWise

Integrity360

Itransition

Logicata

Mother Technologies

nFocus Testing

Sharp UK

Torry Harris Integration Solutions

Vention

 

Team of the Year

Betsi Cadwalader Health Board

 

BT Group

 

Greggs

 

Lookers

 

Lumanity

 

Markel International

 

QBE

 

Rider Levett Bucknall

 

Sovereign Housing Association

 

Tata Consultancy Services and The Co-operative Group UK

 

 

Special award – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

 

Atlas Rosetta

 

HSBC UK

 

IBM UK

 

National Grid

 

Peregrine

 

QBE

 

AtkinsRéalis

 

XRAI Glass

 

 

Special award – Sustainability

KOcycle

 

OVHcloud

 

Project Excellence

Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year

Answer Digital

IBM UK

Jean Edwards Consulting

John Lewis Partnership

Marston Holdings

Netacea

OpenDialog AI and The Cyber Helpline

QBE

Sovereign Housing Association

St. James’s Place

 

Charity (Third Sector) Project of the Year

Academy Achievers

BlueSkyCitadel

Clúid

LEO Computers Society supported by Cambridge Centre for Computing History

Plant Heritage

Salvation Army Trading Company (SATCoL)

What Can You Do (Earth) CIC

 

Data Project of the Year

Achieve Intelligence & GSK

Financial Conduct Authority

Haleon Digital and Tech Data Team

HM Revenue & Customs

HSBC Wholesale

National Grid

AtkinsRéalis

Sovereign Housing Association

Transform UK with the Department for Education

Vodafone Business Technology

 

Digital Transformation Project of the Year

Evelyn Partners

Fujitsu

Greggs

His Majesty’s Passport Office

Lloyds Banking Group

Nationwide Building Society in partnership with TCS

NatWest Group

NECS

Triad Group with Ministry of Justice HM Prison and Probation Service

Vodafone UK in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services

 

Financial Services Project of the Year

Deutsche Bank

GFT

HSBC Wholesale

Lloyds Banking Group

St. James’s Place

Vitality

 

Healthcare Sector Project of the Year

BJSS and Care Fertility 

C2-Ai

Covenco

Digital Health and Care Wales & Kainos

Dr Doctor and Royal Papworth Hospital

Haleon

 

Public Sector Project of the Year

BJSS and DVSA 

Cognizant & Network Rail

Department for Work & Pensions

HM Revenue & Customs

HM Revenue & Customs – Enterprise Security Programme

Welsh Government and Kainos

 

Technology Refresh Project of the Year

Dunelm

Financial Conduct Authority

Full Clarity

His Majesty’s Passport Office

Lebara

St. James’s Place

TCS in partnership with Nationwide Building Society 

University of Huddersfield

Vodafone and Tata Consultancy Services

Vodafone UK – Project Jaguar

 

User Experience (UX) Project of the Year

Intellias and Travis Perkins

Newark and Sherwood District Council

Triad Group & Department for Transport



Technology Excellence

Accessible Technology Innovation of the Year

Hamilton Robson

XRAI Glass

 

AI Innovation of the Year

Bridgeworks

Content Guru

QiO Technologies

Rolls-Royce

SeeChange Technologies

Sovereign Housing Association

TurinTech

 

Cloud Innovation of the Year

Discover Financial Services

HSBC

IRIS Software Group

KPMG

Omada

SoftIron

 

Emerging Technology of the Year

Aim (Data Solutions)

Financial Conduct Authority

IBM

MDRx

OpenDialog AI

RKVST

Synthesized

WordUp App

XRAI Glass

 

Green Technology Innovation of the Year

GoCodeGreen

QBE

QiO Technologies

 

Infrastructure Innovation of the Year

Discover Financial Services

RtBrick

Ninety One and UST

 

Innovation of the Year

Cognizant & Network Rail

ICE InsureTech

Stagecoach

Trustmarque

University of Huddersfield

Vodafone Business Technology

 

Security Innovation of the Year

British Telecomm Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC)

CyberSmart

Egress

HashiCorp

HM Revenue & Customs

KnowBe4

KPMG Cyber Risk Insights

NormCyber

SenseOn

Sophos

 

Vendor of the Year

Future Processing S.A

Mitel

The Access Group