2024 SHORTLIST

Personal Excellence   

Apprentice of the Year 

 James Chambers, DEFRA  

Weronika Grygo, IBM UK   

Ryan Hollinsworth, IBM  

Lorna Mylett, Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) - Digital  

Julia Olaru, IBM  

Bolu Olawaye, Howden

Amanpreet Oppal, QBE  

Rishi Ramessur, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust  

Sam Ryan, Amazon  

Ellie Shooter, Lionweld Kennedy Group  

Maira Usmani, KPMG LLP

Grace Wood, Bank of England 

 

Business Analyst of the Year 

Emma Haslam, Deloitte  

Ashley Kemball-Cook, KPMG LLP

David Middleton, The Evolution Group  

Venka Nallapareddy, QBE  

Ben Prescott, HMRC  

Sobia Rana, Financial Conduct Authority 

 

 

Engineer of the Year 

Nitish Arora, KPMG LLP

Oliver Binns, Deloitte  

Pete Cornish, Deloitte  

Michael Ebele-Muolokwu, Luminr/Braidr  

Caroline McCluskey, HM Passport Office  

Chris Stylianou, AtkinsRéalis  

James Upson, Bank of England  

Erdi Yerli, Monument Bank   

 

 

Inspirational Individual of the Year  

Victor Chang, Aston University  

Sandie Small Duberry, Bank of England  

Liz Thomason, Crown Prosecution Service 

 

Rising Star of the Year 

Scott Baker, Markel International  

Celia Bocking, UST  

Jake Bowles, Expert Thinking  

Lauren Brigden, IBM  

Alex Edson, IBM  

Helena Harman, KPMG LLP 

Grace Jansen, IBM  

Lucy Price, Xalient  

Louisa Seers, IBM  

Harshitha Shivakumar, IBM  

Shobitha Shivakumar, IBM  

Kai Walker, Bank of England 

 

 

Security Professional of the Year 

Tameena Hussain, Podium Analytics  

Connor Morley, Glasswall  

Dominik Samociuk, Future Processing S. A.   

Lucy Sharp, Daisy Corporate Services 

 

 

IT Leader of the Year 

Rana Bhattacharya, Cynergy Bank  

Tom Clark, Ardonagh Advisory  

Justin Day, Cloud Gateway  

Sat Gainda, Version 1  

Steven Hemmings, Insight 

Gemma Hyde, Crown Prosecution Service  

Liz Jones, Deloitte  

Gayathri Shyamsundar, Financial Conduct Authority  

Jo Wickremasinghe, BPP 

 

 

Organisation Excellence 

Best Place to Work  

AtkinsRéalis  

BT - Openreach IT  

Digital Health and Care Wales  

DoiT International  

Howden  

IT Care at Aviva  

Kerv Digital  

Mayden  

The Adaptavist Group  

UST 

 

 

Corporate Social Responsibility Award 

AtkinsRéalis  

AXA UK & Ireland  

Deloitte  

Digital Realty  

Stone Group  

The Access Group  

UST 

 

Development Team of the Year 

AtkinsRéalis  

His Majesty's Passport Office  

Monument Bank   

Sort Group 

 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award 

Bank of England  

IBM  

QBE  

STEM Learning   

 

Project Team of the Year 

Ardonagh Advisory  

Aviva   

Cynergy Bank  

Enterprise Nation  

Hexaware Technologies  

QBE  

The Evolution Group  

UST & Quant  

Vitality  

Whitbread 

 

 

Services Company of the Year 

Air IT  

Creative ITC  

Deazy  

Entelect  

Hexaware Technologies  

Hyve Managed Hosting  

Infinity Group  

Minerva   

Nomical   

Zenitech 

 

Team of the Year   

Bank of England  

BPP & PA Consulting  

Cynergy Bank  

Digital Health and Care Wales  

Hargreaves Services Plc  

HS2 Limited  

Markel International  

Nationwide Building Society in partnership with IBM  

Openreach Technology  

The Technology Transformation Group 

 

Vendor of the Year 

BigHand  

Esri UK  

Own Company  

Pentest People  

SenseOn  

Vention 

 

 

 

Project Excellence 

Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year 

Content Guru & the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) 

Evri  

GCD and Property News

KPMG LLP  

Lloyds Banking Group  

Marston Holdings  

Quantum Metric  

Rentokil Initial plc  

UiPath & IAG  

UST & Experian 

 

Charity (Third Sector) Project of the Year 

Children 1st and Kerv  

Marie Curie & esynergy  

SportSmart  

South West Grid for Learning 

 

 

Data Project of the Year 

AtkinsRéalis  

Centrica-Cognizant  

Confluent  

Culina Group  

Discover Financial Services  

HSBC  

Janes  

QBE  

UK Power Networks 

 

 

Defence, Security or Law Enforcement Project of the Year 

Node4  

RAF  

Texaport 

 

Digital Transformation Project of the Year 

AtkinsRéalis  

BJSS and Specsavers  

Daisy Corporate Services  

Ericsson  

IRIS Software Group,   

Lebara  

Lloyds Banking Group  

Network Rail and Cognizant  

Tata Consultancy Services in partnership with Vodafone UK IT Operations  

UK Power Networks 

 

Financial Services Project of the Year 

Discover Financial Services  

KPMG & Skipton Building Society  

KPMG & Beazley  

Lloyds Banking Group  

Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient 

 

Healthcare Sector Project of the Year 

Apadmi & NHS Blood and Transplant

Cleveland Clinic London  

Content Guru & NHS England London Region  

IBM 

 

Public Sector Project of the Year 

Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Kainos

Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and esynergy

His Majesty's Passport Office  

HM Revenue & Customs  

Scottish Government Social Security Programme and DWP Digital in Partnership with IBM Consulting  

Scrumconnect Consulting and Ministry of Justice  

Surrey County Council  

The Crown Prosecution Service and esynergy (Casework App)  

The Crown Prosecution Service and esynergy (WITEX)  

Transport for London with IBM

 

 

Technology Refresh Project of the Year 

Avanti West Coast  

Daisy Corporate Services  

Financial Conduct Authority  

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Kainos

Insight for AROYA Cruises

Openreach Technology   

Paul Smith  

Tata Consultancy Services Limited UK & N Brown Group UK plc  

Vodafone Enterprise in Partnership with TCS  

Whitbread 

 

Technology Excellence 

AI Innovation of the Year 

Aviva Plc  

Bridgeworks  

Darktrace  

Geeks Ltd  

Juniper Networks  

Purple Transform  

UK Power Networks 

 

Cloud Innovation of the Year 

Couchbase  

Daisy Corporate Services  

Endace  

HSBC  

Monument Bank   

 

Emerging Technology of the Year  

Ardonagh Advisory  

Black Space Technology  

BT Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC) - Ulster University  

Centrica-Cognizant   

Geeks Ltd  

SenseOn  

UST & Quicklizard 

 

Security Innovation of the Year 

Darktrace  

Financial Conduct Authority  

Glasswall  

HM Revenue and Customs  

Naq   

SenseOn  

Surevine  

Zerto  

Wavenet 

 

Sustainable Innovation of the Year 

AXA UK & Ireland  

Centrica-Cognizant  

Creative ITC  

Digital Realty  

KA2 Limited  

KPMG LLP

Openreach Technology 

 

Technology Innovation of the Year 

British Telecom Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC)  

Owl Labs

Geeks Ltd  

Inevidesk   

IRIS Software Group  

Texthelp  

TurinTech  

UST