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Arts & Culture Woman of the Future
Alexandra Dariescu, concert pianist
Jessica Elliott, managing director, J’s Dance Factory and Dancing After School
Anna Higgs, head of Film4.0, Film4
Tamara Ralph, creative director, Ralph & Russo
Charlotte Wakefield, musical theatre artist
Businesswoman of the Future
Kate Cawley, creative director, WasteSolve
Zoe Cunningham, managing director, Softwire
Kerry-Anne Lawlor, director, field dynamics, Openreach
Emily Makinson, associate director, RBS
Beth Stannard, head of mortgage finance, TSB
Women of the Future – Entrepreneur of the Year
Jess Butcher, CMO & co-founder, Blippar
Sara Davies, founder and sales director, Crafter’s Companion
Jenny Griffiths, founder and CEO, Snap Fashion
Melissa Morris, CEO, Network Locum.
Natasha Rufus Isaacs & Lavinia Brennan, founders & directors, Beulah London
MBA Star Award
Tahreem Arshad, MBA student, London Business School
Ritika Dave, student, Cambridge Judge Business School
Beth Hepworth, director and co-founder, Frontier Middle East and Africa
Izindi Visagie, founder, Ivy Legal
Women of the Future – Media Award
Emma Barnett, women’s editor, Daily Telegraph
Garazi Goia, head of commercial management, BBC
Naomi Kerbel, multi-platform producer, Sky News
Heidi Lindvall, CEO and co-founder, CODOC and Storygami
Cat McShane, senior development producer, Maverick Television
Neev Spencer, lunchtime radio presenter, KISS FM 100 London
Women of the Future – the professionals
Diana Foxlee, financial analyst, British Sky Broadcasting
Hayley Gryc, associate, Arup
Vicki Heard, director, international tax and treasury, KPMG
Natalie Jackson, mechanical rotating equipment field engineer – St Fergus Gas Terminal, Shell UK
Dr Sarah Perkins, programme director: research and head of research strategy, Imperial College London
Sarah Pierce, director, RBS
Women of the Future – Community Spirits
Molly Case, student nurse and writer, University of Greenwich
Alexandra Chalat, executive director, Beyond Sport
Julie Chappell, head, emerging powers department and GREAT campaign, prosperity directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Anne-Marie Imafidon, collaboration community manager, Deutsche Bank
Women of the Future – Technology & Digital
Saritha Arunkumar, senior security architect, IBM UK
Sophia Pretoria George, chair, designer, Swallowtail Games
Thea Hamren, associate creative director, DigitasLBi
Kathryn Parsons, founder, Decoded
Women of the Future – Science
Eleni Antoniadou, chief of science, Transplants Without Donors
Dr Ling Ge, manager, EPSRC UK National Service for Computational Chemistry Software (NSCCS), Imperial College
Rebecca Hill, staff scientist analytic development, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK
Dr Angelica Ronald, senior lecturer in psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London
Lara Small, team leader, next generation nuclear propulsion programme, Rolls-Royce
Dr Janice Turner, technical project manager, Roke Manor Research.
The Young Star Award
Hannah Coltart, higher finance apprentice, Visa Europe
Helena Eccles, project manager – dare to be different diversity program, IBM
Robyn Lydia May, operations executive, MediaCom
Chloe McCorriston, George colleague, Asda
Eliza Rebeiro, founder, Lives not Knives
Beth Reeks, student/author
Mentor of the Year
Mark Antipof, managing director, growth & emerging markets, Visa Europe
Paul Cleal, government and public sector leader, PwC
Michael Kay, CFO, technology and services, HSBC
Helen Milford, south regional director, Asda
Annalisa Sarasini, global head of sales, smarTrade Technologies
David Sheehan, property projects director, Sainsbury’s
Corporate Award
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
MITIE Group
IBM
Openreach
DigitasLBi
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