Now in its ninth consecutive year, the Northern Power Women Awards take place on Thursday 6th March at Manchester Central Convention Complex.
Whittled down from 1600 nominations by a rigorous judging process, we are proud to announce the 2025 Northern Power Women Awards Advocacy List!

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2025 Advocacy list

OPEN TO THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS MALE

Adrian Jones

Senior Director at Asda

Adrian Adair

Chief Operating Officer at Morson Group

Amul Batra

Co-Founder & Managing Director at Northcoders / Counter

Andrew Fotherby

Managing Director Project & Cost Management at Tetra Tech

Andy Mcalpine

Technical Lead Colleague Device at Newcastle Strategic Solutions LTD

Chris Woodroofe

Managing Director at Manchester Airport

Chris Rix

Partner at Deloitte

Chris Maguire

Executive Editor at BusinessCloud and TechBlast

Christopher Stott

Partner at KPMG LLP

Colin Watt

Founder at Strategy Incorporated

Daniel Long

Director EMEA Commodities Operations at Bank of America

Danny Simpson

M.D at MID Communications, MID Digital & Sales Geek

Danny Clarke

Engagement Director England at CITB

Gary Smithson

Rail Director at Morson Group

Henri Murison

Director at Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Ibrahim Mohamed

Associate Director at Connected Places Catapult and Freeports & Investment Zones Advisor at Department for Business & Trade

James Carss

Chief Executive Officer at Castle Peak Group

Jon Dutton OBE

Chief Executive at British Cycling

Kashif Ashraf

Oldham President of GM Chamber of Commerce, Founder of Asian Business Leaders. at Oldham Council

Matt Carroll

Managing Director at Accenture

Nathan Ross

Regional Practice Lead - HR at Michael Page

Omar Akram

Chief Mission Controller at Strativ Group Ltd

Patrick Fenner

Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at DefProc

Paul Ayre

Senior Partner at Gordons LLP

Professor Christian Harrison

Professor of Leadership and Enterprise/Director of the Centre for Leadership and Empowerment at

Ranvir Singh

Investment Manager at GC Angels

Steve Beharall

CEO at Newcastle United Foundation

Wayne Bennett

Director at Made4Tech Global

Check out our Finalist 2025 here