
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!
Co-Headline Partners
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