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 University of Bolton
Ranvir Singh
Investment Manager at GC Angels
Steve Beharall
CEO at Newcastle United Foundation
Wayne Bennett
Director at Made4Tech Global