Now in its tenth consecutive year, the Northern Power Women Awards take place on Thursday 12th March at Manchester Central Convention Complex.
Whittled down from 1800 nominations by a rigorous judging process, we are proud to announce the 2026 Northern Power Women Awards Future List!

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2026 future list

OPEN TO THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE

Abby Robson

Equities Finance Vice President at Bank of America

Adele Robinson

Creative Director at Venture Stream

Aleks Gradoska

Lead Data Engineer Specialist at Accenture

Alex Gould

Director at Organised Success Company LTD

Amy Roberts

Organisation Effectiveness Specialist at Barclays Bank PLC

Beccy Hutchinson

Public Affairs Manager at Airbus

Brogan Tennant

Packaged Application Development Analyst at Accenture

Celine Boreland

Human Resources Graduate Scheme at Lloyds Banking Group

Chantelle Hunt

HR Systems SME at Manchester Airports Group

Chloe Shepherd

Repo Trader VP at Citi

Chloe Mccann

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Specialist at Newcastle Building Society

Chloe Smith

Apprentice Project Manager at Network Rail

Claire Eckman-genge

Inclusion Manager at The City of Liverpool College

Dannielle Dickens

Senior Equity Diversity and Inclusion Specialist at Network Rail

Elizabeth Iveson

Technical Product Manager at Barclays

Ella-grace Gregoire

Managing Director at The Gracia Group LTD.

Eva Turya

Programme Manager at Barclays

Freya De Lisle

Stonemason at York Minster

Gemma Donnelly

Coach at Coaching With Gemma

Georgie Johnson-greening

Maintenance Lead, Sterile Manufacturing at AstraZeneca

Jasmine Tsang

Digital Integration Consultant at Accenture

Jessica Jones

Domestic Abuse Specialist at It starts with you.

Joanna Unthank

Head of Economic Inclusion and Child Poverty at North East Combined Authority

Juliana Smith

Reporting Lead at Costain

Katie Smith

Talent & Retention Business Partner at UA92

Katie Bowater

Managing Director at Young Entrepreneurs Club

Katrina Mcvitie

Key Outputs Lead at Transpennine Express

Kelly Smith

Founder at SPELK.

Krusha Vekaria

Agentic AI Analyst at Accenture

Lauren Maudsley

Health & Safety Business Partner at United Utilities

Lindsay Gray

Managing Director at Natterjack Marketing

Liv Greaves

Marketing Engagement & Advocacy Manager at Enspec Power Ltd

Lucia Arnone

Director of Business Transformation at Vital Synergy

Mads Howard MBE

Senior Manager, CEO Office at Sage

Neha Navekar

Sports & Entertainment Presenter at Media

Nicola Aird

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Amentum

Priya Dharni

Senior Product & Content Marketer at Flexa

Robyn Fawcett

Social Media Executive & Personal Branding Specialist at BT Group

Rosie Swift

Airport Control Director at Manchester Airport

Rosie Hughes

Footballer | Community Engagement Officer at Wrexham AFC

Roya Rasouli

Founder and Designer at FemWear Clothing

Simone Fenton-jarvis

Co-Founder at The Human-Centric Workplace

Sonia Fayyaz

Community Engagement Manager at Active Bradford | Institute for Health Research | Sport England | JU:MP

Sue Lappage

Careers & Skills Coach at Independent

Suman Bala

Quality Engineering Manager at Leighton

Vicky Ellis

Co-Founder & MD at Ben Ellis Pastry Chef & Chocolatier

Vicky Hunt

Site Culture and Strategy Partner at Barclays

Victoria Brown

Associate Quality Director, Release and Stability Lead at AstraZeneca

Dr Yaz Small

PT, Running Coach and GP at Empowered Fitness Training Ltd.

Zakia Tahir

Associate Solicitor at Weightmans LLP

Check out our Finalist 2026 here