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!
Co-Headline Partners
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