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 Power List!

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2025 power list

OPEN TO THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE

Professor Aline Miller

Professor and CEO at University of Manchester

Alison Lowe OBE

Deputy Mayor Police and Crime, West Yorkshire at West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Alison Benn

Project Director at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

Alison Ross Mbe

Chief People and Operations Officer at AutoTrader UK

Carolyn Ngiam

Technology Chief Controls Officer at Barclays

Cath Cummings

Detective Chief Inspector, Senior Investigating Officer in Major Crime at Merseyside Police

Chi Onwurah

Labour Member of Parliament at Newcastle Central and West

Emma Banks

CEO at ramarketing

Freda Shafi

Cultural Consultant at Freda Shafi Creative Consulting

Gaynor Carpenter

Property Director at Network Rail

Gillian Ashcroft

Founder at Exceptional Care

Jo Ahmed MBE

North West Practice Senior Partner at Deloitte

Katie Gallagher OBE

Managing Director at Manchester Digital

Kelly Warburton

Chief Commercial Officer at GCRE Ltd (Global Centre of Rail Excellence)

Kerry Phillips-bland

MD at Barclays

Kirsty Bennett

CIO at Bentley

Lindsay Gordon

Legal Director at League Managers Association

Lucy Prior MBE

Business Growth Director at Trough-Tec Systems

Munazza Jamal

CTO Programme Director at Barclays

Nasreen Karim

Solicitor at Platinum Partnership Solicitors

Rachel O'donnell

Business Unit Director at Mace

Rupinder Ashworth

Strategy Consultant, NED, Coach at Ideas By Ru

Sarah Walker

Chief Executive at Cisco UK & Ireland

Steph Edusei

Chief Executive at St Oswald's Hospice

Victoria Kirby-keyes

Senior Digital Communications Manager at Jaguar Land Rover

Victoria Gee

Chair at Vistage UK

Check out our Finalist 2025 here