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 Power List!
Co-Headline Partners
2026 power list
OPEN TO THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS FEMALE
Christine Haigh
Engineering Project Director at AstraZeneca
Clare Roberts OBE
Chief Executive Officer at Kids Planet Day Nurseries Limited
Dame Irene Hays
Founder/CEO at Hays Travel
Donna Scully
Owner / Director at Carpenters Group
Emma Porter
Founder at The Rebuild Site CIC
Fiona Ashcroft
CEO at Alder Hey Children's Charity
Humma Nizami
CEO at Race Equality Network
Jacqui Leggetter
Head of Data Platforms at DWP Digital
Katie Romanowska
Military Officer at Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nursing Service
Lauren Rogers
Managing Partner - Paid Search at dentsu
Lisa Tonge
Senior Director Manufacturing at AstraZeneca
Louise Cheeseman OBE
Founder and Chair at Women in Bus and Coach
Marie Hamilton
Strategic Partnership Director at Microsoft
Naomi Begum-inglis OBE
Senior Technology Executive - Board Member at Independent
Nicky Wake
Founder at Chapter 2 Dating Ltd & Don't Panic Events
Professor Liz Todd Obe
Professor of Educational Inclusion at Newcastle University
Rebecca Fox
Founder/CIO at Relentica
Saira Hussain
Architectural Designer at HAD & Co
Sandie Forte- Gill
Customer Director at National Highways
Sarah Walton
Managing Partner at Weightmans LLP
Sarah Blake
Chief People Officer at Stagecoach Group
Shalni Arora
CEO at Savannah Wisdom
Sharon Benson
Board-level People and Organisation Transformation Leader at Colleague Central Ltd
Victoria Gosling OBE
CEO at GB Snowsport