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!
Co-Headline Partners
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