Now in its seventh consecutive year, the Northern Power Women Awards
take place on Monday 20th March at Manchester Central Convention Complex.
Whittled down from a record breaking 1,500 nominations to just 89 by a rigorous
judging process, we are proud to announce the Northern Power Women Awards shortlist!
Headline sponsor

Disruptor for Good

Heather Jackson
Co Founder at GenM

Christina Taylor
Founder at Aim Sky High Talent

MS Elizabeth Cameron
Equality Diversity & Inclusion Consultant & D& I lead, CMI West mids& NW at Elizabeth Cameron Equality Ltd & Chartered Management Institute

Anna Maxwell
CEO at Maxwellia

Syima Aslam MBE
CEO & Artistic Director at Bradford Literature Festival

Professor Vijay Kunadian
Interventional Cardiology at Newcastle University
Agent of Change

Dr Penny Trayner
Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist & Clinical Director at Clinical Neuropsychology Services Ltd

Rebecca Warren
Group Business Development Chief of Staff at MBDA
Alexandra Knight
Founder & CEO at Stemazing

Charlie Charlton
Interviewer/Presenter at Freelance

Lee Chambers
Director at Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing

Dr Elsa Zekeng Ph.D
Senior Consultant at Guidehouse Consulting

Dr Giulia Sirigu
Scaleup Director and Senior Innovation and Growth Specialist at Innovate UK EDGE

Jane Kenyon MBA
Founder/CEO at Girls Out Loud CIC

Usha Sharma
Senior Associate at Brabners LLP

Chloe Carter
Manager | North West Tech Consortium Lead at PwC
One to Watch


Natalie Denny
Director at Skywriters Ltd

Zoë Hingston
Head of EDI at Newcastle University

Asia Sharif
Software Engineer at NatWest and Founder at ChainVerse

Lucky Ali
Co-founder and Start-up and Entrepreneurship Executive at Lucky's Café+ and University of Liverpool

Claire Buckle
Director at Ability Consultancy (NW) Ltd

Lauren Rosegreen
Policy and Influence Manager at Macc

Nimrah Munir
Principal Biomaterial Scientist at QV Bioelectronics
Inclusive Innovation


Ey - Neuro-diverse Centre Of Excellence

Fund Her North

Yzen Ai
Financielle

Onside Youth Zones

Ability Consultancy (NW) Ltd

Multi Cultural Network (uu)

Biograd

Orcha

Gb Shared
Person with Purpose


Josie Saville
Co-CEO at Lets for Life

Professor Neil Hudson
Prof. of Biomedical Sciences at University of Bradford

Sophie Milliken MBE
CEO at Moja and Chair at Smart Works Newcastle

Afrah Qassim
CEO and Founder at Savera UK

Donna Scully
Director/Joint Owner at Carpenters Group

Hyejoung Yang
Director at Good Neighbours UK

Maura Jackson
CEO at Backup North West

Shabana Khushi
Housing Officer at Halo Project
Outstanding Entrepreneur


Celia Gaze
CEO and Founder at The Wellbeing Farm

Dr Natalie Kenny
CEO at BioGrad

Christy Foster
CEO at Online4Baby

Helen Hardy
CEO and Founder at FOUDYS

Jodie Hill
Managing Partner at Thrive Law

Rosemarie Whittington
Director at Me2ucentre

Zandra Moore
CEO at Panintelligence
Rebecca Hartley
Founder Director at Saving Grace Events

Claire O'connor
CEO at Babyballet Limited
Mentor of the Year


Miss Sophia Ali
Managing Consultant at Minx Consulting

Tarifa Simpson
Partner, Head of Due Diligence, Healthcare & Life Sciences at Forvis Mazars LLP

Dawn Watson
Head of Strategy & Technical, Site Management at Sellafield Ltd

Elaine Wrigley
Retail, Operations, and People Director and Joint Managing Director at American Golf and Atlas Bar

Francesca Barker-mills
Founder at Coming Home Project

Lyndsay Geraghty
Early Careers Lead at BBC

Supriya Nagarajan
Artistic Director at Manasamitra

Helen Tonks MBE
Managing Director at Hydraulics Online Ltd & InspiresMe Consulting Ltd
Levelling Up Leader


Professor Carol Atkinson
Prof. of Human Resource Management at MMU

Nicky Chance-thompson
CEO at The Piece Hall

Clare Hayward

Isobelle Panton
Director of Student Recruitment & International at University Academy '92

Ammar Mirza
Executive Chair at SME Centre of Excellence

Beena Puri
Innovation and Partnerships Lead at Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Nickala Torkington
Founding Director at Flourish Together CIC

Marie Hamilton
Greater Manchester Region Lead at Microsoft

Rebecca King
Board Director at Curtins
Small Organisation (1-249 employees)


Fertility Matters At Work

Freedom 4 Girls

Agent Academy

Wander Films

Mansfield Pollard

Reform Radio

Safer Date
Medium Organisation (250-999 employees)


Safety Culture

Nts (nuclear Transport Solutions)

2m Group Of Companies
Large Organisation (1000+ employees)

Fujitsu

The Co-operative Bank

Siemens Plc

Nugent

Kellogg's
Integrated Business Planning Lead at

Deloitte

Northern Trains

Harry Vanson

Cgi

Dhl Supply Chain

Ikea

Learning Curve Group
