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 Inclusion at Newcastle United Football Club
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 Diana Anderson
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, Due Diligence, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Mazars
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
Digital Skills Tutor at Coming Home Project
Lyndsay Geraghty
Early Careers Lead at BBC
Supriya Nagarajan
Artistic Director at Manasamitra
Helen Tonks
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