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!
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Disruptor for Good
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Heather Jackson
Co Founder at GenM
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Christina Taylor
Founder at Aim Sky High Talent
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MS Elizabeth Cameron
Equality Diversity and Inclusion Lead at One Manchester
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Anna Maxwell
CEO at Maxwellia
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Syima Aslam MBE
CEO & Artistic Director at Bradford Literature Festival
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Professor Vijay Kunadian
Interventional Cardiology at Newcastle University
Agent of Change
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Dr Penny Trayner
Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist & Clinical Director at Clinical Neuropsychology Services Ltd
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Rebecca Warren
Group Business Development Chief of Staff at MBDA
Alexandra Knight
Founder & CEO at Stemazing
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Charlie Charlton
Interviewer/Presenter at Freelance
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Lee Chambers
Director at Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing
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Dr Elsa Zekeng Ph.D
Senior Consultant at Guidehouse Consulting
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Dr Giulia Sirigu
Scaleup Director and Senior Innovation and Growth Specialist at Innovate UK EDGE
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Jane Kenyon MBA
Founder/CEO at Girls Out Loud CIC
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Usha Sharma
Senior Associate at Brabners LLP
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Chloe Carter
Manager | North West Tech Consortium Lead at PwC
One to Watch
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Natalie Denny
Director at Skywriters Ltd
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Zoƫ Hingston
Head of Inclusion at Newcastle United Football Club
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Asia Sharif
Software Engineer at NatWest and Founder at ChainVerse
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Lucky Ali
Co-founder and Start-up and Entrepreneurship Executive at Lucky's CafƩ+ and University of Liverpool
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Claire Buckle
Director at Ability Consultancy (NW) Ltd
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Lauren Rosegreen
Policy and Influence Manager at Macc
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Nimrah Munir
Principal Biomaterial Scientist at QV Bioelectronics
Inclusive Innovation
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Ey - Neuro-diverse Centre Of Excellence
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Fund Her North
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Yzen Ai
Financielle
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Onside Youth Zones
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Ability Consultancy (NW) Ltd
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Multi Cultural Network (uu)
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Biograd
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Orcha
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Gb Shared
Person with Purpose
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Josie Saville
Co-CEO at Lets for Life
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Professor Diana Anderson
Prof. of Biomedical Sciences at University of Bradford
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Sophie Milliken MBE
CEO at Moja and Chair at Smart Works Newcastle
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Afrah Qassim
CEO and Founder at Savera UK
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Donna Scully
Director/Joint Owner at Carpenters Group
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Hyejoung Yang
Director at Good Neighbours UK
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Maura Jackson
CEO at Backup North West
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Shabana Khushi
Housing Officer at Halo Project
Outstanding Entrepreneur
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Celia Gaze
CEO and Founder at The Wellbeing Farm
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Dr Natalie Kenny
CEO at BioGrad
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Christy Foster
CEO at Online4Baby
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Helen Hardy
CEO and Founder at FOUDYS
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Jodie Hill
Managing Partner at Thrive Law
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Rosemarie Whittington
Director at Me2ucentre
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Zandra Moore
CEO at Panintelligence
Rebecca Hartley
Founder Director at Saving Grace Events
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Claire O'connor
CEO at Babyballet Limited
Mentor of the Year
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Sophia Ali
Managing Consultant at Minx Consulting
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Tarifa Simpson
Partner, Due Diligence, Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences at Mazars
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Dawn Watson
Head of Strategy & Technical, Site Management at Sellafield Ltd
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Elaine Wrigley
Retail, Operations, and People Director and Joint Managing Director at American Golf and Atlas Bar
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Francesca Barker-mills
Digital Skills Tutor at Coming Home Project
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Lyndsay Geraghty
Early Careers Lead at BBC
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Supriya Nagarajan
Artistic Director at Manasamitra
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Helen Tonks
Managing Director at Hydraulics Online Ltd & InspiresMe Consulting Ltd
Levelling Up Leader
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Professor Carol Atkinson
Prof. of Human Resource Management at MMU
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Nicky Chance-thompson
CEO at The Piece Hall
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Clare Hayward
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Isobelle Panton
Director of Student Recruitment & International at University Academy '92
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Ammar Mirza
Executive Chair at SME Centre of Excellence
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Beena Puri
Innovation and Partnerships Lead at Greater Manchester Combined Authority
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Nickala Torkington
Founding Director at Flourish Together CIC
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Marie Hamilton
Greater Manchester Region Lead at Microsoft
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Rebecca King
Board Director at Curtins
Small Organisation (1-249 employees)
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Fertility Matters At Work
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Freedom 4 Girls
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Agent Academy
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Wander Films
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Mansfield Pollard
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Reform Radio
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Safer Date
Medium Organisation (250-999 employees)
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Safety Culture
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Nts (nuclear Transport Solutions)
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2m Group Of Companies
Large Organisation (1000+ employees)
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Fujitsu
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The Co-operative Bank
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Siemens Plc
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Nugent
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Kellogg's
Integrated Business Planning Lead at
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Deloitte
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Northern Trains
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Harry Vanson
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Cgi
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Dhl Supply Chain
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Ikea
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Learning Curve Group
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