SHORTLIST 2019

Business Leader of the Year

Paul Asare-Archer – Telefonica UK Limited (O2)
Mike Bugembe – Lens.ai
Jenny Davies – M247
Steve Millidge – Payara Services Ltd
Tushir Patel – Capium
Jonathan Richards – Breathe HR
Carl Uminski – Somo
David Webb – 6point6

CIO of the Year

Louis Brook – First Direct
Philip Clayson – Formerly at TalkTalk
Charles Ewen – Met Office

CTO of the Year

Jennifer Anderson – Incuto
Klaas Ardinois – Azoomee
Neil Briscoe – Cloud Gateway
Andy Brown – Mobliciti
Gareth Burrows – Breathe HR
Richard Orme – Photobox Group
David Trossell – Bridgeworks
Ollie Whitehouse – NCC Group

Data for Good of the Year

Deepti Atrish – Poonyah Care Limited
Lloyds Bank Consumer and Business Digital Indexes
Jack Hampson – Skim Technologies
David Ivell – Energise Resources
Wade Munsie – Royal Mail Group
Data Science Campus
AdviseInc Ltd
Louise Tierney – SAM

Data Leader of the Year

Simon Asplen-Taylor – Rank
Vishal Bhadresa – Amazon
Kevin Joyner – Croud
Kinnari Ladha – TUI
James Neave – Adzuna
Jason Perkins – BT
Chirpa Santhanam – GBG
Piers Stobbs – Moneysupermarket
Jason Teoh – Openreach

Data Scientist of the Year

Miguel Gonzalez-Fierro – Microsoft
Mark Greenwood – Netacea
Georgiana Marsic – Jaguar Land Rover
Gueorgui Mihaylov – Royal Mail Group

Digital Leader of the Year

David Hallam – OrderWise
Roxane Heaton – UK Hydrographic Office
Nick Parminter – Class35
Maulik Sailor – Innovify
Alistair Sergeant – Purple Consultancy
Ievers Shier – Adzuna
Thomas Shrive – askporter
Ulyana Shtybel – HighCastle

Disruptive Leader of the Year

Zak Doffman – Digital Barriers
Jasmina Mularska – BT
Daniel Saunders – L Marks
Sachin Shende – KisanHub
David Semach – Infosys Consulting
Jimmy Williams – Urban Jungle
Hongbin Zhuang – Emotech Ltd

Diversity Leader of the Year

Ashleigh Ainsley – Colorintech
Debbie Forster – Tech Talent Charter
Karina Govindji – Vodafone Group
Amy Lynch – ThoughtWorks
Fiona McDonnell – Amazon
Christina Myers – The Omnis Institute
Shrenik Sanghrajka – Bain & Co.
Anna Somaiya – KPMG LLP
Sophie Theen – 11:FS

Employer of the Year

Dxw Digital
VMware
Royal Mail Group

Future Leader of the Year

Mia Baker – Prenetics
Jack Cooper – ITC Secure
Mansata Kurang – VR Revival
Malika Malik – KPMG LLP
Melissa Morris – Lantum

IT Team of the Year

Network Rail & Cognizant Technology Solutions
SaltDNA
Mphasis – NextLabs
Economic Change CIC
Aliter Consulting

Open Source Leader of the Year

Davide Cherubini – Vodafone
Tim Mackey – Synopsys
Stuart Mackintosh – OpusVL
Steve Millidge – Payara Services Ltd
Red Hat – Red Hat
Kostas Tzoumas – Ververica

Security Leader of the Year

Nazim Ali – KPMG LLP
Joe Boyle – SaltDNA
Pat Carroll – ValidSoft
Ronan Dunne – BTGPLC
Malcolm Taylor – ITC Secure

Tech Evangelist of the Year

Caroline Apsey – Oracle
Gautam Jha – NTT DATA
Emerson Sklar – Applause
Lawrence Turton – Lawrence Turton (sole trader)
Andrew Wierzan – Pixit Media Ltd

Transformation Leader of the Year

Philip Clayson – Formerly at TalkTalk
Felix Ekman – Harmony PSA
Juliette French – Lloyds Banking Group
Larry Larmeu – Accenture
Roman Mazur – MimiKazi Ltd.
Katie Nykanen – Adstream
Diptesh Patel – Formerly at Department for Work and Pensions

Young Leader of the Year

Federica Ancona – Deloitte
Adam Barke – Adstream
Jasleen Budhiraja – Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Eunjin Lee – IBM
Anahita Mahmoudi – Capgemini
Sam Porter – IPS Group LTD
Tim Sadler – Tessian
John Welsh – St. James’s Place Wealth Management

Good luck to everyone who has been shortlisted!

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