In March 2018, the Women in Tech Employer Awards were launchedWeAreTheCity released the names of its top 100 female Rising Stars as part of its Annual Awards Programme, to celebrate the female talent pipeline across the UK.
The prestigious Rising Star awards, now in its third year, aim to showcase the sheer volume of female talent that exists across our industries and to create role models for the future.
The awards focus on celebrating the achievements of women under a management level regardless of age. Over the past three years, WeAreTheCity has built up an alumni of 200 previous winners. 78 of the awards alumni have since been promoted by their organisations as well as going on to win additional awards, including Manisha Tailor who received an MBE during the 2016 New Year’s honours.
This year’s winners include a 16 year old Paralympian, Kare Adenegan, Katie Kelleher of Crossrail, Laing O’Rourke who is a Crane Operator at Tottenham Court Road tube, Marina Parry, Research fellow, CRUK, Rhia O Reilly, Professional Wrestler, Katie McEwan, PA to Jacqueline Gold MBE as well as a number of other inspiring women who continue to push their boundaries in order to achieve their full potential.
New for this year, the awards also celebrate outstanding organisations in the Company of the Year category.
The award, sponsored by Barclays, recognises the achievements of a company who can clearly demonstrate that it is actively supporting its female talent pipeline through its initiatives, training, development programmes, internal employee relations and diversity network groups.
This year after two rounds of rigourous judging, by industry leaders such as Cilla Snowball, Chair of the Women’s Business Council; Anne Francke, CEO, CMI; Jane Hill, BBC Presenter; Sophie Walker, Leader of the Women’s Equality Party and Stig Abell of the Times Literary Supplement, two companies were identified as joint winners of the award due to a tie break of judges scores.
Thanks to Oliver Wyman, the awards continue to celebrate Rising Star Champions, recognising the efforts of senior leaders who are actively supporting the female pipeline.
Winners of this category include Mohammed Zafran BEM, Director of All 4 Youth and Community, Amali de Alwis, CEO of Code First Girls and Chuck Stephens, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Google.
Over 1,250 entries were judged by a panel of 33 independent judges including Baroness Goudie, Lara Morgan, serial entrepreneur and investor and Eleanor Mills, Editorial Director, Sunday Times. During the month of May, over 35,000 public votes from 110 countries were received for the 200 shortlisted nominees.
The top five winners for each category will be celebrated at a prestigous awards ceremony on 12 July at NewsUK’s headquarters in London.
Headline sponsored by The Times & The Sunday Times, the awards are supported by leading organisations including 3M, Aon, Barclays, Bloomberg, Cancer Research UK, Citi, Edit Development, EY, GDS, Kier, LinkedIn, Lloyd’s, Morgan Stanley, Northern Trust, Oliver Wyman, PedalSure, Reed Smith, Royal Navy, Societe Generale, Streets Consulting and Worldpay.
Chris Duncan, Managing Director, Times Newspaper Ltd
“We are delighted to support WeAreTheCity as the headline sponsor for their Rising Star Awards in 2017. Building and supporting a strong pipeline of female talent is a key area of focus at The Times and The Sunday Times.
“We are excited to be a part of this unique awards programme that shines the spotlight on the achievements of women across so many different industries.
“We are honoured to be involved and would like to congratulate all winners.”
Vanessa Vallely, Managing Director of WeAreTheCity said:
“It has been a total honour to run this year’s awards and highlight the achievements of so many amazing women.
“We are exceptionally proud that year on year our Rising Star community continues to grow and most importantly that we continue to uncover and showcase emerging leaders and role models from across the UK.
“Not only do these awards shine a spotlight on the female talent pipeline, but they should also be seen as a call to action for all organistions to continue to invest in their female talent pool.
“Both myself, my team, our sponsors, judges and supporters are very much looking forward to celebrating with all of our winners at the NewsUK”.
Rising Stars in Banking – Sponsored by Societe Generale:
- Annie Mbako- BNY Mellon
- Ashleigh Harvey – RBS
- Mary Mosope Adeyemi – Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Rachel Scandling – Barclays
- Zainab Atta – RBS
Rising Stars in Charity – Sponsored by Cancer Research UK:
- Natalie Campbell – A Very Good Company
- Tanya Compas – The Change Foundation
- Tonia Ashikodi – Mumtrepreneur Club
- Trishna Bharadia – MS Society
- Yasmine Davies – Autistica
Rising Stars in Consulting – Sponsored by EY:
- Anisha Seth – EY
- Bijal Majithia – EY
- Gill Hemming – PwC
- Hollie Haslam – Mercer Limited
- Sayli Chitre – Oliver Wyman
Rising Stars in Construction:
- Fiona Barry – London Underground
- Katie Kelleher – Crossrail – Laing O’Rourke
- Loretta Lipworth – Balfour Beatty
- Sharon Slinger – Carillion PLC
- Vicci Jarvis – Interserve Developments
Rising Stars in Defence- Sponsored by Royal Navy:
- Laura Dietz – Royal Navy
- Emily Fowles – Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- Claire Nixon – RAF
- Patricia Patilla Sanchez – Rolls-Royce PLC
- Clair Ryer – RAF
Rising Stars in Diversity – Sponsored by AON:
- Leyya Sattar – The Other Box
- Louisa Lombardo – Chubb
- Lucile Kamar – RICS
- Miisa Mink – DrivenWoman
- Morenike Ajayi – Career Nuggets
Rising Stars – EA/PA’s:
- Debra Jacobs – RBS
- Elizabeth Mendes Da Silva – Barclaycard
- Emily Walker – Liverpool John Moores University
- Jane Brazzill – PWC
- Katie McEwan – Ann Summers
Rising Stars in Education & Academia – Sponsored by Edit Development:
- Anna Howard – London South Bank University
- Benny Bonsu – Girls in Sport Foundation
- Janice St John-Matthews – University of the West of England
- Jaspreet Sangha – St Marylebone School
- Natalie Scott – St Joan of Arc School
Rising Star Entrepreneurs – Sponsored by Citi:
- Dr Ava Eagle Brown – Ava Eagle Brown
- Cynthia Davis – BAME Recruitment
- Jenny Garrett – Reflexion Associates
- Lalita Devi Purbhoo-Junggee – Nineteen Fifty Design & Print Co Ltd
- Tanya Dennis – Eventsuncut
Rising Star Fintech – Sponsored by Streets Consulting:
- Carla Mazzaccherini – Morgan Stanley
- Frida Jonsdottir – Deloitte
- Isabel Cooke – Barclays
- Katerina Domenikou – Bloomberg
- Nana Yaa Mensah – Worldpay
Rising Stars in HR & Recruitment – Sponsored by LinkedIN:
- Kirsten Doherty – Accenture
- Laura Herbert – Thales UK
- Laura Pettitt – Insignis Ltd
- Maria Ursu – Vodafone
- Valeriya Nefyodova – BP
Rising Stars in Insurance – Sponsored by Lloyd’s:
- Charlie Lawson – Hiscox
- Niamh Carty – AIG
- Omo-Bisi Daniels – AIG
- Salome Sandra – Marsh
- Victoria Rawlings – The Replacement Service
Rising Stars in Investment Management – Sponsored by Northern Trust:
- Claire Meier – Northern Trust
- Emma Clarke – Beaufort Investment Management
- Emma Jackson – Legg Mason Global Asset Management
- Nandini Ramakrishnan – J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- Siva Karthikeyan – Aon Hewitt
Rising Stars in Law, The Lynne Freeman award – Sponsored by Reed Smith:
- Denise Nurse – Halebury
- Janvi Patel – Halebury
- Naomi Pryde – Dentons
- Sally Penni – Kenworthy’s Chambers
- Suzanne Szczetnikowicz – Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Rising Stars in Property and Facilities Management – Sponsored by Kier:
- Sahar Rezazadeh – CBRE
- Hannah Jones – Cushman and Wakefield
- Rachel Morris – Derby Cathedral
- Doga Tasli – G4S FM
- Alison Bowen – Interserve
Rising Stars in Public Sector – Sponsored by GDS:
- Annette Henley – Home Office
- Fiona Galvin – Transport for London
- Imogen Thompson – Transport for London
- Lauren Bottomley – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Megan Key – Ministry of Justice
Rising Stars in Sales – Sponsored by Worldpay:
- Analyn Pelayre – Good E-Learning
- Fiene Fischer – Bloomberg
- Sara Diggle – Brother UK Limited
- Sonya Barlow – Dunnhumby
- Selina Taylor – Hermes Investment Management
Rising Stars in Science and Engineering – Sponsored by 3M:
- Athena Livesey – WSP
- Claire Gott – WSP
- Marina Parry – CRUK, University of Manchester
- Mary Akangbe – NHS
- Niri Arambepola – WSP
Rising Stars in Sport – Sponsored by PedalSure:
- Charlotte Richardson – K-Sports Cobdown
- Kare Adenegan – British Paralympic Association
- Rhia O’Reilly – Professional Wrestler
- Victoria Knowles-Lacks – The Shotgun and Chelsea Bun Club
- Zainab Goreja – Student, Carlton Bolling College
Rising Stars in Technology – Sponsored by Morgan Stanley:
- Anneclaire van Not – DXC
- Beverley Newing – Oxford Computer Consultants
- Carole Logan – Equator
- Lauren Murtagh – BT
- Nicole Covey – IBM
Rising Stars – Champions – Sponsored by Oliver Wyman:
- Amali de Alwis – Code First: Girls
- Chuck Stephens – Google
- Liz Dimmock – Women Ahead and Moving Ahead Group
- Mohammed Zafran BEM – All 4 Youth & Community
- Ruth Oshikanlu – Goal Mind Limited
Rising Stars – Company of the Year – Sponsored by Barclays:
- Accenture
- Bloomberg
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