women in business awards
Board Level and Senior Executive of the Year – Dr Sarah Cooper, CLEAN
Start-up of the Year – Joy Foster, TechPixies
Judges’ comments: As the only female board member in a heavily male dominated industry, she has driven diversity and achieved 50% female employment in their production team, increasing female line managers and team leaders to 40%. As the first company in its sector to publish its gender pay gap, she used the results to drive changes in recruitment which resulted in its first female apprentice engineer.
Other finalists:
Teri Hunter, Moorcrofts Jaki Mitchell, Crowe
Judges’ comments: Within one year of a standing start, she has helped and supported well over 100 women to grow confidence in technology. This has enabled them to return to work and thrive within their new roles. She also hired some of the women to join her own team. The growth has come through a great deal of hard work, determination and resilience and notably, she has recently secured an investment round, supported by an all-female investment advisory team.
Other finalists:
Jane Arthern, FMCGenie Sarah Jordan, YOU underwear Suzy Olivier, Mothers of Enterprise
Spotlight on Women in STEM –
Dr Claire Donoghue, 3M Award accepted by Sarah Chapman
Role Model of the Year –
Pauline Murray, SSE Retail Award accepted by Lee Wood
Judges’ comments: A standout candidate because of her award- winning academic research on automatic diagnosis of arthritis and her achievements as a specialist software engineer developing the next generation of products in her company. She has demonstrated great leadership across her team and commitment to her field. Our winner has also exercised great influence as a founder member of the London Chapter of the Geekettes, in which she highlighted inspirational female role models in business and technology as part of an online community of 1,000 women.
Other finalists:
Jackie Doherty, Monodraught Emma Friendship-Kilburn, Emm-Power Gemma Hood, Volume Karin Meurk-Harvey, Vodafone Group Enterprise Roni Savage, Jomas Associates Katherine Spice, CV-Library
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Judges’ comments: She is in charge of a large team operating across the UK and in a predominantly male environment. A major element of her role is using engineers with the greatest possible efficiency, a task that involves difficult negotiations with trade unions over the mobility and travel time of engineering staff. One of the keys to our winner’s success has been her understanding of the problems of mental health and well being. Her involvement with these pastoral problems stemmed from her own mental health difficulties following the sudden death of her father. She has advised more than 200 managers on how they can support their staff and she has established 32 mental health champions across the business.
Other finalists:
Highly Commended: Rebecca McAllister, Savills
Luana Clapis, Mintec Gemma Hood, Volume Kate Lester, Diamond logistics Michelle McLeish, SSE Retail Laura-Jane (LJ) Turner, Centerprise International
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018
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