Women-of-the-Future-Press-Release-2309

Proudly supported by L U F S S E C C U S G N RECOGNISI N I A T I R B N I N E M YOUNG WO The Women of the Future Awards, founded by Pinky Lilani CBE DL in 2006, provide a platform for the remarkable female talent in the UK The awards recognise the inspirational stars of tomorrow across diverse sectors We are honoured to have HRH The Countess of Wessex as our Global Ambassador, Cherie Blair CBE as our WOF Awards patron, and Baroness Gabrielle Bertin as Chair of the Awards judging panel WOMEN OF THE FUTURE SHORTLIST 2019 The Women of the Future Awards, in association with Aviva, is delighted to announce the shortlist for 2019 The talent featured in this year’s shortlist is phenomenal From a scientist who has made a significant contribution to tuberculosis vaccine development to an ocean advocate and skipper who has already spent a decade tackling plastic pollution, the shortlist places the spotlight on incredible women working in the UK today Whilst nominees come from truly diverse sectors, all candidates work tirelessly to empower others, never afraid to challenge traditional hierarchies and stereotypes in order to effect positive change The winners of the Women of the Future Awards 2019 will be announced on 7th November 2019 at an awards ceremony at the London Hilton, Park Lane ARTS & CULTURE CORPORATE MENTOR OF THE YEAR SCIENCE Tobi Kyeremateng, Cultural Producer, Black Ticket Project Amazon Leanne Armitage, Founder & CEO, The Armitage Foundation Victoria Longdon, Conductor DPI David Benton, Partner & Global Head of International Capital Markets, Allen & Overy Alex Ruhl, Director, Cats are not Peas Google Rachel Sherlock, Photographer BUSINESS Agnes Auledas, Structural Engineer, Atkins Carol Hamilton, Regional Director, Compliance and Fraud, EMEA, GBG Barclays Liverpool FC Pernod Ricard UK ENTREPRENEUR Jacynth Bassett, CEO & Founder, the-Bias-Cut.com Rachel and Laura Beattie, Co-founders, Careaux Elizabeth Mills, Managing Director, Bright Young Things Hannah Duraid, Founder, The Great Escape Game Diana Moldovan, UKI Cyber Operations Lead, Aviva Chantal Epp, Founder and CEO, ClicknClear Neha Rajesh, Head of Account Based Marketing and Partner Marketing, Temenos Sharon Zhaohuachen Wang, Managing Director, Fly Fu Lai Group Deborah Bowman, Deputy Principal and Professor of Medical Ethics, St George’s University of London Lesley Gregory, Chairwoman, Memery Crystal Vanella Jackson, Global CEO, Hall & Partners Thor Maalouf, Counsel, Reed Smith Katie Lloyd, Development Director, BBC News and Current Affairs Mala Mawkin, Junior Doctor, NHS Vicky Jepson, 1st Team Manager, Liverpool FC Women Dami Oshowo, Associate, DLA Piper UK Dr Siobhan Gardiner, Global Sustainable Technology Manager, Unilever Natasha Lakhani, Senior Executive, Transaction Advisory Services, EY Chloe Harvey, Director, The ReefWorld Foundation Tulsi Parida, MBA Scholar, University of Oxford REAL ESTATE, INFRASTRUCTURE & CONSTRUCTION Chayanika Ranasinghe, MBA Candidate, Cambridge Judge Business School Vijaya Shah, Corporate Strategist, ArcelorMittal Kerri-Emma Dobson, BREEAM Marketing Lead, BRE COMMUNITY SPIRITS Monica Karpinski, Founder, The Femedic Charlotte Hugh, Senior Creative, Dark Horses Ameya Kilara, Director, South Asian Leadership Initiative, Inter Mediate Lauren Mahon, Founder, GIRLvsCANCER Peta Koczy, Staff Skipper, Ocean Youth Trust South Emily Penn, Director, eXXpedition Lucy Watts MBE, Founder, Palliative Care Voices Lydia Santis, Corporate Communications Manager, BT Soraya Sobh, Head of Creative Development, MassiveMusic SPORT Asma Elbadawi, Basketball Player Hazel Jackson-Gaona, Professional Polo Player Amelia Cox, Senior Commercialisation Manager, Visa Rocio Dalton, Marketing Manager, The Economist Rachel Tanner, Postdoctoral Research Scientist and Lecturer, University of Oxford Louise Hanthorne, Head of HR, London Stock Exchange Group COMMONWEALTH AWARD MEDIA Emma Liu, Volcanologist, University of Cambridge Nikki Henderson, Professional Yachtswoman Dr Joana Cook, Senior Research Fellow, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King’s College London Aditi Sahni, Engagement Manager, Vivid Economics Bridie Evans, Advanced Technology Engineering Program Manager, GE Aviation Dowty Propellers PROFESSIONS MBA STAR Dahlia Farahat, Investment Associate, CDC Group Rebecca Ballantyne, Senior Technologist, Sellafield Alison Picton, Head of Office, Mayor of London Victoria Spilkin, Senior Associate, Reed Smith Georgina Roberts, Athlete & Coach, British Shooting TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL Marianne Breen-Hart, Associate Director, Accenture Hannah Hargreaves, Customer Experience Manager, Openreach Isabel Lewis, Associate Technology, Publicis Sapient Stephanie Gnissios, Managing Director, Open Path Consulting Marily Nika Ph.D, Senior Machine Learning Product Manager, Google Weronika Holt, EMEA Client Solutions Director, CBRE Hattie Smith, Data Scientist, Aviva Ayesha Ofori, CEO & Founder, PropElle (Network) and the Black Property Network Dr Samantha Organ, Senior Building Surveyor / Senior Lecturer in Building Surveying, National Trust/UWE YOUNG STAR Hannah Barker, Founder & Performer, Events Ever After Vanessa Madu, Student, Imperial College London Khadijah Mellah, Jockey Bethan Owen, Owner & Instructor, BKA WOMEN OF THE FUTURE SHORTLIST 2019 “To be a part of Women of the Future is important to me as it allows often underrepresented, invisible women, to be given a well-deserved platform to highlight their amazing achievements For me, being nominated was an honour and winning was validating and self-affirming I’m looking forward to being a part of the Women of the Future network and being amongst powerful and aspirational women who are making changes, improvements disrupting the norm of the world around us.” Titilola Dawudu, winner of the 2018 Mentor of the Year Award A life changing experience: The Women of the Future Awards, founded by Pinky Lilani CBE DL in 2006, were conceived to provide a platform to strengthen the pipeline of female talent in the UK Through the Women of the Future Programme we have built a remarkable, informal community of collaborative women determined not only to build professional and personal relationships with one another, but to be advocates for an exciting new generation of talent in all fields and industries The Women of the Future Programme, enables opportunities through our Women of the Future Network and Women of the Future Ambassadors Programme Women of the Future Network An active network of high achieving women bringing members together, to share experiences and build their own networks Our membership of over 1000, continues to grow each year with the inclusion of the Asian Women of Achievement shortlisted candidates and Women of the Future Awards candidates WOF Ambassadors programme Ambassadors Programme Connecting students with role models and strengthening the pipeline of talent among Britain’s younger women “It is an honour to celebrate some of the most driven women working in Britain today In all professions and industries, these leaders are forging new paths ahead, bursting open the female leadership pipeline and opening our eyes to what is possible if we collaborate and consciously think of ways to be a part of a bigger conversation They lead with kindness, hard work and courage, inspiring us all and generations to come.” Pinky Lilani CBE DL, Founder, Women of the Future Programme “The Women of the Future Awards uncovers some phenomenally smart, creative women from a range of industries and professions – we look forward to continuing to support and nurture this talent. Aviva is delighted to sponsor these awards for their fifth year in London.” Caroline Prendergast, Interim Chief People Officer, Aviva