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Announcing the winners of the Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2023

In a room packed with talent and inspiration, who won?

Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2023

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Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2023

The Women in Tech Excellence Awards celebrated the best of female tech talent.

The Computing Women in Tech Excellence Awards took place last night at state-of-the-art venue Magazine, London.

The industrial inspired backdrop proved the perfect gathering place for more than 600 attendees to celebrate and showcase the work and achievements of some genuinely inspirational women. The awards, presented by actress, writer, presenter and comedian Lucy Porter, also provided a glittering opportunity to catch up with old friends, meet other like minded people (so often a challenge for those in a minority in their workplace) and, most importantly, to party.

Winners and those highly commended have all encountered obstacles on the way but all are changing the ratio of the tech workforce and are building ladders of opportunity for other women to follow them and build on their work.

The Women in Technology Excellence Awards attract more entries every year and each winner had to work harder than ever to stand out from such a stellar field. 28 awards were in play and categories included Hero, Innovator and Role Model of the Year.

Here are all the winners and honourable mentions in full:

Digital Leader of the Year - SME

Winner: Pauldy Otermans, Otermans Institute

Highly commended: Emily Walshe, Raven Housing Trust

Digital Leader of the Year - Enterprise

Winner: Angela Wallace, Lloyds Banking Group

Highly commended: Charlotte Crowson, Vodafone

Diversity Employer of the Year

Winner: GoCardless

Highly commended: Hargreaves Lansdown

Engineer of the Year

Winner: Elizabeth Gee, Lloyds Banking Group

Highly commended: Kirsten Allanson, Sage UK

Graduate of the Year

Winner: Anita Yau Gwa Keung, PwC

Highly commended: Melanie Kim, Pearson

Highly commended: Zhen-Yen Chan, NatWest Group

Hero of the Year SME

Winner: Zoe Dronfield, Trustmarque

Highly commended: Frances Holmes, Speak Out Revolution & Microsoft

Hero of the Year Enterprise

Winner: Debbie Lewis, Fujitsu

Highly commended: Louise Tuck, Nationwide Building Society

Innovator of the Year

Winner: Emma-Louise Fusari, In-House Health Limited

Highly commended: Heather Perriam, Trustmarque

IT Leader of the Year

Winner: Helen Marshall, Yodel

Highly commended: Ursula Dolton, Lloyds Banking Group

Role Model of the Year

Winner: Agnes Beviz, DVLA

Highly commended: Nic Ponsford, Global Equality Collective

Role Model of the Year - Consultancies & Professional Services

Winner: Ella Ovenden, IBM

Highly commended: Paulette Watson Academy Achievers

Role Model of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Chloe Gray, Nationwide Building Society

Role Model of the Year - Tech

Winner: Dr Pearl Jarrett, Veranda Connect Ltd.

Highly commended: Nicola Martin, Adarga

Rising Star of the Year

Winner: Gabriela Piatek, Northumbria University

Highly commended: Gaby Hall, Grayce

Rising Star of the Year - Consultancies & Professional Services

Winner: Sophia Liu, PwC

Highly commended: Mei-Shiang Shen, IBM

Rising Star of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Rachel van Rensburg, NatWest Group

Highly commended: Elizabeth Excell, Lloyds Banking Group

Rising Star of the Year - Tech

Winner: Jessica Mowatt, 8 x 8

Highly commended: Daizy Limo, Meta Inc.

Outstanding Returner Award

Winner: Emily Hall-Strutt, Next Tech Girls

Highly commended: Isobel Daley, 6point6

Security Professional of the Year

Winner: Shannon Wilson, IBM

Highly commended: Sarah Armstrong-Smith, Microsoft

Team Leader of the Year - SME

Winner: Freddie Turner, MiQ Digital

Highly commended: Nila Patel, Government Digital Service

Team Leader of the Year - Enterprise

Winner: Sara Jones, BT

Transformation Leader of the Year

Winner: Kirsty Baxter-Smith, BT

Outstanding Transformation of the Year

Winner: Megan Yawor, Medivet

Highly commended: Mia Michla, NHS England

Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year:

Winner: Pearson

Highly commended: BT Group plc

CIO of the Year

Winner: Helen Marshall, Yodel

Highly commended: Supriti Singh, Arup

Woman of the Year

Winner: Louise Hill, GoHenry

Highly commended: Rav Bumbra, Cajigo

Woman of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Divya Shree, NatWest Goup

Highly commended: Cathreen Wong, Barclays Sustainable Impact Capital

Woman of the Year - Tech

Winner: Rashada Harry, AWS & Your Future - Your ambition

Highly commended: Lauren Langdell, Women in DevOps