THE WOMEN IN TECH EMPLOYER AWARDS 2026 FINALISTS

Congratulations to all of the company and individual finalists.

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Outstanding Employer for Benefits & Wellbeing

Sponsored by Women in Tech

  • BCB Group

  • easyfundraising

  • Elanco

  • Envitia

  • POWWR

  • Public Sector Partnership Services

  • Six Degrees

 

BEST EMPLOYER FOR PARENTAL SUPPORT

  • BCB Group

  • Capgemini

  • easyfundraising

  • Experian

  • HP

  • Police Digital Service

  • Public Sector Partnership Services

 

BEST EMPLOYER NETWORK

  • Accenture

  • Allianz

  • Access Group

  • BCB Group

  • Cisco UK & Ireland

  • Ecommpay

  • Kingfisher Plc

  • Nokia UK

  • Six Degrees

 

OUTSTANDING MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME

  • CV-Library

  • Kingfisher Plc

  • STEM Returners

 

LEADING TRAINING PROVIDER OR ACADEMY

  • BPP

  • Coach&Bloom

  • Generation UK

  • La Fosse Academy

  • Mercator Digital

 

OUTSTANDING RECRUITMENT AGENCY

  • Client Server

  • Rebel Recruiters x Diversity in Tech

  • RedTech Recruitment

 

BEST GRADUATE OR EARLY CAREERS EMPLOYER

  • Capgemini

  • Elanco

  • Leidos

  • Nokia UK

  • Whitbread

 

OUTSTANDING ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN IN TECH - MALE ALLY

  • Tokeer Ahmed - Capgemini

  • Lindsay Gallard - Six Degrees

  • Mike Henry - Elanco

  • Billy Jenkins - Oliver Bernard

  • Alex Michael Jonas - Accenture

  • Charlie Painter - Nokia UK

  • Jon Stone - Elanco

  • Benjamin Turner - Allianz UK

  • Scott Turton – Capgemini

 

OUTSTANDING ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN IN TECH

Sponsored by IAG

  • Tokeer Ahmed - Capgemini

  • Ashleigh Alexander - Government Digital and Data

  • Dena Habashi-Ayub - HM Revenue & Customs

  • Doris Rosmann Begg - Whitbread

  • Natalie Desty - STEM Returners

  • Helen Dixon - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Elizabeth Excell - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Monika Gupta - Nokia UK

  • Alpa Jotangia - Ecommpay

  • Miranda McLean - Ecommpay

  • Holly McNaught - Elanco

  • Silka Patel - Leidos

  • Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Naushine Robinson - Oliver Bernard x Future CodeHers

  • Rakhi Sachdeva - Microsoft

  • Amanda Whicher - Hays

 

BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR

  • Nikki Algar - Capgemini

  • Alex Callaway - Whitbread

  • Vibha Grover - Accenture

  • Sarah Hood - Unifeye

  • Jackie Keane - Cloudscaler

  • Pallavi Mahajan - Nokia UK

  • Bronwen Simms - Whitbread

  • Serena Vickers - Six Degrees

  • Amanda Walker - Six Degrees

  • Estella Waller - Debtrak

  • Jackie Wright - Public Sector Partnership Services

OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN TECH

Sponsored by Whitbread

  • Jessica Asbury - Allianz UK

  • Nyree Basdeo - PA Consulting

  • Chantelle Coussey - Nando's UK & Ireland

  • Kasia Dutch - Starling Bank

  • Anupama Hatti - NHS Blood and Transplant

  • Lisa Goodchild - DigLearning x Accenture

  • Anastasiia Gorodetckaia - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Jennifer Govey - IAG

  • Elif Bezal Kahraman - Nokia UK

  • Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Mandkhai Rinchin - NatWest

  • Maryna Rybalko - Paydock

  • Bianca Stratulat - Unifeye

  • Meera Venkatachalam - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Serena Vickers - Six Degrees

 

BEST PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYER

  • Department of Business and Trade

  • DWP Digital

  • HMRC

 

BEST SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYER (UP TO 50 EMPLOYEES)

  • Carents

  • SheMed

  • SQEPtech

  • Unifeye

  • YAP Global

 

BEST EMPLOYER (251 - 1,000 EMPLOYEES)

  • Ecommpay

  • MHR

  • Police Digital Service

  • Totalmobile

 

BEST EMPLOYER (OVER 1,000 EMPLOYEES)

Sponsored by The PHA Group

  • Allianz UK

  • Boldyn Networks

  • Capgemini

 

OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Kingfisher

  • Access Group

  • Aker Systems

  • Befabulous technology cic

  • Cisco UK & Ireland

  • Heathrow

  • MHR

  • Future CodeHers x Oliver Bernard

  • Postcode Lottery UK

 

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

  • Dawn Coupe - Equinox Consulting

  • Alishba Farooq - Design your ideaz

  • Chinny Odimega - Befabulous technology cic

 

BEST IN-HOUSE RECRUITER

  • Sara Bennett - Government Digital and Data

  • Tom Kemp - Six Degrees

 

OUTSTANDING RETURNSHIP PROGRAMME

  • Capgemini

  • STEM Returners

 

BEST SUPPLIER

  • Coach&Bloom

  • PeopleScout

 

RISING STAR

  • Zaynah Alam - GE Aerospace

  • Mayra Aquino - GMVi

  • Akanksha Banthwan - The Access Group

  • Lauren Brabbin - BCB Group

  • Elle Brown - MHR

  • Filipa Chambel - Elanco

  • Ruth Colton - mkodo

  • Nicola Cox - Whitbread

  • Laura Macau Ferret - IAG

  • Maria Kelesidou - Lloyds Banking Group

  • Devon Louisa Khan - Agilio software group

  • Eraj Lodhi - Plot Out Loud

  • Rebecca Moloney - Lucas Kennedy

  • Chinny Odimega - Befabulous technology cic

  • Raina Pal - Lloyds Banking Group

 

TECHNOLOGY LEADER OF THE YEAR

  • Rim Meriem Aissaoui - SLB

  • Michelle Brake - Department for Business and Trade

  • Anupama Hatti - NHS Blood and Transplant

  • Corrina Jacobs - Capgemini

  • Rachel Kirkham - MindBridge

  • Sathya Nandakumar - Holland & Barrett

  • Stephanie Poore - IFS

  • Maryna Rybalko - Paydock

  • Bianca Stratulat - Unifeye

  • Serena Vickers - Six Degrees

  • Estella Waller - Debtrak

  • Jackie Wright - Public Sector Partnership Services

 

BEST USE OF AI TO SUPPORT WOMEN IN TECH

  • Candid AI

  • Equinox Consulting

  • KIGO

  • nuala ai

 

NOT FOR PROFIT / SOCIAL IMPACT INITIATIVE

  • Candid AI

  • Digilearning x Accenture

  • Generation UK

  • SheCanCode

  • Tech She Can x Accenture

  • Women Pivoting to Digital Taskforce x City of London Corporation 

If you have any questions about the awards, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the events team at enquirieswomenintech@redactive.co.uk. To discuss sponsorship & partnership upgrades, please contact the sponsorship team at sponsorshipwomenintech@redactive.co.uk.