HR Champion of the Year

Bettina Dietsche - Allianz SE

Richard Thompson - Capgemini

Karen Taylor - Ex Amazon

Nicki Thornley - Space and Time 

Suki Adewetan - Vodafone UK

Emily Lofting-Kisakye - Cognita Schools 

Jo Portlock - LexisNexis Risk

Debbie French - ARC Network 

Zarah Doyle - Odeon UK

Jane Beeston - Colart 

Andy Goff – Capgemini

 

Social Mobility Initiative of the Year

European Markets & Health HR & Communications Team - GIE AXA

Optum Ireland Women Reboot Internship Programme - Optum

Opening Doors at CBRE - CBRE UK

AMS Skills Creation - AMS

Accelerated Progress Programme (APP) - Progress Together

Insight Work Experience - Legal & General

Migrant Leaders - The Fardad Foundation

Sanofi NextGen Scholarship - Sanofi

Socio-Economic Mobility Network - L&G

BEGIN - Digital Boost & Buy Women Built

Future Leaders Initiatives - Kearney

 

Diversity Team of the Year

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Team - Colt Technology Services

Inclusive Futures Team - Capgemini

DEI and Employer Reputation Team - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

ED&I Team - Kellanova Europe

Executive MBA (EMBA) Team - Cambridge Judge Business School

DEI Strategic Focus Group - Canon Europe Ltd.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Centre of Excellence - AMS

Diversity Team - Centrica

Inclusion and Belonging Team - Haleon

Inclusion and Community Impact team - Primark

DEI Team - Munich Re

Global D&I team - Freshfields

ED&I Network - Post Office

 

Outstanding Employee Network of the Year

Accessibility For Everyone (A4E) @ Broadlake Employee Network - Broadlake

Carers Network - Centrica

Culture Circles - Fiserv

Working Families - Avanade

Men's Network - Centrica

DEI Council - Munich Re

Solihull Diversity & Inclusion Committee - L&G

Well-being Employee Resource Group - HSBC Innovation Banking

Gender Network - Natwest

Inclusion Council - ScotiaBank Europe

sPaCe Network (Supporting Parents & Carers Everywhere) - Heathrow

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year

equaliTW - Taylor Wessing

Prism - Jacobs Solutions Inc

PRIDE Alliance ACE - Gilead Sciences

Pride @ E.ON - E.ON

dhProud - dunnhumby

L&GBT+Allies Network - L&G

FreshPride - HelloFresh

LGBTQ+ Committee - OpenAG

In-FUSE - ScottishPower

LGBTQ+ at Sky - Sky UK

Pride Network - Octopus Energy

Proud@Sainsburys - Sainsburys

Wipro Europe Pride ERG - Wipro 

HYPride - Hyatt UK & Ireland Hotels

 

Outstanding Ethnicity Network of the Year

Race Equality Network - University of Birmingham

GRACE (Global Race and Cultural Ethnicity) - Allianz

FT Embrace - Financial Times

The Race and Culture Network - Kingfisher Plc

GLOBE - Gilead Leadership Organisation of Black Employees - Gilead Sciences

UMOJA (Swahili: Unity, Togetherness) - Accenture

Race & Equality Network - Capgemini

Beyond Multicultural Employee Network - Avanade

REACH Network - CBRE

NUBI (Noir·e·s @UBI) ERG - Ubisoft

Enrich - Virgin Media O2

CulturALL - Capgemini

 

Outstanding Ability Network of the Year

Neurodiversity Affinity Network - Kingfisher plc

CapAbility - Capgemini

NeuroAbility UK - Capgemini

UK Kapable BERG - Kellanova

Able2 - Openreach

DiversAbility - Avanade

Global Empower ERG - Haleon

Critenable Community - Criteo

ACCESS - Lloyds Banking Group

SPARC Employee Network - ScottishPower

Ability+ EBRG’s - Sanofi

BBC Ability - BBC

Able – NEXT

 

Outstanding Women's Network of the Year

Connected Women - ScottishPower

The RISE Network - Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

Women@Capgemini France - Capgemini

Women LEAD ERG – Ireland & UK - Optum

CBRE UK Women's Network - CBRE

UK Gender Equity BERG - Kellanova

Global Women@Haleon ERG - Haleon

Women’s Employee Network - Avanade

Women's Network - Tesco Mobile

Business Women's Network - SAP

Women in Tech - PA Consulting

Women@Mercer - Mercer Ltd

Altitude Network - Heathrow Airport

Women at Hiscox - Hiscox

Women in Business & Allies Employee Network - Canon Europe Ltd.

 

Changemaker of the Year

Annlore Defossez - Capgemini

Emma Holliday - Avanade

Amanda Britton - Primark

Mark Chadwick - Fiserv

Armando Soto -Munich Re

Raj Verma - Sanofi

Adelle Barker - Sky UK Ltd

Kushal Khandhar - Boston Consulting Group

Elizaveta Khadjinova - Kao

Ruben Ramirez - D&I Consultant

Bernadette Samuel - Virgin Media O2 

Taylor Mirkarimi - Vodafone 

Melissa Brette Ogée - Hyatt UK & Ireland Hotels

Marie-Helene Tyack - Allianz Commercial

Patrick Weber - AXA Switzerland

 

Inspirational Role Model of the Year

Andrew Hulbert - Pareto FM

Michelle Stanbank - Tesco Mobile

Tokeer Ahmed - Capgemini

Sue-Ellen Bowen - Gilead Sciences

David Lawlor - Kellanova

Ruth Rowan - Avanade

Remi Iyun - CBRE

Sophie Morgan - Primark Ambassador

Danielle Hartmann - Roche 

Lauri O’Neill - AIG

Kerry McNally - Flutter

Gagandeep Gadri - Capgemini

Xavier White - Unloc
Raj Jones - Culture and Belonging Lead

 

Head of Diversity / Belonging / Inclusion of the Year

Rachel Collins - Colt Technology Services

Sam Thomas-Berry - Kellanova

Kerstin Papenberg - Capgemini Deutschland GmbH

Jennifer MacDonald - Royal Academy of Engineering

Loraine Martins OBE - Arup

Ian Tomney Bell - giffgaff

Charlie Magadah-Williams - Primark

Florence Henderson - Moody's Corporation

Justine Pernice - Aldermore

Moni Akinsanya - Liverpool John Moores University

Katy Hall - NES Fircroft 

Reema Samuel-Lewis - Sky UK LTD

Annisha Taylor - Ofcom

Mathilde  Aponte Faucherie - Danone

 

Diversity Champion of the Year

Kirsten Whitworth - Sky UK Ltd

Eugenio Pirri - TELUS Health

Alessandra Miata - Capgemini

Anita Ralli - Gilead Sciences

Deon Pillay - L&G

Asha Vesudevan - Munich Re

Robin Panrucker - Taylor Wessing

Paul Stanley - De Beers Group

Adam Jarvis - Tesco

Kat McGurk - Flutter

Michael Yabantu - AVIVA

Serufusa Sekidde - GSK

Rabih Moussan - Microsoft

Colin Kimber - Pareto Facilities Management Ltd

 

Company of the Year

Broadlake

Kearney

Capgemini

TJX Europe

Primark

Parques Reunidos Group

Munich Re

Sky UK Ltd

Cognita Schools

DNB

Sanofi

Everywhen

ppro

Tata Consultancy Services

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Charity / Not-For-Profit of the Year

FUNDACIÓ PRIVADA - IMANcorp FOUNDATION

The Five Foundation

Fundación Eurofirms Foundation

The Children's Society

Micro Rainbow C.I.C.

Le Refuge

Transfeminiinit

Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo

Hivos (The Hague)

LGBT Asylum

 

Community Project of the Year 

Tomorrow Meets Today - Pareto FM

Optum's Community Initiatives - Breaking barriers to build digital futures - Optum

E50K - Amey

Inclusion Fairs - Capgemini Deutschland GmbH

Aldermore & Reading Rockets Partnership - Aldermore

Accessibility Community - Garanti BBVA

CitiSEN4u

Cinema without Barriers - ZAMEK Culture Centre in Poznań

Living Museum - Living Museum Society

Academy for Disabled Journalists (ADJ) - Ability Today

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