Inspiring Women in Business

You only have to look around you to realise that the UK is full of talented, often visionary businesswomen of all ages, working at every level and in all sectors. Now in their second year, these awards are an opportunity to recognise their achievements and also to celebrate the employers, big and small, that have driven equality by their actions as well as their words.


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What's in it for you

THE AWARDS ARE FOR INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN AND FORWARD THINKING BUSINESSES THAT ARE ENABLING AND CHAMPIONING GENDER EQUALITY.

Raise your profile

Winners will be profiled in Management Today, the country’s longest-running business title.

Recognition

This is your chance to highlight your work and celebrate your achievements.

Inspire Others

Showcase your work and be a role model for the next generation. You can’t be what you can’t see.

Be the best

Be the best in your industry. Be a name. Be inspirational.

Inspiring Women Network

Be part of Management Today’s Inspiring Women network: Receive discounted rates to our conferences and events, meet like-minded businesswomen, boost your network and share tips.

FOR BUSINESSES

Position

As a leader on the issue of gender equality - Show us what you have implemented to drive equality in the workplace.

Showcase

Get your company's efforts recognised on a national scale. Motivate and retain the talent you have - Prove you are the best. 

Quality

Entering the Women in Business awards will boost your place within a saturated market, making your company stand out from competitors helping to attract potential new employees.

Boost

Boost your company profile and credibility by increasing your exposure: You will be promoted to Management Today’s audience including 135,000 monthly users and 13,000 online bulletin subscribers.

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Inspiring Women in Business Shortlist

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FINALISTS, HIGHLY COMMENDED AND OF COURSE OUR WINNERS

Individual Awards

CEO of the Year

Director of the Year

Manager of the Year

Rising Star

Entrepreneur of the Year

Mentor of the Year

Champion of Change

Awards For Company Initiatives

Equality Initiative of the Year

Flexible Working Initiative of the Year

Judges

Emma Robertson

Chair of Judges

ENGINE Transformation CEO, Emma Robertson, has over 25 years of experience advising emerging and global companies on how to utilise data, technology and insights to transform and future-proof their businesses. With a strong track record in delivering result-driven, customer-centred projects, Emma has worked with market leading companies including E.ON, Santander, P&O, eBay, and Tesco and led the consulting team at the heart of Argos’ digital transformation for 5 years. In addition to consultancy experience, Emma has also worked brand-side for BT, and as Head of eCommerce focused on customer experience (CX) and multi-channel strategies. Emma is passionate about championing diversity and inclusion, especially within the data and technology industry, and is executive sponsor of ENGINE’s Inclusion Programme, as well as supporting other organisations including CodeFirst: Girls.


As CEO of Engine Transformation, Emma Robertson leads the team at Engine with responsibility for understanding how customer experience and employee engagement combine to drive better performance, creating data driven organisations to rival the likes of Amazon, and helping clients transform their culture, operation and infrastructure. Emma has personally worked with some of the UK's biggest organisations, helping blue chip and emerging companies to re-orientate their businesses around the ever-changing customer.


She has extensive experience of transformation with a strong track record in delivering high profile, customer-centred, results-driven projects for market leading companies including Hammerson, P&O, Homebase, Argos, eBay, BT and Tesco.


A regular face in the press, Emma has appeared as a guest on Sky Sunrise and Sky News, was invited to speak at Retail Week's Tech festival and has commented in publications including MediTel, WARC and ITPro. Areas to talk about: Technology Innovation, Technology Market / Company Results (last BBC interview was on Twitter results), Digital/Business Transformation, Data Transformation / Trends, Employee & Customer Experience, E-Commerce & Retail.

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