Gateley’s Jemma Bolton celebrates awards double

RISING legal star Jemma Bolton, an associate in the corporate team at Gateley scooped two titles at the inaugural Made in Manchester awards last night.

Jemma, who has acted on several major North West deals in the last year, was crowned Lawyer of the Year, and also won the Chairman’s Rising Star award.

The inaugural Made in Manchester Awards was attended by 400 people at the Midland Hotel.

Organised by pro.manchester the Awards celebrate the best of Manchester’s young talent in the financial and professional sectors rewarding excellence in innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, training, development and leadership.

Other winners were: 

Accountant of The Year: Fran Whittle KPMG and Simon Kaye, BDO

Banker of the Year: Shibaji Dasgupta, HSBC

Business Development Professional of the Year: Sam Jones, Tunafish Media

Corporate Financier of the Year: Oliver Tebbutt, Deloitte

Digital, Media or Creative Professional of the Year: Al Mackin, theEword

Property Professional of the Year: Michael Howard, urbanbubble

Manchester Champion: Lenox Green, The University of Manchester

Mentor of the Year: Tarifa Bagasrawalla, KPMG

Talent and Recruitment Professional of the Year: Sarah Davies, BNY Mellon