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Thursday 30 March
6:30pm – 12:00am
The Midland Hotel, Manchester
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The North’s business community will be able to come together to celebrate the best in business leadership on 30 March 2023 from 18.30 at The Midland Hotel in Manchester city centre.
TheBusinessDesk.com created the Northern Leadership Awards to celebrate the people that are role models within their organisations and raise the bar for their competitors. The winners will show the qualities of extraordinary leadership and be able to demonstrate the positive impact this has had.
The Leadership awards offer a great opportunity to recognise and showcase the achievements and success of businesses in the region.
2023 Northern Leadership awards shortlist:
Young Leader (aged 35 and under)
George Boardman Lee – Touchstone Glazing Solutions
Hayley Brightmore Cox – Knight Transaction Services
Jess Helliar – Bongo’s Bingo
Simon Mitchell – Bear Metals
James Wood – Irish Freight Solutions
Public and Third Sector Leader
Adrian Green – Unity Enterprise
Melinda Johnson – Department of Health & Social Care
Rosemarie Whittington – Me2u Centre
Normandie Wragg – Nugent
Mentor
Peter Acton and David Seddon – Old Boltonians Association
Arif Ahmad, Pervinder Kaur, Steve Blacker – Stronger Together Leeds City Region
Paula Grizzard – She Business
Alistair Henderson – Identity Consult
Sarina Issap – AMS Accountants Group & Signature Group
Emerging Entrepreneur Leader
Hayley Brightmore Cox – Knight Transaction Services
Thomas Bray – MPCC UK
Sophie Conboy – Connect Yorkshire
Gillian Lockley – Topspeed Couriers
Hannah Wynick – Core Financial Paraplanning
Diversity & Inclusion Leader
Lee Chambers – Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing
Joanne Conway – EY
Phil Harris – Leeds and District Basketball League
Jodie Hill – Thrive Law
Nasreen Karim – Platinum Partnership Solicitors
Poonam Kaur – fds Director Services
Professional Services Leader
Debra Cooper – Shoosmiths
Graham Gordon – MHA Moore and Smalley
Peter Jackson – Hill Dickinson
Poonam Kaur – fds Director Services Limited
Claire McLean – Realise HR
Transformational Leader
Will Beer – Tunley Engineering
Rob Burgin – CorrBoard
Nicky Chance-Thompson – The Piece Hall Trust
Matt Hemmings – Openreach
Adrian Kneeshaw – Carlton Bolling Trust
Green Leader
Rebecca Armstrong – Mersey Eco Grants (MEG)
Austin Barcley – The Improveasy Group
William Beer – Tunley Engineering
Oliver Groarke – b-gen
Ryan Johns – Marketing Manchester
Company Leader (up to 100 employees)
Adam Bradley – Corrosion Resistant Materials
Rob Burgin – CorrBoard
Dawn Carney – Fresh Pastures and School Milk UK
Mark Doherty – Identity Consult
Jonathan Gilbert – Defib Machines
Simmy Sekhon – Sekhon Group
Claire Sofield – Four Recruitment
Company Leader (100+ employees)
Gary Gallen – rradar
Claire Grasby – Party Delights
Dr Natalie Kenny – BioGrad
Paul Teasdale – Premier Technical Services Group
Greater Manchester City Region Leader
Austin Barcley – The Improveasy Group
Lee Chambers – Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing
Donald Moore – One+All
Leeds City Region Leader
Arif Ahmad, Pervinder Kaur, Steve Blacker – Stronger Together Leeds City Region
Phil Harris – Leeds and District Basketball League
Poonam Kaur – fds Director Services Limited
Liverpool City Region Leader
Professor Janet Hemingway – Infection Innovation Consortium (iiCON)
Sean Keyes – Sutcliffe
Normandie Wragg – Nugent
Sheffield City Region Leader
Adam Bradley – Corrosion Resistant Materials
Louisa Harrison-Walker – Sheffield Chamber of Commerce
Jules Shiel-Boulger & Toria Chan – STEPS Rehabilitation
Leader of the Year
To be announced on the night.
