Northern Asian Powerlist 2022 – Emerging Talent Leaders winner

Advita Patel, director of Comms Rebel, won the Emerging Talent: Leaders category of the Northern Asian Powerlist 2022.

The full list of winners, along with all those shortlisted, was announced on 6 October.

Patel helps organisations cultivate an inclusive culture by helping them communicate effectively to their workforce so all colleagues can belong and thrive in their work.

She was named in the Northern Asian Top 100 powerlist in 2020 and the Global Top 101 list for employee experience.

The Emerging Talent category focuses on the ones to watch and the next-generation role models across business, commerce or third sector.

It aims to recognise those who have exceeded their initial targets for growth and already show importance within their sector or industry through significant product/service innovation and leadership.

Click here to download the 2022 Northern Asian Powerlist

Shortlisted for the Emerging Talent: Leaders category were:

North East –

• Kainat Javed, women’s safety in public places project lead, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria
• Sanjee Ratnatunga, director, Ideas for Change Consulting

North West –

• Hasin Amin, solicitor, Harrison Drury Solicitors

Yorkshire and the Humber –

• Kamal Khan, Owner, Beauty Sleep Beds
• Sasha Bhat, head of commissioning – Mental Wellbeing, NHS Bradford District and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group

Shehla Hasan, who was part of the judging panel, said: ““It is an honour to be a judge for the Northern Asian Powerlist 2022.

“The North of England’s Asian community has much to celebrate, given that it has highly talented members from almost every walk of life.

“As major parts of the Indian subcontinent usher in the 75th year of Independence this year, this feels to be the right time for this list, and to celebrate and to recognise the tremendous contribution the Asian community in the UK’s North has made to Britain.”