Judges shortlist 64 for Yorkshire Leadership Awards
The shortlist for the Yorkshire Leadership Awards can be revealed after an intense judging session.
Sixty-four individuals from 61 organisations have been selected as finalists for the awards in 15 categories.
The winners will be revealed at a gala event at the Queens Hotel, Leeds, on Thursday 21 March. The overall Yorkshire Leader of the Year winner will be selected from the category winners and announced on the night. Tickets for that event are available through the awards website.
Winners of the 2023 Northern Leadership Awards
The judging panel included Karl Oxford of African and Caribbean Business Ventures, Bex Williams of Bradford 2025, Dan Fell of Doncaster Chamber, and 2019 winner Taryn Edge.
TheBusinessDesk.com Yorkshire editor Andrew Staples said, “Judging such awards is never an easy task, and this year was particularly difficult due to the outstanding calibre of candidates. I’m very grateful to our judges, whose dedication and experience in a variety of sectors proved invaluable in selecting the finalists.
“It was a tough task even to shortlist several categories, such was the quality of entries, and I would like to congratulate each and every individual who has made it through to the shortlist – that in itself is no mean feat, and our shortlisted leaders can take pride in it.
“This has not been an easy year for business, but great leaders make a great difference in their organisations – here in Yorkshire we have many great leaders, and I am delighted we are able to celebrate the best of the best through these awards.”
The Yorkshire Leadership Awards are sponsored by First Direct Arena, Hall Brown Family Law, Vertu Motors and Zest.
The shortlisted candidates are:
Young Leader (aged 35 and under)
Shaan Ahmed, Roomzzz
Charles Draper, Sure Group
Georgina Fairhall, WAC
Yung Lau, Jacobs
Andy Lucas, Parsons Chartered Accountants
Joe Scargill, Huddersfield Town Foundation
Public and Third Sector Leader
Claire Cook, Employability Solutions
Adrian Green, Unity Enterprise
Katie Hurrell, Bradford District Credit Union
Lucy Nickson, Day One Trauma Support
Emily Wragg, Candlelighters
Mentor
Jamie Clark, Trident Building Consultancy
Lee Clayton, CHN Financial Consultancy
Phil Harris, Brown Shipley
Simon Hartley, Be World Class
Julian Mason, Bradley-Mason LLP
Emerging Entrepreneur Leader
Danielle Best, Mexi Bean Express
Josh Burridge, Richardson Moving and Storage
Valeria Camerino, Equity Report
Sophie Conboy, Connect Yorkshire
Hugh Douglas Roberts, Richard Roberts
Diversity & Inclusion Leader
Yung Lau, Jacobs
Aisha Minhas, Openreach
Chris Nightingale, Parallax
Alexandra Price, Trident Building Consultancy
Sarah Tulip, Cognizant Worldwide
Professional Services Leader
James Groot, Cortus Advisory Group
Rachel Roche, Roche Legal
Hannah Strawbridge, Han Law Co
Nicky Voase, QAD Architects
Richard Walker, Parsons Accountants
Transformational Leader
Dan Bardgett, XSEM
Gareth Barker, Sheffield Forgemasters
Chris Delaney, Green Building Renewables
Lucy Nickson, Day One Trauma Support
Richard Owen, Capital Extrusions
Paul Verrico, Eversheds Sutherland
Green Leader
Dr William Beer, Tunley Environmental
Chris Delaney, Green Building Renewables
Christopher Neave, Make it Wild
Matthew Pitt, Abode
Annelee Roscoe, Premier Modular
Tom Rumboll, SYNETIQ
HR Leader
Hayley Berry, Nexus Vehicle Rental
Olivia Cowling, Strata
Sharon Kinder, Northern Powerhouse Consulting
Sales & Marketing Leader
Edward Armstrong, CPMedia
Rebecca Hopwood, Youbee Media
James Maden, Nexus Vehicle Rental
Alexandra Price, Trident Building Consultancy
Lizzie Turner, Peachy Digital
Technology Leader
James Clarkson & Aman Shergill, Adventoris
Richard Corderoy, The Oakland Group
James Hall, Parallax
Melissa Hendry, ddroidd
Geoff Shepherd, iSource Group
Philip White, Audacia
Finance Leader
Lee Clayton, CHN Financial Consultancy
Phil Harris, Brown Shipley
Simon Webster, Headstar
Property Leader
Naveen Ahmed, The Park Lane Group
Abi Hookway, Redmayne Smith
Chris Harding, JPG Group
Hugh Douglas Roberts, Richard Roberts
Company Leader (up to 100 employees)
Naveen Ahmed, The Park Lane Group
Dan Bardgett, XSEM
Mike Brennan, CPMedia
Poonam Kaur, fds Director Services
Jonathan Sanderson, Corecom Consulting
Philip White, Audacia
Company Leader (100+ employees)
Chris Delaney, Green Building Renewables
Wayne Earnshaw, Lanes Group
Sean Ramsden MBE, Ramsden International
Ryan Scott, Twentysix
Paul Teasdale, Premier Technical Services Group
Sarah Tulip, Cognizant Worldwide
