Outstanding Leader of the Year

The winner of our Outstanding Leader of the Year award will be someone who has demonstrated exceptional guidance, direction, integrity, decision-making, or inspirational leadership throughout their work in the tech industry.

Criteria

Our judges will be looking for nominees in the tech industry who exemplify the traits of a great leader, no matter what their role.

Successful nominations should:

Identify a CEO, CIO, CTO, Director, Manager, or anyone else in a leadership role
Describe the nominee's courage, vision, compassion, innovativeness, or outstanding engagement and how they embody their values in their day-to-day role
Demonstrate their impact—this could be business growth, implementing innovative practices, or empowering others
Reference anything else that demonstrates how the nominee leads by example and acts as an advocate for others and their organisation

UK Shortlist

Alison Parkes
EAL

Colin Crow
Nexer

Hugh Valentine
Valto

Tim Moger
Christians Against Poverty

Val Clarke
4PS Construction Solutions

Tickets for our UK awards ceremony are now sold out.

Global Shortlist

Anastasiya Vinogradova
VRP Consulting

Ebere Josephine Uba
Carmedis Inc.

Paulo Scrideli
Corpay

Ronald White
Avanade

Marie Wiese
Marketing Copilot & Women Talk Tech is missing

Find out more about how our awards are judged here.

Outstanding Leader of the Year

Criteria

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