Winners in this categories are chosen by our Advisory Panel and will be announced on the night of the awards.

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year

LGBTQ+ Network – Bangor University

LGBT+ Colleague Network – Barnardos

PRIDE Network – Bournemouth University

Pride Network – Laing O’Rourke

Fly With Pride – MAG (Manchester Airports Group)

Mutual Pride – NFU Mutual 

Pride at Ocado – Ocado 

Pride at Pandora – Pandora

BELONG – Robert Half

Proud@Sainbury’s – Sainsbury’s

Pride at Mobility UK&I – Siemens Mobility Ltd

PRISM – Specsavers

LGBTQ+ Network – Thales UK

Wipro Europe Pride ERG – Wipro

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year (Utilities) 

+ – Centrica 

BP Pride UK – bp

Pride @ E.ON – E.ON Next

LGBTQ+ Supporters Network – EDF (UK)

In-FUSE – ScottishPower

LGBTQ+ Network – Severn Trent

LGBTQ+ at Sky – Sky UK Ltd

Proudly – Virgin Media O2

LGBT+ Friends Network – VodafoneThree

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year (Finance) 

Spectrum – Barclays 

Embrace – Baringa 

OUT & Allies Network – BlackRock

Proud at Deloitte UK – Deloitte

Pride Europe ERG – Scotiabank

#BendTheBank – Starling Bank

Proud Together – The Co-operative Bank 

LGBTQ+ at TSB – TSB

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year (Legal) 

A&Out – A&O Shearman

OpenAG – Addleshaw Goddard

Pryde & Co – Clyde & Co

Halo and Champions – Freshfields

OpenHouse – Gowling WLG LLP

LGBTQ+ & Allies Network – Kingsley Napley

OC Pride – Osborne Clarke

Proud – Shoosmiths LLP

equaliTW – Taylor Wessing

#Proud2Be – Weightmans 

 

Head of Belonging, Culture or Diversity of the Year 

Zahira Quattrocchi – Anglo American

Ama Ocansey – BNP Paribas

Rachel Collins – Colt Technology Services

Leo Nicholas – Euroclear

Georgina Court – Freshfields

Ian Tomney-Bell – giffgaff

Claire Semple – Informa

Rachel Eason-Whale – London & Country Mortgages

Alicia McDonnell – MAG (Manchester Airports Group)

Florence Henderson – Moody’s

Raj Jani – Ralph Lauren

Max Horton – Smith+Nephew

 

Corporate LGBTQIA+ Champion of the Year 

Sarah Rench – Avanade

Tolu Osinubi – Deloitte

Lucy McKillop – Dentsu

Chris Tune – Grant Thornton UK

Liam Hurren – Kingsley Napley

Colin Kimber – Pareto Facilities Management Ltd

Chris Pacey – Scotiabank

Chris Burkill – Sky

Adam Walker – State Street

Robin Panrucker – Taylor Wessing

Craig Downing – The Co-operative Bank 

Daniel Westley – Vastint UK

Nick Johnson – Virgin Atlantic

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network Lead of the Year 

Kushal Khandhar – Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Ramyaa Ravichandra – Capgemini

Katherine Montgomery – Diageo

Michael Tushingham – Gowling WLG LLP

HK (Harry Levey & Kayleigh Glover) – Siemens Mobility Ltd

Kirsten Whitworth – Sky UK Ltd

Dan Porter – Tesco

Trenton Tomlinson – Universal Music Group UK

 

Inspirational Role Model of the Year 

Jay Mann – Barclays

Daniel Sprich – bp

Kevin Hall – Freshfields

Ben Cicchetti – InfoSum

William Dryden – National Energy System Operator (NESO)

Becky Evans – NFU Mutual

Motie Bring – PPRO

Paul Stanley – Anglo American & De Beers Group

Philip Brett – Scotiabank 

Michael Briggs – Shoosmiths LLP

Marion Bentata – State Street

Elaine Fraser – Thales UK

Vanessa Varvas – University of East London

Xavier White – Verizon Business

Matthew Jones – Weightmans

 

Corporate Ally of the Year

Tokeer Ahmed – Capgemeni 

Andie Blackwell – Kyndryl

Benjamin Grout – Moody’s 

Grace Fairey – pladis Global

Mark Given – Sainsbury’s

Simon Robson – Sky UK Ltd

Lou Furby – Specsavers

Jane Cubbin – TransPennine Express

 

LGBTQIA+ Changemaker of the Year

Roberta Giammaria – Black Rock

Michael Harrats – L&G

Mihai Mosneanu – Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

Matt Foster – Ogilvy UK

Carl Edwards – Severn Trent Water

Afqad Arshad – Siemens

Adelle Barker – Sky UK Ltd

Lexi Perry-Weston – Starling Bank

Lauren Thompson – Virgin Media O2