Finalists by category

From over 500 entries our successful finalists were invited to attend the prestigious judging day at Hawthorns, West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

Personal Excellence

Business Analyst of the Year
  • Drew Dadds, Financial Conduct Authority
  • Ross Fyfe, Nationwide
  • Mayuri Gupta, Centrica
  • Charles Jenkins, QBE European Operations
  • Rohan Kapoor , National Grid
  • Christina O'Reilly, Vodafone UK
  • Stefan Witkowski, The Financial Services Compensation Scheme
CIO of the Year
  • Andrew de Bray, Factum
  • Peter Josse, Barclays UK Technology
  • Tom Meade, Registers of Scotland
  • Chris Price, IICSA
  • Dave Roberts, Radius Payment Solutions
IT Apprentice of the Year
  • Olivia Beech, AXA Insurance
  • James Dermody, Royal Air Force Museum
  • Jamie Edge, Barclays UK Technology
  • Callum Herbert, National Grid
  • Haydn Johnston, Kainos
  • Mike Murray, HMRC
  • Steven O'Connor, Centrica
  • Sam Perry, Vodafone UK
IT Manager of the Year
  • Melanie Calver, Prosperity Technology
  • Joanna Connew, HMRC
  • Andy Garrett, Lookers Group
  • Mhairi Graham, Vodafone UK
  • Karen Mace, University of Derby
  • Lucie Ryan, Vodafone UK
  • Avi Sengupta, Centrica
  • Tim Steele, National Grid
  • Jason Weir, Science Museum Group
  • Phil Winfield, XL Catlin
IT Service & Support Professional of the Year
  • Kieran Brown, Lloyds Banking Group
  • David Bucke, Mirus
  • Gareth Davies, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Sarah Ford, Barclays UK Technology
  • Alex Pelsis, Lloyds Banking Group
  • Anand Rajasekhar, Centrica
  • Jonathan Ridyard, National Grid
  • Harmony Sabum, Performanta
  • Natalie Trindle, Wipro
  • Luke Williams, University of Derby
Young IT Professional of the Year
  • Abdul Al-Tayib, Travis Perkins
  • Giulio Bontadini, Procter and Gamble
  • Alex Browne, HMRC
  • Lauren James, Content Guru
  • Katerina Kostopoulou, National Grid
  • Luke McNeice, Kainos
  • Barnaby Montague-Woodruff, XMA
  • Damon Neale, Mediate Solutions
  • Andrew Starkey, BT
  • Danny Warren, Lloyds Banking Group

Organisational Excellence

Best place to work in IT 2017
  • Air-IT
  • AO
  • Barclays UK Technology
  • Company85
  • Ensono
  • Equal Experts
  • FDM Group
  • Kainos
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • RockIT
IT Project Team of the Year
  • Barclays UK Technology
  • Centrica
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
  • Greenlight Commerce
  • HMRC - Automation Delivery Centre (ADC)
  • HMRC- SAP estate
  • MooD International Software & HPE (Alcatel-Lucent)
  • SGN
  • Superfast Essex - Essex County Council
IT Team of the Year
  • AO
  • Centrica
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Heathrow Airport
  • ITV Studios
  • Lloyds Banking Group, The Colleague, Capability and Culture team
  • Lloyds Banking Group, Colleague IT Service Desk (CITSD)
  • PPL UK
  • Travis Perkins
  • University of Derby
Services Company of the Year
  • Ancoris
  • Claranet
  • Company85
  • FDM Group
  • Littlefish
  • Mirus
  • NetSupport
  • Retail Assist
  • Shift F7
  • Zen Internet
Small Supplier or VAR of the Year
  • Cisilion
  • Factum
  • Maximise IT Solutions
  • Nalytics
  • Panintelligence
  • the pure technology group
  • XMA

Project Excellence

Best IoT Project of the Year
  • British Gas
  • BT: IoT-Enhanced Building Mana
  • BT: BT Sense
  • IMS Evolve
Best Not for Profit IT project
  • Ayrshire College
  • Digital Transformation Service
  • Edinburgh Napier University
  • HMRC
  • Lifetime Learning Charity
  • NHS Digital
  • Royal Borough of Greenwich Council
  • Royal National Institute of Blind People
  • The British Heart Foundation
  • The Financial Services Compensation Scheme
Best Use of Cloud Services
  • Ancoris
  • Content Guru
  • Greenlight Commerce & The British Home Store
  • Home Office
  • Kaseya
  • Methods & FinancialForce
  • National Grid
  • Navisite
  • risual
  • SGN
Big Data / Analytics Project of the Year
  • Allstate
  • BT: Proactively Improving Customer Expe
  • BT: MattPack - The Google Maps of Fibre
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Project EU
  • The Improvement Service
  • UK Power Networks
Cybersecurity Project of the Year
  • Allstate
  • CNS Group
  • DWP and Capgemini
  • One Identity
  • SGN
  • University of Derby
  • Xoserve
Digital Project of the Year
  • British Gas
  • Equal Experts
  • Fat Media
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • HMRC
  • Instart Logic and Office Depot
  • News UK
Workplace Transformation Project of the Year
  • Ancoris
  • Co-op Funeralcare/Equal Experts
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Heathrow Airport
  • Hovis Bakery and UpClear
  • Radius Payment Solution
  • Shift F7
  • University of Derby
  • Vodafone UK
  • Yodel Delivery Network

Technology Excellence

Business IT Innovation of the Year
  • AT&T
  • Dixons Carphone
  • Gatwick Airport
  • LoopUp
  • Maximise IT
  • StrategyBlocks
  • Trellisworks
  • Vodafone UK
  • YUDU
  • Zoho
Cloud Innovation Provider of the Year
  • Ascertia
  • BlackLine
  • BT
  • Crimson
  • FinancialForce
  • iCloudHosting
  • Natterbox
  • Pirean
  • UKCloud
  • Zadara Storage
Infrastructure Innovation of the Year
  • BT
  • Capgemini & Rolls Royce
  • Cradlepoint
  • DWP Digital & IBM
  • Geeks
  • Hyperoptic
  • Romonet
  • Silver Peak
  • Sudlows
  • Tegile Systems
Mobile App of the Year
  • Ancoris
  • Belfast Metropolitan College
  • British Telecom
  • DOGFI.SH Mobile
  • Gatwick Airport
  • Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Heathrow Airport
  • Karedo
  • Marston group
  • risual
Security Innovation of the Year
  • Arbor Networks
  • Darktrace
  • Egress Software Technologies
  • Foregenix
  • Glasswall Solutions
  • Mimecast
  • MobileIron
  • Veracode
  • Wavex Technology
  • Xanadata
UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
  • BigHand
  • BT Research & Innovation
  • Ieso Digital Health
  • iStorage
  • Loughborough University
  • Parallel AI
  • Tech Essence
  • Undo
  • UX Forms/Equal Experts
  • Zizo
IT Vendor of the Year
  • Advanced
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Avecto
  • Egress Software Technologies
  • iStorage
  • Kainos