Finalists by category

From over 260 entries our successful finalists have been invited to attend our virtual judging days.

Personal Excellence

Apprentice of the Year
  • James Chambers - DEFRA
  • Weronika Grygo - IBM UK
  • Ryan Hollinsworth - IBM
  • Lorna Mylett - Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) - Digital
  • Julia Olaru - IBM
  • Bolu Olawaye - Howden
  • Amanpreet Oppal - QBE
  • Rishi Ramessur - Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sam Ryan - Amazon
  • Ellie Shooter - Lionweld Kennedy Group
  • Maira Usmani - KPMG LLP
  • Grace Wood - Bank of England
Business Analyst of the Year
  • Emma Haslam - Deloitte
  • Ashley Kemball-Cook - KPMG
  • David Middleton - The Evolution Group
  • Venka Nallapareddy - QBE
  • Ben Prescott - HMRC
  • Sobia Rana - Financial Conduct Authority
Engineer of the Year
  • Nitish Arora - KPMG LLP
  • Oliver Binns - Deloitte
  • Pete Cornish - Deloitte
  • Michael Ebele-Muolokwu - Luminr/Braidr
  • Caroline McCluskey - HM Passport Office
  • Chris Stylianou - AtkinsRéalis
  • James Upson - Bank of England
  • Erdi Yerli - Monument Bank
Inspirational Individual of the Year
  • Victor Chang - Aston University
  • Sandie Small Duberry - Bank of England
  • Liz Thomason - Crown Prosecution Service
Rising Star of the Year
  • Scott Baker - Markel International
  • Celia Bocking - UST
  • Jake Bowles - Expert Thinking
  • Lauren Brigden - IBM
  • Alex Edson - IBM
  • Helena Harman - KPMG LLP
  • Grace Jansen - IBM
  • Lucy Price - Xalient
  • Louisa Seers - IBM
  • Harshitha Shivakumar - IBM
  • Shobitha Shivakumar - IBM
  • Kai Walker - Bank of England
Security Professional of the Year
  • Tameena Hussain - Podium Analytics
  • Connor Morley - Glasswall
  • Dominik Samociuk - Future Processing S. A.
  • Lucy Sharp - Daisy Corporate Services
IT Leader of the Year
  • Rana Bhattacharya - Cynergy Bank
  • Tom Clark - Ardonagh Advisory
  • Justin Day - Cloud Gateway
  • Sat Gainda - Version 1
  • Steven Hemmings - Insight
  • Gemma Hyde - Crown Prosecution Service
  • Liz Jones - Deloitte
  • Gayathri Shyamsundar - Financial Conduct Authority
  • Jo Wickremasinghe - BPP

Organisational Excellence

Best Place to Work
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • BT - Openreach IT
  • Digital Health and Care Wales
  • DoiT International
  • Howden
  • IT Care at Aviva
  • Kerv
  • Mayden
  • The Adaptavist Group
  • UST
Corporate Social Responsibility Award
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • AXA UK & Ireland
  • Deloitte
  • Digital Realty
  • Stone Group
  • The Access Group
  • UST
Development Team of the Year
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • His Majesty's Passport Office
  • Monument Bank
  • Sort Group
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
  • Bank of England
  • IBM
  • QBE
  • STEM Learning
Project Team of the Year
  • Ardonagh Advisory
  • Aviva
  • Cynergy Bank
  • Enterprise Nation
  • Hexaware Technologies
  • QBE
  • The Evolution Group
  • UST & Quant
  • Vitality
  • Whitbread
Services Company of the Year
  • Air IT
  • Creative ITC
  • Deazy
  • Entelect
  • Hexaware Technologies
  • Hyve Managed Hosting
  • Infinity Group
  • Minerva
  • Nomical
  • Zenitech
Team of the Year
  • Bank of England
  • BPP & PA Consulting
  • Cynergy Bank
  • Digital Health and Care Wales
  • Hargreaves Services Plc
  • HS2 Limited
  • Markel International
  • Nationwide in partnership with IBM
  • Openreach Technology
  • The Technology Transformation Group

Project Excellence

Artificial Intelligence Project of the Year
  • Content Guru & the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)
  • Evri
  • GCD and Property News
  • KPMG AVA
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Marston Holdings
  • Quantum Metric
  • Rentokil Initial plc
  • UiPath & IAG
  • UST & Experian
Charity (Third Sector) Project of the Year
  • Children 1st and Kerv
  • Marie Curie & esynergy
  • Podium Analytics
  • South West Grid for Learning
Data Project of the Year
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • Centrica-Cognizant
  • Confluent
  • Culina Group
  • Discover Financial Services
  • HSBC
  • Janes
  • QBE
  • UK Power Networks
Digital Transformation Project of the Year
  • AtkinsRéalis
  • BJSS & Specsavers
  • Daisy Corporate Services
  • Ericsson
  • IRIS Software Group
  • Lebara
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Network Rail and Cognizant
  • Tata Consultancy Services in partnership with Vodafone UK IT Operations
  • UK Power Networks
Financial Services Project of the Year
  • Discover Financial Services
  • KPMG & Skipton Building Society
  • KPMG & Beazley
  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Lloyds Banking Group and Publicis Sapient
Healthcare Sector Project of the Year
  • Apadmi & NHS Blood and Transplant
  • Cleveland Clinic London
  • Content Guru
  • IBM
Public Sector Project of the Year
  • Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Kainos
  • Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and esynergy
  • His Majesty's Passport Office
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • Scottish Government Social Security Programme and DWP Digital in Partnership with IBM Consulting
  • Scrumconnect Consulting and Ministry of Justice
  • Surrey County Council
  • The Crown Prosecution Service and esynergy (Casework App)
  • The Crown Prosecution Service and esynergy (WITEX)
  • Transport for London with IBM
Technology Refresh Project of the Year
  • Avanti West Coast
  • Daisy Corporate Services
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Kainos
  • Insight
  • Openreach Technology
  • Paul Smith
  • Tata Consultancy Services Limited UK & N Brown Group UK plc
  • Vodafone Enterprise in Partnership with TCS
  • Whitbread

Technology Excellence

AI Innovation of the Year
  • Aviva Plc
  • Bridgeworks
  • Darktrace
  • Geeks Ltd
  • Juniper Networks
  • Purple Transform
  • UK Power Networks
Cloud Innovation of the Year
  • Couchbase
  • Daisy Corporate Services
  • Endace
  • HSBC
  • Monument Bank
Emerging Technology of the Year
  • Ardonagh Advisory in partnership with Mendix
  • Black Space Technology
  • BT Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC) - Ulster University
  • Centrica- Cognizant
  • Geeks Ltd
  • SenseOn
  • UST & Quicklizard
Security Innovation of the Year
  • Darktrace
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Glasswall
  • HM Revenue and Customs
  • Naq
  • SenseOn
  • Surevine
  • Wavenet
  • Zerto
Sustainable Innovation of the Year
  • AXA UK & Ireland
  • Centrica - Cognizant
  • Creative ITC
  • Digital Realty
  • KA2 Limited
  • KPMG TIM (Carbon Modeller)
  • Openreach Technology
Technology Innovation of the Year
  • British Telecom Ireland Innovation Centre (BTIIC)
  • Owl Labs
  • Geeks Ltd
  • Inevidesk
  • IRIS Software Group
  • Texthelp
  • TurinTech
  • UST

Vendor of the Year

Vendor of the Year
  • BigHand
  • Esri UK
  • Own Company
  • Pentest People
  • SenseOn
  • Vention