AWARDS SHORTLIST 2020
CAMPAIGNER OF THE YEAR
Alan Quick - Racism and Homophobia Campaigner Dawn Bonfield MBE - Gender Campaigner Diahanne Rhiney - Women & Childrens Rights Jackie Downer - Services to People with Learning Disabilities Jordan Bone - Beauty Blogger and Motivational Speaker Paris Lees -Trans Activist and Campaigner Samira Ahmed - BBC - Equal Pay Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson - Anderton School - LGBT Campaigning |
CHARITY OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR
National Autistic Society - Leading UK charity for autistic people Opening Doors - Charity for LGBT+ people over 50 OUTCOME at Mind Islington - LGBT mental health service Premier League Charitable Fund - Sports Charity Taylor Bennett Foundation - BAME Charity The Proud Trust - LGBT+ charity Together for Mental Wellbeing - Mental wellbeing charity TransgenderNI - Charity for transgender individuals |
DIVERSITY ALLY OF THE YEAR
David Hynam - CEO - Bupa Global and UK George Mathews - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Heidi McCormack - CEO & Founder - Emerald Life Joanne Rogers - Director - PwC Lesley Wan - General Counsel - FBN Bank (UK) Limited Pete Markey - Chief Marketing Officer - TSB Sandra Thompson - Audit Partner - EY Sarwjit Sambhi - Chief Executive, Consumer - Centrica Simon Hodgkinson - Chief Information Security Officer - BP Sue Fox - HSBC CEO Channel Islands and Isle of Man |
DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Chris Folwell - Senior HR Business Partner - John Lewis David Littlechild - Global Head of Culture, Engagement & Wellbeing - London Stock Exchange Emma Illingworth - Head of HR Transformation - SSE Eugenio Pirri - Chief People and Culture Officer - Dorchester Helen Corden - Partner - Pinsent Masons Kevin Poulter - Employment Law Partner - Freeths Krzysztof Sieledczyk - Project Manager - Jacobs Laura Coombs-Fellowes - Franchise Standards Coordinator - Jaguar Land Rover Marcelle Moncrieffe-Johnson - Group Executive Director, People and Organisational Development - LSBU Tamoor Ali - Originator - BP |
HEAD OF DIVERSITY OF THE YEAR
Asif Sadiq - Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging - The Telegraph Hollie Woodard - Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - VolkerWessels John Dickinson - Inclusion and Wellness Lead - B&Q Kingfisher Kris Phelps - Diversity & Inclusion - Stafford Long Melanie Holloway - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead - Metropolitan Thames Valley Homes Paul Deemer - Head of Diversity and Inclusion - NHS Employees Richard Chapman-Harris - Global Head of Inclusion and Responsibility - Mott MacDonald Sheri Hughes - UK Diversity & Inclusion Director - Page Group |
INSPIRATIONAL ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR
Deborah Lee - Group Engagement Director - Compass Group Funke Awoderu - Senior Inclusion & Diversity Manager - FA Laks Mann - Change Consultant - Metropolitan Police Lisa Pinney - CEO - Coal Authority Maria Grazia-Zedda - Workforce EDI Manager - HS2 Pips Bunce - Director - Credit Suisse Sarah Morris - Former Chief People Officer - Aviva plc I. Stephanie Boyce - Deputy Vice President - The Law Society |
COMMUNITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR
All About Trans - Positively changing how the media portrays trans people BrightStars - A small community club providing a platform for those with autism Colours Gendered Intelligence - Youth group and events for trans, gender variant and questioning young people of colour Courageous Leaders - School leadership Development for LGBT+ teachers Disability and Skills Unit - Dedicated to supporting disabled people to pursue their goals Greggs - Local Community Projects Fund - Funding organisations that are doing great work in the community Pop Brixton - Pop Brixton is an original project that supports local jobs, training and enterprise Rainbow Families - Rainbow Families events are for specifically for anyone looking to meet other LGBTQI parents Volunteering Matters - Works in partnership with businesses to ensure people with disabilities are taken on as volunteers |
HR CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Amina Folarin - Global HR Director - Oliver Agency Elvina Aghajanyan - Head of HR - HSBC Heidi Khoshtaghaza - Group Head of HR - Bellway Homes Joanna Smith - HR Partner - SSE Penny St Martin - Group HR Director - A2Dominion Robert Hicks - Group HR Director - Reward Gateway Sarah Draper - HR Director - Gerald Eve Shane O'Brien - HR Manager UKI - Hewlett Packard Enterprise UKI |