To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE 100. The individual nominee must be a Chair and have been in their role for at least a year (from August 2023). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE 100. The individual nominee must be a Non-Executive Director and have been in their role for at least a year (from August 2023). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE All Share. The individual nominee can be a Chair, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from August 2023). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE AIM. The individual nominee can be a Chair, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from August 2023). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate
To be eligible for this category companies must be a private or private equity backed company. The individual nominee can be a Chair, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from August 2023). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate
To be eligible for this category companies must be a Not for Profit or a Public Service Organisation. The individual nominee can be a Chair, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from August 2023). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
The Nominee must been an Non-Executive Director for no more than 5 years.
The Nominee must be a Non-Executive Director not a Chair or Senior Independent Director.
The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
This award is nominated and awarded by the judging panel. The recipient of this award will be someone who:
Dame Ruth Cairnie is the Chair of Babcock International Group plc and the SID at Associated British Foods plc. She chairs the POWERful Women initiative and is Patron of the Women in Defence Charter, also a trustee of Windsor Leadership and of the White Ensign Association. She is a supporting Chair at Chapter Zero. Her previous roles include Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce Holdings, Contour Global plc and Keller Group plc, a member of the Finance Committee at Cambridge University and a member of the Covid Recovery Commission.
In January 2025, Ruth was awarded a damehood in the New Year’s Honours list for her services to Industry.
Ruth’s executive career was at Royal Dutch Shell spanning Research, B2B businesses, Strategy, Supply Chain and M&A. She was mainly based in London but also lived in Stockholm, Hamburg, Singapore and The Hague.
She is a Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Funmi is Group General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer at Halma, a FTSE 100 global group of life saving technology companies where she has responsibility for various group functions and drives the group’s sustainability agenda. She is also a non-executive director at the global industrials FTSE 100 business, Melrose.
She is passionate about supporting emerging talent, speaking publicly and candidly about her experience and sponsoring diverse individuals interested in senior corporate careers. Funmi has been recognised for her contributions, winning the NED to watch in the 2022 NED awards and being listed as No 3 in the 2022 Empower Top 100 executives role model.
She is a Barrister who holds a law degree from the University of Cambridge and previously held senior legal and commercial roles in BP and Bombardier. She also served as a trustee on the board of youth charity, Vinspired.
Sophie is Global COO of Morgan Stanley’s Shared Services and Banking Operations. Prior to that, she was EMEA COO of Morgan Stanley’s Legal and Compliance Division. Previously, as Head of Group Treasury (Legal) at Virgin Money, she led execution of corporate finance activity, including a lead role on the flotation of Virgin Money and other deals in excess of £13billion. Prior to this, she was a Senior Associate at global firm Baker McKenzie, advising clients such as Nike, The Body Shop and Alliance Boots.
As a campaigner for inclusion and diversity, Sophie is a Strategic Advisor to Morgan Stanley’s African and Caribbean Business Alliance, a member of The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and Ambassador of the 30% Club.
As an entrepreneur she is Founder Chair of The Network of Networks – Race Equity and Co-founder and Chair of Judges of the Black British Business Awards. She has featured in publications including Management Today, Brummell, the Financial Times and Sunday Times and is a recipient of many business awards. Sophie is a Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow and has served on several philanthropic boards, including Sentebale, founded by the Duke of Sussex, then Prince Harry, to support children affected by HIV/ AIDS in Africa. In 2018 she was recognised by HM Queen Elizabeth II for her exemplary contribution to the Commonwealth.
Sheryl is a director of CTFN UK, the market-leading provider of reporting, data and intelligence on critical merger and regulatory events across multiple industries and sectors. She is best known as the Founder of Boudicca Proxy, the leading shareholder engagement consultancy, which became part of Equiniti Group in 2018. Over her 20 years’ in corporate governance advisory, she has overseen 1,000 campaigns across multiple industries and markets. With progressive proxy solicitation and shareholder communications for complex mergers and acquisitions, activist situations and corporate actions being Sheryl’s key focus areas, she is able to apply specialist insights into her current pursuits, which include social impact, shareholder fairness campaigning, rare houseplant investing, and NFTs for collectibles.
Additionally, Sheryl is the inaugural Entrepreneur-in-Residence at King’s College, Cambridge University, the Co-Founder of the Women’s Company Secretary Circle, and she holds a small portfolio of non-executive director roles.
Jennifer is founder and advisory board member of Board Intelligence, the mission-led technology firm she co-founded in 2009 to transform boards and leadership teams into a powerful driver of performance and a force for good.
Jennifer began her career in strategy consulting and is a serial entrepreneur, having founded her first business in her early 20s. She holds an MA from Cambridge University and The Judge Business School. Jennifer is a regular speaker at conferences and events, and previously held a regular column with Management Today. She has played a vocal role in shaping governance best practice in the UK and internationally, and has won numerous awards including EY London Entrepreneur of the Year, LDC’s ‘Ones to Watch’, which celebrates the leaders of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses, and The Times Young Business Woman of the Year.
Together with Pippa Begg, Jennifer is the author of ‘Collective Intelligence: How to build a business that’s smarter than you’. Described as "an essential guide" by New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Pink, the book has also been featured in the Financial Times.
Graham has run a number of international private and public companies. Today he is CEO of Emile Woolf and Chair of Audeliss and Durgan Monstein. He is Chair of the Non-Executive Directors’ Association, a Council Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a member of WPO (World Presidents’ Association).
Eliza Manningham-Buller spent the main part of her career in MI5, ending as Director-general 2002-2007. In 2008 she became a cross-bench peer and a Governor of the Wellcome Trust. The following year she joined the Council of Imperial College and served as its chair 2011-2015. In 2015 she became Chair of the Wellcome Trust from which she stood down in 2021.Since 2015 she has been a Co-President of Chatham House.
In the House of Lords she is a member of the Select Committee on Science and Technology and Chair of the Conduct Committee.
In 2011 she was a Reith Lecturer.
In 2014 HM the Queen made her a Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter.
Steven has been a judge for the Non-Executive Director Awards for 14 years.
He has been the Chief Executive of Peel Hunt for 5 years and from 2007 – 2016 he co-ran the firm as Managing Partner and Head of Equities. Steven led the management and staff buy-out of Peel Hunt from KBC bank in 2010. Prior to that he was founder member of D. E. Shaw Securities International, which later became the core of KBC Financial Products. At KBC he managed the Japanese and Asian Equity, Convertible and Derivatives operations in Tokyo. Steven joined the board of the Quoted Companies Alliance in February 2020 and has been a judge for the Non-Executive Director Awards for over 10 years. Steven has an accountancy degree and holds a certificate in corporate governance from INSEAD.
Rupert Soames is one of the UK’s most experienced public-company CEO’s, having served 11 years as CEO of Aggreko, followed by 9 years as CEO of Serco. He stepped back from full-time executive life in December 2022, and in September 2023 took up the Chair role at Smith & Nephew plc, the FTSE-50 listed medical technology company. Smith+Nephew is a medical technology business whose purpose is to restore people’s bodies and their self-belief by using advanced technology to remove the limits off living, operating through three global franchises of Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports Medicine & ENT.
In February 2024, Rupert was appointed as President of the CBI. The CBI speaks on behalf of 170,000 businesses of all sizes and sectors, across every region and nation of the UK. This includes over 1,100 corporate members, plus nearly 150 trade associations. The next few years are going to be determinative of Britain’s prosperity for the next generation, and there is an important role for the CBI to help shape that future which Rupert will lead over his 2-year tenure.
Rupert previously served as Group Chief Executive at Serco from May 2014 until December 2022, during which time the company was transformed into a specialist supplier of services to Government in Health, Defence, Transport, Citizens Services and Justice & Immigration. Serco Group is a UK-listed public company with a market capitalisation of around £2.1bn / US$2.25bn, and employs over 53,000 people in 16 countries, including 9,000 people in the United States, 13,000 in Australia and 23,000 in the UK. Before joining Serco, Rupert was the Group Chief Executive of Aggreko plc, the world’s leading temporary power solutions business, where he served for 11 years.
During his tenure at Aggreko, the market capitalisation of the business increased from £450 million to over £5 billion, and the company provided power to whole countries in Africa, South America and Asia, as well as to all the Olympic Games. Prior to Aggreko, he was with the software company Misys plc for five years, latterly as Chief Executive of its Banking and Securities Division. He spent the first 16 years of his career at GEC plc. He studied Politics, Philosophy & Economics at Oxford University and was President of the Oxford Union.
Rupert was a Non-Executive Director of DS Smith, the FTSE-100 packaging company until September 2022; previously he was Senior Independent Director of Electrocomponents plc and a member of the Remuneration, Nomination and Audit Committees.
Rupert is also a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University, and a Visiting Professor of Aston University, Birmingham.
Simon is head of Santander Banking & Corporate Finance UK. He is a member of the Global Banking & Corporate Finance Executive Committee and the Santander London Branch Executive Committee.
Simon joined the Santander Group in October 2019 from Deutsche Bank where he was a Vice Chairman of UK Investment Banking and a senior member of the European Financial Sponsors and Sovereign Wealth Team.
Simon has worked in the City of London since the late 1980s where he started his career in Mergers & Acquisitions with Baring Brothers. He subsequently worked in and led a number of Sector and Coverage teams within the JPMorgan Group, before joining Merrill Lynch in 2005.
Simon has completed multiple strategic, debt financing and equity transactions across the UK corporate and private equity landscape. He also has extensive recent experience in the Financial Sponsors arena.
Fiona is the CEO of WB Directors, non executive director and advisor to a number of different organisations. Currently she is advisor to Peel Hunt (mid-cap stockbroker) and Chair of Hanx's Nominations Committee (FMCG start-up) and advisory board member to King's College London's ‘Global Institute for Women’s Leadership'. She is an expert in the areas of Governance, Regulation and Talent Management. Fiona was formerly a director for Hill Samuel Asset Management, where she led the Global Emerging Markets Equity Investment Team. She has been an advisor to the FRC (Financial Reporting Council), a Judge for the Non Executive Director Awards (sponsored by The Sunday Times) and Veuve Clicquot's Bold and Future Award.
Ninder's company Nachural Records still remains as the only British Asian label to have registered 9 number one chart positions in global music charts including no.5 in the US and UK charts and to have sold in every territory in the world.
His current event and media production company (The Nachural Group) is a leader in the event production and media sectors operating both nationally and internationally ( Signature Awards ) and is currently working with a number of international brands.
He has a considerable NED portfolio which includes chairmanship of The Wolverhampton Towns Fund, Board positions on the Accord Group, West Midlands 5G, West Midlands India Partnership, the West Midlands Growth Company, Wolverhampton University, The Black Country LEP, Trustee at Albion Foundation, Trustee of Victoria Academy and is a former President of the Black Country Chamber of Commerce.
Nachural have now branched into the world of publishing with the launch of their magazine – The Business Influencer which will also be supported by a podcast and you tube channel.
Sasha is a Partner in Financial Services, leading the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team within BDO's Financial Service's ESG and Regulatory Advisory practice.
She works with the firm's C Suite and Board decision makers supporting them in understanding, monitoring and reporting ESG related matters as they relate to Regulation and industry expectations. She leads BDO’s Financial Services’ Non-Executive Director’s (NEDs) community, which delivers timely technical, regulatory and thematic thought leadership to enable NEDs to deliver their Director duties successfully.
Over the past 16 years, Sasha has worked across the professional services, not for profit and consulting sectors in the UK and Australia, leading client engagement and business development programmes which include retention and acquisition of global clients, strategic relationships and brand management.
Besides her technical role at BDO, Sasha is an inclusive visible leader, heavily involved in BDO's Diversity and Inclusion working groups and employee networks. She sits on BDO’s CEDAR (formerly BAME) Executive, LGBTQ+ network and co-lead the Financial Services’ Culture & Inclusion Group.
She is a mentor with The 30% Club, The Prince’s Trust and Women in Banking and Finance, and co-leads the Diversity Project's Ambassador programme. In 2023, after 18 months of supporting Ukrainian refugees, she became a founding Trustee of Charity UKUATogether.
Erin Brookes is a Managing Director with Alvarez &Marsal’s Corporate Transformation Services in London. She leads the firm’s European Retail and Consumer practice. With more than 20 years of experience in the retail sector and specialising in retail and consumer turnaround and transformation, cost optimisation, and margin improvement. Most recently, Erin acted as Chief Restructuring Officer and Interim Director of Marketing at a major U.K. department store, where she was responsible for operations improvement across central costs, marketing, sourcing, margin and promotions effectiveness, day-to-day leadership of the marketing function and participation in trading decisions. She also led an enterprise-wide transformation for an international retailer with a targeted EBITDA improvement across A&P spend effectiveness, pricing and promotions strategy, indirect spend, re-design and target operating model development, store footprint strategy and rationalisation, finance transformation, channel development and franchise operating model optimisation. Previously, Erin advised a number of leading global private equity investors on the acquisition of various international retail and consumer products businesses, including specific advisory on marketing effectiveness, loyalty and CRM propositions, organisation design, and store and channel profit improvement. Prior to joining A&M, Erin spent five years with The Body Shop International, where she held a number of senior commercial roles. Her responsibilities included setting and implementing commercial strategy; overseeing a customer-led global initiative to improve brand and value perception; leading the top 10 strategic priorities for the business; and managing CRM and loyalty development. Previously, she spent two years as Senior Enterprise Fellow for Retail at the University of Southampton, where she defined and developed the University’s business engagement and commercial capabilities within the retail sector. Erin earned a bachelor’s degree in theology from the University of Oxford and an MBA in retailing from the University of Stirling in Scotland. She co-edited “Evolving High Streets: Resilience & Re-invention – Perspectives from Social Science,” with Professor Neil Wrigley, FBA, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Erin is a trustee of the Retail Trust and a Non-Executive Director of Revolution Beauty.
Paula Reynolds serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors at National Grid, and a Board Member of both GE Verona and Linde. As an executive, she was CEO of two Fortune 500 companies, Safeco Insurance and AGL Resources. She previously served as the senior independent director at bp and has held board positions at General Electric, BAE Systems, TC Corporation, and Delta Air Lines, among others. She is a partner in Fourth Act LLC, a producer of live musicals, including Operation Mincemeat which received the 2024 Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Suki Sandhu OBE is one of the UK’s leading specialists in sourcing exceptional diverse talent, and has been a game-changer within the diversity and executive search arenas for over 18 years.
Suki established Audeliss in 2011; a global executive search firm committed to levelling the field in executive and non-executive opportunities for women, ethnic minority and LGBT+ candidates. He is also Founder & CEO of INvolve, a global network and consultancy championing diversity and inclusion in business. INvolve publish annual global Role Model Lists, supported by Yahoo Finance, recognising and celebrating business leaders and future leaders who are breaking down barriers at work and inspiring the next generation of diverse talent.
Suki is a published author, Stonewall Ambassador, Patron for The Albert Kennedy Trust, and serves on the Board of Directors of OutRight Action International. He was awarded an OBE in 2019 for Services to Diversity in Business.
Hilary is an experienced Chair, NED, and Trustee in the Third Sector.
Starting her career in advertising and marketing, she then had a 25 year career in Executive Search, as Vice-President in global firms including Korn Ferry, and A T Kearney Executive Search. She worked at Board level, in recruitment, talent management, and Board/Leadership Assessment. Following a secondment to the Cabinet Office, she transitioned into a portfolio of roles.
She co-authored 4 reports on UK Boards (Women on FTSE 100 Boards, Chair, NEDs and Board Effectiveness Appraisals), and chaired two national charities: KIDS (supporting disabled children) and the Multiple Sclerosis Society, where she inspired the StopMS appeal targeted to raise £100million.
She is currently Chair of King’s College Hospital Charity, a Trustee of Leonard Cheshire, Deputy Chair of the International Advisory Board at Cranfield School of Management, and an Associate of Step on Board.
She has spoken at conferences on women on Boards, been profiled in newspaper articles, books, and BusinessWeek International (appearing on the front cover). She has served as a main board Director at the Institute of Directors, chaired the Association of MBAs and City Women’s Network, and been on the boards of International Women’s Forum London, and the Cranfield Trust. She was also the final judge for the Woman in the City award.
Hilary is a qualified coach and mentor, working with graduates through to CEO’s, and presents on the Cranfield Non-Executive Director programme. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics from UCL, an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, and an MSc in Coaching and Behavioural Change from Henley Business School. Her research was into: How Coaching can help/has helped Women get to the Top. She was recently made an Honorary Fellow of UCL.
Oliver Shah is the Business Editor of The Sunday Times. He was named business journalist of the year at the 2017 Press Awards for his investigation into Sir Philip Green’s £1 sale of BHS. The judges described it as ‘the standout business story of the year’ and said that his ‘bravery [and] doggedness… brought the whole BHS affair to the public consciousness’. He was also named business journalist of the year at the 2017 London Press Club Awards. Oliver has been interviewed on Radio Four’s Today Programme, BBC News, BBC Five Live and Sky News.
He attended Reading grammar school and studied English literature at Cambridge University between 2002 and 2005. He worked for various trade magazines before completing a postgraduate qualification in newspaper journalism at City University in 2008. He then joined the London business daily City AM in 2009 and The Sunday Times in 2010.
His first book, Damaged Goods: The Inside Story of Sir Philip Green, the Collapse of BHS and the Death of the High Street was published by Penguin in June 2018.
James Parkes is a partner in the Corporate Transactions group. He advises UK and international clients on a broad range of transactions, including domestic and cross-border M&A (public and private), joint ventures, restructuring and financing transactions. His clients span a number of industry sectors, including consumer and retail, real estate, TMT, sports, hospitality and leisure, and life sciences. James specialises in advising corporates, financial sponsors and investment banks on transactions undertaken on the UK equity capital markets (both the Main Market and AIM).James has been recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.
Susan's research interests focus on the lack of women in leadership and specifically on corporate boards, women's leadership behaviours and the issues involved in women developing their executive careers. Susan was Founder Director of the Cranfield International Centre for Women Leaders from 1999 to 2016 and the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Endowed Chair in Women's Leadership at Simmons College, Boston, USA from 2013-2016. She and her co-authors produce the annual Female FTSE Board Report, which she launched in 1999 and is regarded as the premier research resource on women directors in the UK and is renowned globally. She has written ten books and over one hundred articles, reports and conference papers. Her latest book “Handbook of Research on Promoting Women’s Careers” (Eds. S Vinnicombe, R.J. Burke, S. Blake-Beard and L.L. Moore) was published by Edward Elgar in 2013.
Susan receives regular recognition worldwide and was honoured in 2016 by the International Women's Forum in Washington as a woman who has "Made a Difference" in the world and become a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management in the UK. Susan was also named in the HR Magazine Most Influential Thinkers, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Susan has been presented with the Richard Whipp Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Academy of Management. She was a member of The Lord Davies Steering Committee on Women on Boards between 2010 and 2015 and is on the Advisory Board of the Sir Philip Hampton/Dame Helen Alexander Review on the lack of women in the executive pipeline and that of Sir John Parker’s Review of the lack of ethnicity on FTSE 100 boards.
Susan was awarded an OBE for her Services to Diversity in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List in 2005 and subsequently awarded a CBE for her Services to Gender Equality in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, 2014.
Dr Philip Stiles is a faculty member at the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and Director of the Centre for International Human Resource Management. He previously worked at London Business School and at Henley Business School.
Philip’s research work has focused on the dynamics of the board of directors. His doctoral study focused on decision-making within the board, and he was part of the team at Henley Business School, including Professors Vic Dulewicz and Peter Herbert, that developed the Standards of Good Governance, published by the Institute of Directors.
His book “Boards at work” (Oxford University Press, 2001) highlighted the several roles of the board, and how the effectiveness of the board is shaped by the power dynamics between board members and the maturity of board processes.
He worked on the Higgs Review of Non-Executive Director Effectiveness, commissioned by the UK government, published in 2003, which developed norms of behaviour for the non-executive role and augmented the Combined Code.
He is a member of the Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge. His advisory work includes engagements with boards in private, public, and third-sector organisations.
He teaches Corporate Governance and Ethics for the MBA and Executive MBA courses at Cambridge, and works extensively on Executive Education programmes for a wide range of organisations. He has been awarded the University of Cambridge Pilkington prize for Teaching Excellence.
His latest book is “Board dynamics” published by Cambridge University in 2021.
The Non-Executive Director Awards were established in 2006, by Peel Hunt, to recognise the achievements of Non-Executive Directors who contribute daily to the success and growth of businesses and Not-for-Profit organisations across the UK.
There are eight categories within the awards.
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE100. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Previous Winners
2021
Lord Norman Blackwell Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2020
John Allan – Tesco PLC
2019
Sir Anthony Habgood – RELX Group plc
2018
Martin Scicluna – RSA Insurance Group
2017
Richard Baker – Whitbread
2016
Sir Peter Gershon CBE – National Grid
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE100. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Previous Winners
2021
Barry Gibson - HomeServe PLC
2020
Ian Durant – Greggs PLC
2019
Philip Aiken – AVEVA Group plc
2018
Andrew Griffith – Just Eat
2017 - 'Quoted Company – Official List'
Derek Mapp – Huntsworth
2016 - 'Quoted Company – Official List'
Andrew Allner – Marshalls
To be eligible for this category companies must be quoted on the FTSE AIM. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Previous Winners
2021
Rob Woodward - Blancco Technology Group PLC
2020
David Rasche – GB Group PLC
2019
Richard Last – Gamma Communications plc
2018
Malcolm Diamond – Flowtech Fluidpower
2017 - 'Quoted Company – AIM'
Roger McDowell – Avingtrans
2016 - 'Quoted Company – AIM'
Peter Allen – Clinigen
To be eligible for this category companies must be a private or private equity backed company. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Previous Winners
*YET TO ADD IN PREVIOUS WINNERS*
2021
Lord Norman Blackwell Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2020
John Allan – Tesco PLC
2019
Sir Anthony Habgood – RELX Group plc
2018
Martin Scicluna – RSA Insurance Group
2017
Richard Baker – Whitbread
2016
Sir Peter Gershon CBE – National Grid
To be eligible for this category, companies must be a Not for Profit or a Public Service Organisation.
The nominee must have been in their role for at least a year and it is not appropriate for a Trustee(s) to be nominated.
The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the role must have duties equivalent to those of a PLC board.
The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Previous Winners
*YET TO ADD IN PREVIOUS WINNERS*
2021
Lord Norman Blackwell Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2020
John Allan – Tesco PLC
2019
Sir Anthony Habgood – RELX Group plc
2018
Martin Scicluna – RSA Insurance Group
2017
Richard Baker – Whitbread
2016
Sir Peter Gershon CBE – National Grid
This category is open to both male and female nominees.
The Nominee must have up to 5 years' experience.
The Nominee must be a Non-Executive Director not a Chairman or Senior Independent Director.
The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Previous Winners
*YET TO ADD IN PREVIOUS WINNERS*
2021
Lord Norman Blackwell Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2020
John Allan – Tesco PLC
2019
Sir Anthony Habgood – RELX Group plc
2018
Martin Scicluna – RSA Insurance Group
2017
Richard Baker – Whitbread
2016
Sir Peter Gershon CBE – National Grid
This award is nominated and awarded by the judging panel. The recipient of this award will be someone who:
Previous Winners
*YET TO ADD IN PREVIOUS WINNERS*
2021
Lord Norman Blackwell Lloyds Banking Group PLC
2020
John Allan – Tesco PLC
2019
Sir Anthony Habgood – RELX Group plc
2018
Martin Scicluna – RSA Insurance Group
2017
Richard Baker – Whitbread
2016
Sir Peter Gershon CBE – National Grid
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE100. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
how the nominee has made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy
how the nominee has impacted on the financial success of the company
how the nominee maintains high ethical standards and shows good corporate governance
any challenges the nominee has helped overcome since being on the board
To be eligible for this category companies must be quoted on the FTSE AIM. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
how the nominee has made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy
how the nominee has impacted on the financial success of the company
how the nominee maintains high ethical standards and shows good corporate governance
any challenges the nominee has helped overcome since being on the board
To be eligible for this category, companies must be a Not for Profit or a Public Service Organisation. The nominee must have been in their role for at least a year and it is not appropriate for a Trustee(s) to be nominated. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the role must have duties equivalent to those of a PLC board. The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
how the nominee has made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy
how the nominee has impacted on the financial success of the company
how the nominee maintains high ethical standards and shows good corporate governance
any challenges the nominee has helped overcome since being on the board
To be eligible for this category companies must be quoted on the Main Market but not be a constituent of the FTSE 100. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
how the nominee has made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy
how the nominee has impacted on the financial success of the company
how the nominee maintains high ethical standards and shows good corporate governance
any challenges the nominee has helped overcome since being
on the board
To be eligible for this category companies must be a private or private equity backed company. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The longform (Stage 2) must indicate:
how the nominee has made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy
how the nominee has impacted on the financial success of the company
how the nominee maintains high ethical standards and shows good corporate governance
any challenges the nominee has helped overcome since beingon the board
This category is open to both male and female nominees. The Nominee must have up to 5 years' experience. The Nominee must be a Non-Executive Director not a Chairman or Senior Independent Director.
The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
how the nominee has made significant contribution to the organisation’s strategy
how the nominee has impacted on the financial success of the company
how the nominee maintains high ethical standards and shows good corporate governance
any challenges the nominee has helped overcome since being on the board
This award is nominated and awarded by the judging panel. The recipient of this award will be someone who:
Is a well-respected leader who has contributed to the improvement of corporate governance.
Has a Character/Style which is special in some way; courageous, visionary, exemplary, respected, refreshingly outspoken, disarming, humble.
Has had a major influence with achievements in the Public and Not for Profit sectors.
Has a track record of creating value for shareholders and/or transforming companies.
Has enhanced reputation of Independent Non-Executive Directors and Boards.
Has served as an independent Non-Executive Director/Chair on3-5 corporate boards.
Is distinctive in achievement and impact in terms of diversity, inclusion and supporting the next generation of leaders.
Sponsored by
To be eligible for this category companies must be in the FTSE100. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Sponsored by
To be eligible for this category companies must be quoted on the Main Market but not be a constituent of the FTSE 100. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Sponsored by
To be eligible for this category companies must be quoted on the FTSE AIM. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
Sponsored by
To be eligible for this category companies must be a private or private equity backed company. The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Directors or Senior-Independent Director but the nominee must have been in their role for at least a year (from September 2019). The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
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To be eligible for this category, companies must be a Not for Profit or a Public Service Organisation.
The nominee must have been in their role for at least a year and it is not appropriate for a Trustee(s) to be nominated.
The individual nominee can be a Chairman, Non-Executive Director or Senior-Independent Director but the role must have duties equivalent to those of a PLC board.
The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
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This category is open to both male and female nominees.
The Nominee must have up to 5 years' experience.
The Nominee must be a Non-Executive Director not a Chairman or Senior Independent Director.
The long form (Stage 2) must indicate:
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This award is nominated and awarded by the judging panel. The recipient of this award will be someone who:
Our eminent panel of judges come from a variety of sectors, including the Not-for-Profit sector.
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Our eminent panel of judges come from a variety of sectors. The 2025 NED Awards will be chaired by Ruth Cairnie; previous Chairs include Paul Drechsler CBE, Baroness Hogg, Sir John Parker, Dame Helen Alexander and most recently Sir Roger Carr.
