Shortlist announcement

This year there were a record number of names submitted for the Women of Outstanding Achievement Award, and the judges commented on the particularly high standard and impressive variety of entrants. The final shortlist of nominees was:

For Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Academia and Research 

Jane Hillston , Professor
Eileen Ingham, Professor 
Olga Kubassova, Managing Director

For Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Business and Industry

Mrs Karen Holland, CEO
Helen Goddard, Principal 
Olga Kubassova, Managing Director
Cary Marsh, CEO & Founder
Holly Porter, Director, Head of Built Projects

For Inspiration and Leadership, academia and research

Dame Athene Donald , Professor
Dame Ann Dowling, Professor
Ursula Martin , Professor 
Karen Holford, Director; School of Engineering
Christine Davies, Professor
Janette Atkinson, Emeritus Professor
Helen F Gleeson, Professor

For Inspiration and Leadership, Business and Industry

Susan Evans, Programmes Director
Lopa Patel MBE, Founder
Kate Hall, Director
Judith Hackitt, Chair
Dervilla Mitchell, Director
Joanna Woolf, Chief Executive
Dr Jean Venables , Chief Executive

For Communicating SET to Society

Jane Atkinson, Vice President Utilities Operations
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Professor 
Dr Louise Robson, Senior Lecturer, Chief UCAS Selector
Kate Bellingham , National STEM Careers Coordinator
Dr Carol Turley OBE, Senior Scientist and Knowledge Exchange Co-ordinator 
Dr Penny Fidler, Chief Executive

Tomorrow’s Leader

Miss Ruth Amos, Manager
Gemma Satterthwaite, Associate Director
Eur Ing Dr Phebe Mann, Senior Lecturer
Rowan Joachim , Lead Electrical and Mechanical Engineer
Rebecca Shaw, 5 Axis CNC Model Maker

Lifetime Achievement

Ursula Martin , Professor 
Jean Manson , Head of Neuropathogenesis Division, The Roslin Institute
Dame Athene Donald, Professor
Joyce Tait, Professor and Scientific Advisor ESRC Innogen Centre
Beti Williams, Director ITWales & Director of External Services
Sue Bird, International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists
Dianna Bowles , Chair of Biochemistry