Women of the Future Awards shortlist 2025
Young Star
Winner
Florence Sargent
Founder, RED-Scue
Highly Commended
Tiffany Dove-Abbam
Founder & CEO, The Dove Foundation for Global Change
Tsz Yuet Vanessa Fok
Student, Cheltenham Ladies College
Maisie Winterton
Analyst - Claims, Data & Innovation, Aon
Tech & Digital
Winner
Camille Catania
Associate Software Engineer, Publicis Sapient
Tanu Chellam
Chair, Atlas Rosetta & SVP Product, Seldon
Esha Mehta
Director, Solution Architecture, GSK
Alkim Mete
Senior Global Azure Data & AI Lead, Microsoft
Tamara Tankosic
Technology Delivery Manager, Accenture
Sport
Winner
Lauren Heria
CEO, Equal Kicks
Highly Commended
Charlotte Pierce
World Championship Silver Medallist & Team GB Athlete 
Morgan Baynham-Williams
Founding Mentor, The Winning Cox
Douce de Boisgelin
Founder, Girls in Motion, India
Alice Johnson
W&G Club and League Development Manager (North & East), Yorkshire Cricket Foundation
Diane Marie-Hardy
Ex-Professional Athlete and Public Speaker
Science
Winner
Dr Layla Hosseini-Gerami
Co-Founder, Chief Data Science Officer, Ignota Labs
Highly Commended
Dr Tori Ford
Founder, Medical Herstory
Dr Chrysi Sergaki
Head of Microbiome, MHRA
Ruhama Uddin
Clinical Trial Manager, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Professions
Winner
Chloe Jordan
Manager, Actuarial Consultant, PwC
Alice Hoysted
Senior Financial Analyst, Amazon
Jo Hunter
Finance Partner, GSK
Sherena Masharani
Intellectual Property and Legal Counsel, Centrica
Bianca Molloy
Joint Managing Director, TES 2000
Jenny Okolo
Founder, Occupational Therapist & Founder, SASA Health & Sensory
Mentor
Winner
Smiti Nigam
Investment Specialist, J.P Morgan
Khayala Eylazova
PwC EMEA Advisory, Operations Transformation, PwC
Dr Caroline Hill
Assistant Research Director & Principal Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute
Lilian Ho
Associate Director – Digital & BIM, AECOM
Ian Jennions
Professor, Technical Director IVHM Centre, Cranfield University
Cecily Liu
Sustainable Finance & Investment Specialist, London Stock Exchange Group
Media
Winner
Karimah Bangura
Digital News Producer, ITN
Highly Commended
Kesewaa Browne
Journalist & TV Professional
Ruth Casas
Executive Producer, La Ferrara Productions
Mia Collins
TV Personality & Content Creator
Entrepreneur
Winner
Dr Ally Jaffee
Co-Founder, Nutritank & Content Creator
Vanessa Brown-Ofoedu
Founder, VL Aesthetics
Bryony Elder
Founder, Ametrine Aesthetics
Lou McGowan
Director, Caribbean fix
Siobhan Warr
Co-Owner & Director of Risk Management, Risk Vision
Community Spirit
Winner
Louise Prashad
Corporate Partnerships Executive, Special Olympics GB
Highly Commended
Dr Aisia Lea
FY1 Doctor & Director, Anatome Education
Dr. Lydie Kitenge
Journey2Med Charity Founder & Content Creator
Saima Rasool
Lead Delivery Consultant, Royal Voluntary Service
Hollie Thackway
Founder, She Strides Run Club
Business
Winner
Sharnie Rogers
Director, Head of Eastern Region, Strutt & Parker
Highly Commended
Eleanor Long
Global Head of Emerging Talent, Rolls-Royce
Lucca Bevan
Director, Strategic Solutions, Worldpay
Holly Curran
People Partner, Tesco Stores
Arushi Gupta
Senior Client Success Manager, Datamaran
Wenmiao Yu
Co-Founder & Director of Business Development, Quantum Dice
 Arts & Culture
Winner
Janay-Marie Myers-Davis
Founder & Managing Director, TALLAWAH Agency
Highly Commended
Christina Dymioti
Director, Fashion Heritage Network Cyprus
Christina Dymioti
Director, Fashion Heritage Network Cyprus
Bingqian Gao
Artist, Freediver, Photographer & Filmmaker
Destiny Pinto
Designer, Founder & CEO, By Destiny Pinto
Meg Webster
Account Director, Smyle  
AI
Winner
Yara Kyrychenko
Gates Cambridge PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Highly Commended
Ideja Bajra
Founder, Edvance AI
Natalya Doris
Founder, MENRVA
Cordelia Ezhilarasu
Senior AI Research Scientist, SLB Cambridge Research
Fran Wilkinson
Manager, AI and Modelling in Banking, PwC
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