Women of the Future Awards shortlist 2026
Young Star
Anwen Grace Rodaway
Student, Aberystwyth University
Grace Anne Perry
Founder, Colour the World Better
Kseniia Strelbytska
Researcher, Reasonable
Rhea Patil
Founder & CEO, Nelvara
Simran Kaur Sagoo
Product & Industrial Designer
Technology & Digital
Aashi Sahu
Solutions Consultant, KONE
Catherine Reader
Non Executive Director, FlippGen
Emma Landriault
Global Head of Kinexys Labs and JPM Coin, J.P. Morgan
Likitha Talluri
DevOps Engineer, Nationwide Building Society 
Rawan El Jamal
Director, Solution Architect, Mastercard
Sport
Camille VanderMeer
MBA Student, University of Cambridge 
Hannah Nicholls
Graduate Assistant in Design, Marlborough College
Jaya Kalsi
Student, Team England Boxer
Jess Ward
Senior Manager, Youth Products, England & Wales Cricket Board
Kira Reeves
Head of Girls Rugby, St Joseph's College, Ipswich
Science
Anjali Sarker
Senior Manager, The Oxford Character Project
Chloe Craze
Customer Account Chemist, Infineum
Florence Huynh
Vice President of Innovations, Polymateria 
Margherita Zenoni
PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge and Head of Research Fundraising & Communication, Orchard OCD
Xanthe Goldsack BSc
Category Manager, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals
Xinyan Peng
Chemist, Infineum
Professions
Dr Diana Madibekova
Founder, Peace Recipes
Emily Beatty MCMI ChMC
Management Consultant, PwC
Jinkai Chan
Senior Associate, JLL
Dr Kerrie Stevenson
Medical Doctor & Academic, University College London
Phoebe Ng
Co-Founder, Excelas
Phoebe O'Neill
Senior Contract Performance Manager - Air Commercial, Ministry of Defence
Mentor
Abaida Mahmood
CEO, Qurban & Surraya Educational Foundation
Claire McCaffray
Managing Director, Customs, Excise & International Trade Services, PwC 
Dave Kirby
CEO, Coppett Hill
Juhie Radia
Analyst, Salesforce
Peter Brown MBE
Global Workforce Leader, PwC
Dr Samuel Pachoud
Partner, EY
Media
Aisha Kherallah
Producer, ITV News
Alice Lassman
Author & Economist, Kings College London
Amy Austin
News Editor, FT Advisor 
Anila Dhami
News Presenter & Journalist, Freelance
Katie Kennedy
Historian & Creator, The History Gossip
Entrepreneur
Amy Nicholas M.Inst.M
Director, Morgans Butchery
Jessie Hickman
Co-Founder, The Cusp
Krupali Khimasia
Business Owner, Cobeat
Melissa Dewar
Founder & CEO, The Modernists
Tulasi Parmar
Founder & Creative Director, TULASI
Community Spirit
Ellie Bellusci
Assurance Business Specialist & Social Mobility Community Co-Lead, Bupa
Grace Spence Green
Paediatric Doctor, NHS
Jenn Mejia
Founder and Director, Latin Americans Rising
Rachel Duffy
Head of Community/Founder, The Times and Sunday Times/Young Journalist Network 
Shomy Hasan Chowdhury
Co-Founder, Awareness 360
Tsian Deslandes
Founder & Director, Mermaids Beyond Borders
Business
Barbara Pressendo
Payments Control Manager, J.P. Morgan
Ele Theochari
Corporate Tax Partner, Blick Rothenberg
Georgia Hunter
Director, KPMG UK
Marina Jodrell
Reinsurance Broker – Property & Specialty, Aon
Marta Verani
Managing Consultant, Mastercard 
Riley MacDonald
Head of EMEA, Enterprise Product, Worldpay, now Global Payments
Arts & Culture
Beatrice Galletley
Artist
Daniella Decker
Executive Director, Entertainment Software Association
Jessica Telling
Access Lead, Walk the Plank
Mira kumari Medtia
Founder, Maison Lumiere
Naarah
Actor/Creative, Daisy Green Collection
Naqsh Haque & Zahra Mansoor
Co-Founders, Shalimar Room
AI
Alice Dougan
Enterprise, Risk and Controls Manager, PwC
Elizabeth Chandler
Lead of AI, Integrated Ops Global Reinvention Services, Accenture
Krittika D'Silva, PhD
Director, International Rescue Committee
Dr. Laura Marie Helleckes
Imperial Research Fellow, Imperial College London
Sara Schein
AI Growth & Former VC, ex-Encord
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