Announcing the finalists for the Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2025

We are pleased to announce the shortlist for this year's Digital Technology Leaders Awards

The finalists for the Computing Digital Tech Leaders Awards 2025 represent the very best of the technology leaders driving transformation and pushing the boundaries of what is possible.

The names that follow are the most outstanding people, projects and organisations in the digital field.

We will be honouring the finalists' success at the awards ceremony on Thursday 3^rd July, at Merchant Taylors Hall in the City of London. Attendees will enjoy an evening of celebration and networking, with a drinks reception, dinner, and of course the awards ceremony itself.

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After careful consideration and rigorous evaluation, our panel of judges has selected the following companies and individuals for their exemplary contributions:

Organisational Excellence

Best Place to Work in Digital

• Lateral Connect
• North Sea Transition Authority
• DVLA Information Technology Services
• Smokeball UK
• Jaguar Land Rover
• DWP Digital
• Snap Finger Click

Digital Service Company of the Year

• B13.ai
• White Label Loyalty
• Sitecore
• RELAYTO
• Stock in the Channel
• BreezeMove
• Information Technology Services – DVLA
• Wanstor
• Engaging Data
• Crises Control

Project Excellence

Digital Transformation of the Year

• Vodafone - Vodafone IT Change Management Digital Transformation
• Absoft - Digital Transformation of First Rail
• The Scouts - The Scouts Volunteer Experience Transformation Programme
• Sedex Information Exchange - The Enhanced Sedex Customer Experience
• Otermans Institute - OIAI by Otermans Institute
• Vodafone UK - Customer Experience Transformation
• Portsmouth: The Digital City" Project
• Knight Frank
• Makutu - Sunderland’s Smart City transformation
• Engaging Data - Data Governance
• Novuna Vehicle Solutions - QuotePro: Empowering Brokers Through Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation of the Year: Financial Services

• ThinCats - Digital Process Transformation
• PCW Tech - Go Compare Digital Replatform
• Cynergy Bank
• Nationwide - Nationwide Digital Transformation

Breakthrough Data Project

• HSBC - Entity Resolution
• The AA & Publicis Sapient - Colleague BI agent
• British Heart Foundation - Stock Journey Innovation
• Lloyds Banking Group - Portfolio Movements Notifications
• Vodafone UK - SEO data-driven approach to Black Friday
• Network Rail & Cognizant - Geotechnical Asset Insights Application (GAIA)
• FourNet and Newcastle City Council

Outstanding Digital Inclusion Project

• Earth Minutes
• Amnesty International - Global Tenancy Services Project
• Norfolk County Council - Tech Skills for Life
• Circular Computing
• DVLA - DVLA STEM Programme and Digital Inclusion scheme
• Santander - Making Santander’s Retail and Business Apps more accessible
• ServiceNow - Making the Now Platform more accessible
• OIAI by Otermans Institute
• Three UK- Free skills training UK-wide to help bridge the digital divide for elderly people
• Portsmouth: The Digital City" Project - Portsmouth Digital City Inclusion Project with Google for Education and Canopy Education
• Snap Finger Click

Best Automation Project

• RELAYTO
• Stock in the Channel, Transforming Academia with Modern Selling
• Kainos - Kainos Studio
• Markerstudy Insurance Services
• Luminance - Luminance’s Legal-Grade™ AI
• Telegraph Media Group

Best Not-for-Profit Project

• British Heart Foundation - Stock Journey Innovation
• OIAI by Otermans Institute
• FourNet

Best Public Sector Digital Project

• AND Digital - The “Find a Grant” Service
• Cisilion
• Whiteoaks International - The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust and Apogee Corporation
• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Expansion of the MyChart patient portal
• Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - Open Digital Planning: Transforming Planning Services
• Cognizant - Network Enterprise Structures and Tunnels System
• Makutu - Sunderland City Council Smart City transformation

Digital Project of the Year

• InFlux Technologies – FluxAI
• White Label Loyalty - White Label Loyalty & ARDEX/BAL
• Cynergy Bank - Cynergy Bank Mobile App Platform
• RELAYTO
• Innovation Group - Fleet Repair Project
• WhisperClaims - Merged RDEC Scheme Product
• E.ON - NextWave
• Vodafone UK - Vodafone TOBI V2 Chatbot
• Exponentia.ai
• Ardonagh Advisory - Stanhope with Ardonagh Advisory

Machine Learning / AI Project of the Year

• Braidr & CULTURE3xTED AI - Winning market leadership through climate leadership
• Bridgeworks - Bridgeworks Accelerates Digital Tech WANs and Data
• Content Guru and Together - Real-Time Transcription and Summarisation
• Kainos - Kainos Studio
• Lloyds Banking Group - Devices and Digital Experience
• Caution Your Blast - UK Foreign Office's first AI-enabled public service
• British Heart Foundation - Stock Journey Innovation
• E.ON Next - AI Virtual Assistant
• OIAI by Otermans Institute
• SharpEagle Technology
• Leeds Beckett University - OTWISE-AI Project

Mobile Project of the Year

• Salt Communications
• Cynergy Bank - Cynergy Bank Digital Team
• Simpro Group - Simpro Mobile Simplifies Job Management in the Field
• Clippd - Clippd Mobile App
• Vodafone UK - Express Mobile Shopping Experience
• Teddy AI Ltd
• Digital Wonderlab
• LetPlant Technology

Most Successful Environmental Project

• KPMG UK / GCG: Sustainable IT Programme
• RELAYTO
• Aviva - Net Zero Sustainable Technology Team
• Circular Computing
• AXA UK

Personal Excellence

CDO of the Year

• Richard Corbridge – SEGRO
• Anne Hegmann - SehaMed Global Ltd.
• Lara Burns - The Scouts
• Sarah Jensen - Barts Health NHS
• Nick Edwards - The AA

CTO of the Year

• Snebu Samuel - Six Senses London
• Sumit Ganju – gocodegreen
• Paula Felstead - FINN Partners
• Farshid Eilami - Stock in the Channel
• Matt Mehrjardi - Geeks Ltd
• Ross Heritage - Sedex Information Exchange Ltd
• Barny Ritchley - CV-Library
• Stephen Rooke - Healthxchange Pharmacy UK Limited
• Ian Marsden - Eseye

CTO of the Year: Financial Services

• Dan Evans - Go Compare
• Mick Barry - Finbridge Global
• Rana Bhattacharya - Cynergy Bank
• Stuart Walters - BDO LLP
• James Coggin - Innovation Group

Development Team of the Year

• Aviva Plc - Central Data Ingestion
• Cynergy Bank - Cynergy Bank Digital Team
• RELAYTO
• Stock in the Channel - Development Team
• Innovation Group - Gateway Development Team
• HansaWorld UK - HansaWorld Development Team & LMS
• SEGRO Plc
• E.ON - Bunny Bunny, Product Development Team
• Lloyds - Automated Mobile Design Framework
• Ardonagh Advisory in partnership with Brillio & Mendix

Digital Ambassador of the Year

• Alex Jonas – Accenture
• Dr. Suman Ghosh - British Telecom
• Paul Bird - Amnesty International
• Ayelet Sachto – Google
• Marc Purser - SEGRO Plc
• Kara Flook - E.ON
• Andy Phillips - AXA UK
• Lindsey Jackson - Ardonagh Advisory

Digital Hero of the Year

• Shobitha Shivakumar – SBE
• Teodora (Teddy) Tepavicharova - Condé Nast
• Karrie Liu - Hypatia Analytics
• Yamini Kumar - Network Rail
• Bill Buchanan - Edinburgh Napier
• Dr Catriona Campbell, MBE – EY
• Dr Maryleen Amaizu - Redgate Software
• Matthew Sherriff - Telegraph Media Group
• Jordan Pearson - Lloyds Banking Group
• Lauren Dally - Ardonagh Advisory
• Rose Hulse - ScreenHits TV

Digital Team of the Year

• North Sea Transition Authority
• Cynergy Bank
• RELAYTO
• Innovation Group
• Kainos
• Vodafone UK
• Teddy AI Ltd
• Portsmouth: The Digital City" Project

Engineer of the Year

• Sanjeet Dutta – BCG
• Paymon Khamooshi, London School of Innovation - London School of Innovation
• Swapna Alladi – Version 1 Solutions
• Fawaz Hussain – HM Revenue & Customs
• Tammy Ajadi - Lloyds Banking Group
• Neil Fowler, Rocket Software
• Ayelet Sachto – Google
• Dr. Maryleen Amaizu - Redgate Software
• Christian Creenan, Backend Engineering - E.ON
• Parul Chhabra – IBM

Young Digital Professional of the Year

• Jayashri Goddanti - Cranfield University & Levidian Nanosystems
• Yasmeen Bey - Volkswagen Group UK Limited
• James Hillyard - Payara Services
• Nathan John – IBM
• Hubert Dembowski - Art of Cloud
• Emma O'Reilly - Snap Finger Click
• Max Hallbritter – Cloudpush
• Aashi Sahu – Kone

Join us as we honour these remarkable individuals and businesses and their contributions to technology by reserving your place at the event now.