Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2025 - Who made it big on the night?

Here are all the winners of the show that celebrates people, not products.

Standouts of the UK tech industry came together to celebrate success last night. Here’s the list of deserving winners.

Today’s IT workers are doing so much more than just keeping the lights on. Modern IT is critical to business success, and the professionals leading the industry are practiced at adapting to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

That ability has never been more important than this year, in the middle of technological, social and geopolitical change. That’s why Computing’s Digital Technology Leaders Awards are so important: to honour and celebrate the people who aren't just maintaining pace - they’re driving transformation and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

Last night, IT leaders from across the UK came together in London to greet old friends, meet new ones and, of course, toast each other’s success.

Following a welcome by Computing editor Tom Allen and a delicious three-course meal, comedian and host Alistair Barrie took the stage to announce the winners. So, who were those lucky few?

Winners – Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2025

Best Place to Work in Digital

Winner: North Sea Transition Authority

Highly commended: DWP Digital

Digital Service Company of the Year

Winner: DVLA - Information Technology Services

Digital Transformation of the Year

Winner: Vodafone UK - Customer Experience Transformation

Highly commended: "Portsmouth: The Digital City" Project

Digital Transformation of the Year - Financial Services

Winner: Nationwide - Nationwide Digital Transformation

Breakthrough Data Project

Winner: British Heart Foundation - Stock Journey Innovation

Highly commended: The AA & Publicis Sapient - Colleague BI agent

Outstanding Digital Inclusion Project

Winner: DVLA - STEM Programme and Digital Inclusion scheme

Best Automation Project

Winner: Kainos – Kainos Studio

Highly commended: Luminance - Luminance’s Legal-Grade™ AI

Best Not-for-Profit Project

Winner: British Heart Foundation - Stock Journey Innovation

Best Public Sector Digital Project

Winner: Network Rail & Cognizant - Network Enterprise Structures and Tunnels System (NEST)

Highly commended: AND Digital - The “Find a Grant” Service

Digital Project of the Year

Winner: Exponentia.ai

Highly commended: WhisperClaims - Merged RDEC Scheme Product

Machine Learning / AI Project of the Year

Winner: Content Guru and Together - Real-Time Transcription and Summarisation

Highly commended: OIAI by Otermans Institute

Mobile Project of the Year

Winner: Vodafone UK - Express Mobile Shopping Experience

Most Successful Environmental Project

Winner: Aviva - Net Zero Sustainable Technology Team

Development Team of the Year

Winner: E.ON - Bunny Bunny, Product Development Team

Highly commended: Lloyds Banking Group - Automated Mobile Design Framework

Digital Ambassador of the Year

Winner: Lindsey Jackson - Ardonagh Advisory (Everywhen)

Highly commended: Kara Flook - E.ON

Digital Hero of the Year

Winner: Yamini Kumar - Network Rail

Highly commended: Lauren Dally - Ardonagh Advisory (Everywhen)

Digital Team of the Year

Winner: North Sea Transition Authority

Highly commended: Teddy AI Ltd

Engineer of the Year

Winner: Fawaz Hussain – HM Revenue & Customs

Highly commended: Paymon Khamooshi - London School of Innovation

Young Digital Professional of the Year

James Hillyard - Payara Services

CTO of the Year

Winner: Ross Heritage - Sedex Information Exchange Ltd

Highly commended: Paula Felstead - HBX

CTO of the Year – Financial Services

Winner: Stuart Walters - BDO LLP

CDO of the Year

Winner: Richard Corbridge, SEGRO

Highly commended: Sarah Jensen - Barts Health NHS