Join us in celebrating the winners of the Rising Stars Awards 2019

After a hard-fought contest, the winners were announced at a glamorous ceremony in central London

Every year the makeup of the IT industry changes, as veterans leave and new starters join. Last night we recognised the new faces who are already making their mark on the IT sector, at Computing's first Rising Stars Awards.

Held at the plush-but-understated Proud Embankment, after dinner the Awards got off to a fantastic start under the compering of comedian Rhys James, who took jabs at industry buzzwords like "agile" and "shift-left" before moving on to announce the winners - the IT leaders of tomorrow.

Prizes ranged from Apprentice of the Year to the coveted Rising Star of the Year. So without further ado - who were they?

Rising Stars 2019 - winners

Luis Khamashta, The Telegraph

Carmel Eve, endjin

Connor Hay, Leidos

Highly commended: Jordan Brooks, The Telegraph

Des Lekerman, TIG

Ed Freeman, endjin

Johnny Ooi, The Telegraph

Highly commended: Alex Mansfield Scaddan, The Telegraph

George Anagnostopoulos, Senseon

Highly commended: Simon Halsey, GBG

Neil Herron, Grid Smarter Cities

Piers Pollard, Equals Collective

Dr Jeremy Bradley, Royal Mail

Highly commended: Mike Reed, Hastings Direct

Stephanie Haynes, HORIBA MIRA

Brad Freeman, Senseon

AO World

Pickr

Cyber Security Associates Ltd

Highly commended: First Derivatives

Monique Ho, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence

Highly commended: Yavanna Vanyari, ELF.BE ltd London

Nick Chappell, Alpha FMC

Jasmina Mularska, British Telecoms Plc

Krittika D'Silva, University of Cambridge