The European Diversity Awards, which celebrate the individuals, organisations, companies, charities and networks that drive Diversity, Inclusion and Equality into the heart of everything they do, have revealed 2023’s finalists.
Launched in 2010 by diversity champion Linda Riley, the European Diversity Awards, celebrate all strands of Diversity, including age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, social mobility and sexual orientation.
This year’s awards finalists are spread across 18 categories, and include a life-time achievement category. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will take place on 10 November 2023 at the InterContinental London on Park Lane.
EUROPEAN DIVERSITY AWARDS FINALISTS
The complete shortlist of 2023’s European Diversity Awards finalists, are listed below, by category:
Community Project of the Year, sponsored by lululemon
- Big Build, Santander Consumer Finance UK
- Diverse Project Greece
- Engendering Change Ltd
- European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN)
- Inclusion Europe
- Peterborough Asylum and Refugee Community Association (PARCA)
- Special Olympics Italia 2023, Snaitech and Playtech Group
- Windrush 75 Network, British Future
Marketing Campaign of the Year, sponsored by IHG Hotels & Resorts
- Come As You Are, Syngenta Group & Fourtold Ltd
- Construimos Mejor, Brico Depôt Iberia
- Do What Matters, Avanade
- Gender Neutral Uniform Campaign, Virgin Atlantic
- “This is MY EY”, EY
- No Fixed Address, HSBC UK plc
- Visible Voices, dentsu
- We Are Undefeatable, Sport England
HR Champion of the Year, sponsored by Sanofi
- Asmana Iftakhar, Lyreco UK & Ireland
- Karol Splawa-Neyman, Jacobs
- Khadija Ben Hammada, Merck KGaA
- Lisa Dolan, Teleperformance
- Maria Loumpourdi, Betsson Group
- Nadia Nagamootoo, Avenir Consulting
- Rakesh Thakrar, Phoenix Group
- Sarah Williams, Culligan International
- Vilma Nikolaidou, British Film Institute (BFI)
Social Mobility Initiative of the Year, sponsored by Gilead
- FAIRE, Browne Jacobson
- FT News School, Financial Times
- Here To Be Grant, lululemon
- Ireland Health Care Scholarship Program, (funded by the United Health Foundation and supported by Optum Ireland)
- Law Springboard Programme, Slaughter and May
- Pareto Kickstarter Scheme, Pareto Facilities Management Ltd
- Passport to Change, Virgin Atlantic
- STRIVE
Charity or Not-For-Profit of the Year, sponsored by Optum
- BE United
- Check-IN
- Eurofirms Foundation
- GLAS Foundation
- IMANcorp FOUNDATION
- Le Refuge
- SOS Mediteranée
- Spectrum Holidays
Diversity Team of the Year, sponsored by Syngenta Group
- Blue Door with RSC Frankfurt and Kit Theatre
- DE&I Country Advocates (Team), Merck KGaA
- DE&I Operational Team, Toyota Motor Europe
- DEI Team, News UK
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group, HSBC Innovation Banking
- EMEA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team, JP Morgan Chase & Co
- Global Diversity, Culture and Experience Team, Sanofi
- I&D Centre of Expertise (CoE), Kantar
- Inclusion Team, HSBC UK plc
- People & Culture Team, Lyreco UK & Ireland
Outstanding Employee Network of the Year
- Cancer & Work Affinity Group, Sanofi
- Collabor8, Santander Consumer Finance UK
- Diversity in Tech Network, Kingfisher plc
- Lean In UK & Europe, IHG Hotels & Resorts
- LSEG WIN (Women Inspired Network), LSEG
- NextGen, JPMorgan Chase & Co
- Nurture UK, HSBC UK plc
- Wavemaker Family, Wavemaker
- Women’s Affinity Group, Kin + Carta
- Young Syngenta Professionals (YSP) Switzerland, Syngenta Group
Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year
- ACOR (All colours of the rainbow), Toyota Motor Europe
- Deloveroo, Deliveroo
- L&GBT+Allies Network, Legal & General Group
- LGBTQ+ Affinity Network, Kingfisher plc
- Lockton Pride, Lockton
- Pride Alliance, Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd
- Prism, Jacobs
- Proud, Paramount
- The Village Greene, Greene King
- Together with Pride, Swiss Re
- Unity, EY
Outstanding Disability Network of the Year, sponsored by FT
- Ability, Greene King
- Ability UK, HSBC UK plc
- ACE, Jacobs
- Adapt Network, Atos
- Disability & Neurodiversity Employee Resource Groups, AMS
- Enable, Wavemaker
- Neurodiversity Network, Legal & General Group
- Sponsors Network, Eurofirms Foundation
Outstanding Ethnicity Network of the Year
- Allianz GRACE, Allianz Technology and Allianz Services
- Culture Club, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)
- Embrace UK, HSBC UK plc
- FT Embrace, Financial Times
- Fusion, Paramount
- LSEG LEAD Network (Latin@s for Empowerment, Advancement and Development), LSEG
- OneWorld, Jacobs
- Together Network, Atos
- Unity, Greene King
- Wavemaker Roots, Wavemaker
Hero of the Year, sponsored by TP ICAP
- Akua Opong, LSEG
- Amjad Khan, Notting Hill Genesis
- Antonio Vega, Google
- Elizabeth Oladunni, Slaughter and May
- Jude Guaitamacchi, becomingjude
- Kabir Alam, HSBC UK plc
- Kasia Wojciechowska, Peregrine (formerly Capita)
- Kim Vanspauwen, Lenovo Belgium
- Riccardo Magi
- Trishna Naik, Jaguar Land Rover
Inspirational Role Model of the Year, sponsored by Allianz Commercial
- Antonio Bebba, Pfizer
- Christine Palmer, Santander UK
- Fraser Longden, Wickes
- Keri Gilder, Colt Technology Services
- Nalan Dodgson, Burberry
- Pips Bunce, Credit Suisse
- Ritu Shirgaokar, State Street
- Sarah Rench, Avanade
- Satvir Bungar, BDO LLP
- Sharon Sharples, Barclays
- Shelina Janmohamed, Ogilvy Consulting
- Tokeer Ahmed, Capgemini
Women in Tech, sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking
- Agate Freimane, Norrsken VC
- Annika Grosse, Avanade
- Cristina Bentue, IriusRisk
- Gülay Stelzmüllner, Allianz Technology SE
- Helena Samsioe, GLOBHE
- Jane Reddin, Albion Capital
- Joanna Haslam, Snap Finger Click
- Joanna Redebrant, Nyfikna Investerare
- Leïla Maidane, Femmes Fières
- Rav Bumbra, Cajigo
Head of Diversity of the Year, sponsored by Haleon
- Chami Dhillon, Kingfisher plc
- Kat Parsons, ISS UK & Ireland
- Lauren Baer, BlackRock
- Michelle Elliott, Virgin Atlantic
- Monique Pennings, NN Group
- Rachel Osikoya, LSEG
- Rubén Alejandro Ramírez, Syngenta Group
- Sarah Fennell, Macquarie Group
- Shelley Bishton, News UK
- Stacia Jones , lululemon
Diversity in Tech Initiative of the Year, sponsored by bp
- auticon UK
- Avanade
- In Their Shoes, VIVIDA working together with HSBC
- Lux, Gina Battye Ltd
- myGwork
- Optum Women’s Reboot Internship Programme, Optum
- Tech4all, Eurofirms Foundation
- TSERAS (Disability Subsystem), DOST Digital Innovations Center
Media Diversity Champion of the Year sponsored by Paramount
- Alex Scott MBE
- Alexia Putellas
- Charlene White
- George Webster
- Jakub Jankto
- Jean-Baptiste Alaize
- Joshua Patterson
- Ouissem Belgacem
Diversity Champion of the Year, sponsored by Abercrombie & Fitch
- Anna Di Silverio, Avanade
- Arne Benzin, Allianz Technology SE
- Deon Pillay, Legal & General Investment Management
- Emma Palethorpe, St. James’s Place
- Murray Auchincloss, bp
- Nicola Morris , ISS UK & Ireland
- Renee Connolly, Merck KGaA
- Rick Jackson, DHL Group
- Shobana Rajamani, PwC
- Tasneem Kadiri, L’Oreal
Company of the Year, sponsored by DHL Group
- Avanade
- HSBC Innovation Banking
- ISS UK & Ireland
- Ketchum UK
- Macquarie Group
- Merck KGaA
- Paramount
- Playtech
- Sanofi
- Virgin Atlantic
Lifetime Achievement
Winner to announced at the awards ceremony.
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