Our Judges

Ewan Main
Product Manager
Mental Health at Work | Mind

Meena Chander
Founder & CEO
Events Together Ltd

Bruno Cotta
Executive Director
Cambridge Judge Business School | Entrepreneurship Centre

Sarah Beall
Managing Director
Forum Events
Robert Keene
Head of Commercial Division
Aston Lark

Dave Brooke
Vice President Small Business EMEA
Dell Technologies
Ashley Riley
Managing Director
Ashley Riley Communications

Adam Stott
Managing Director
Big Business Events

Barry Cowley
Managing Partner
Cowley Holmes Accountants

Simon Fennell
Employment Law Partner
Shoosmiths LLP
Rob May
Founder and Managing Director
ramsac Ltd

Julie Barnes-Ward
Managing Director
Business Times
Jonathan Tewson
Regional Partnerships Manager, East Region
The Jockey Club

Andrew Merritt-Morling
Portfolio Non-Executive Director, Trustee and Board Advisor
Six Pillars Management

Matt Roberts
Centre Manager
Capital Space Ltd (Milton Keynes Business Centre)

Neil Davies
CEO
Close Brothers Asset Finance

Russell Gould
CEO
Vesta Property

Ricky Allan
Managing Director
Iliffe Media Ltd

Jason Sinclair
Director - People Strategy and Partnerships
Naturally Tribal

Tony Murdock
Managing Director
TR Global Group

Suzy Wood
Charity Ambassador
Railway Children

Andrea McGeachin
CEO
Amack Consultants
Michael Simmons
BDM
Wembley Stadium & Delaware North

Chantel Scherer
Director of Marketing
Sport and Recreation Alliance

Antonio Falco
The Sales Director

June Cory
CEO
My Mustard

Brendan Brien
Regional Banking, East of England
Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank

Keith Middleton
Director
Middleton and Clark Accountants

Martin Wall
Director
Stanair

Ian Cording
Entrepreneur
FM World

Sarah Ainslie
Owner
Network Engineering Services
We have developed our judging over 15 years and our judges, all top business people within their chosen arena, have cited our awards as both the most transparent and professionally executed. Each application is scored by up to 4 different judges from a panel of up to 30 judges, all applications are seen by different members of the judging panel. The judges spend over several hours and score not only their own sponsored category but several others too, this ensures transparency. The first page of questions is designed to give the judges a real feel for your business, followed by several questions that are scored from 1 to 5. It is worth noting that although all judging is computer based please ensure you upload images or screen shots of all important pages. There are no site visits or presentations involved. The finalists are chosen by adding all the scores and up to 16 entrants can make it through to the final, however if scoring is low, less entrants make it through. Should you wish to read our Top Tips, please click HERE