CRN Women in Channel shortlist unveiled

All shortlisted entries will now go before our panel of 20 Women in Channel judges, with awards evening taking place on 18 October

CRN is proud to announce the shortlist for our inaugural Women in Channel (WiC) awards.

With over 50 entries received in our Woman of the Year category alone, drawing up a shortlist to put before our 20 Women in Channel judges was a daunting task. It is an achievement in itself to reach this stage.

We were overwhelmed by both the calibre of talented women who entered, and the quality of the entries themselves. If anyone would like to know more about how the shortlisting process was carried out, please contact Doug Woodburn on 0207 484 9817 or Nima Green on 0207 484 9781.

All entries will now be marked by our panel of 20 WiC judges, with the formal judging day taking place on 15 August.

The awards themselves will be held on 18 October at the Hilton London Bankside.

The shortlists are as follows:

Woman of the Year

Pamela Blanchard, ICA

Helen Freestone, Vodafone

Fiona Graham, Exertis

Lorraine Gray, Pursuit Marketing

Seeta Hariharan, Tata Consultancy Services

Simone Hindmarch, Commercial

Gail Jones, UKFast

Zandra Moore, Panintelligence

Vin Murria, Softcat

Natalie Pilgrim, HP Inc

Sarah Shields, Dell EMC

Heidi Woodhouse, Dixons Travel

Rising Star - Vendor

Daniella Colquhoun, Snow Software

Gemmer Crozier, Brother UK

Helena Horsburgh, Dropbox

Zoe Magee, Channel Tools

Thea Mayes, ServiceNow

Emily Smith, VMware

Corina Schiopu, Sharp Business Systems UK

Carly Stephens, Pivot3

Nicola Willis, Brother UK

Kira Zaytsev, Symantec

Rising Star - Distributor

Amelia Hicks, Exclusive Networks

Alise Jeremiah, intY

Sophia Meola, Ingram Micro

Megan O'Neill, Ingram Micro

Annie Shah, Ingram Micro

Emily Stratford, Procurri Europe

Jade Underdown, Nuvias UC

Rising Star - Reseller/Services

Lucy Bourne, Cloud2020

Emily Bovington, XMA

Elizabeth Butler, Computacenter

Jen de Polo, SoftwareONE UK

Kate Faulkner, G3 Comms

Lisa Gamble-Smith, Computacenter

Georgia Heath, Computacenter

Paris King, Softcat

Patrycja Marjanska, Academia

Erin McCall, ITLab

Sharon Ryan, SoftwareONE

Dawn Saunders, Atos

Jessica Savage, Computacenter

Olya Scekaturova, Insight Direct

Marketing Employee of the Year - Vendor

Lucy Brackett, Epson UK

Andrea Carter, Sophos

Monique de Klerk, Lenovo

Catherine Dunleavy, VMware

Julia Glencross, IBM

Kelly Harrison, Dropbox

Karen Holland, Malwarebytes

Kate Kohanzad, Virtual1

Charlotte Lammin, BenQ

Lucy Lincoln, BullGuard

Haley McPherson, Prolabs

Morgan Milosevich, ATEN Technology

Rachel Smith, Cisco

Stacey Tatham, Agilitas

Marketing Employee of the Year - Distributor

Rebecca Cooper, Nuvias

Amanda Glasgow, Tech Data UK

Rachel Jay, Exclusive Networks

Victoria Luxford, Ingram Micro

Sophia Meola, Ingram Micro

Natalie Naudo, Ingram Micro

Bukola Olumofin, Ingram Micro

Annie Shah, Ingram Micro

Marketing Employee of the Year - Reseller/Services

Candice Arnold, QuantIQ

Vanessa Whitely, Concorde Technology Group

Hannah Cunningham, Cisilion

Jessica Hayward, Cyber Business Growth

Cherie May, Softcat

Mary Miall, Performanta

Jill Murray, Insight

Debbie Nice, VOW Europe

Lauren Piper, Mobliciti

Adrienne Topping, Midshire

Sales Employee of the Year - Vendor

Holly Chambers, Sharp Business Systems UK

Katherine Harris, Sharp Business Systems UK

Sarah Croxford, Microsoft

Sophie Eames, Agilitas

Lisa Ergun, Lenovo

Caroline Lewis, Tiger Communications

Marie Lewis, Sophos

Emily Masterton, Unify Enterprise Communications

Laura Paine, Sophos

Fay Potter, HP

Catherine Robertson, VMware

Emily Smith, VMware

Michelle Trimble, Sophos

Jane Wheeler, Sennheiser

Dawn Wills, Symantec

Sales Employee of the Year - Distributor

Amy Dixon, Exertis

Cathi Low, Tech Data

Clare Newman, Exclusive Networks

Samantha Sene, Infinigate UK

Sales Employee of the Year - Reseller/Services

Charlotte Adderley, Computacenter

Zorina Baksh, CoopSys

Kerry Boland, ICA

Niki Cholia, Insight Direct

Jane Emerson, Logicalis

Shadi Khoshab, SoftwareONE

Lauren Larter, Academia

Fiona Nutley, Mobliciti

Kathryn Palmer, Cyber Business Growth

Lorna Sharpe, Softcat

Unsung Hero

Emma Bacon, Computacenter

Hayley Barnes, SoftwareONE

Di Boyer, IPNetix

Farana Cheema, Cisco

Ula Gebura-Watroba, PCM

Abi King, IntY

Dinet Luchies, Insight

Ellie Parker, Exclusive Networks

Katie Row, Prolabs

Rachel Russell, Mobliciti

Sabine Starr, Softcat

Maria Thewlis, Panintelligence

Gina Vaccarella, XMA

Role Model

Lorna Brindley, Art Systems

Theresa Downes, Exertis

Isabelle Duarte, Symantec

Lorraine Gray, Pursuit Marketing

Louise Honeywill, Northamber

Maria Jackson, Ingram Micro

Sarah-Jane Sydenham, Softcat

Jennifer Knowles, Computacenter

Natalie Matthews, Logicalis

Louise McCrystal, PCM UK

Linda Patterson, Tech Data

Eleanor Southworth, BT

Kerrie Spalding, Ingram Micro

Victoria Sutherland, Computacenter

Loiza Tallon, Westcoast

Heidi Woodhouse, Dixons Travel

Manager of the Year

Zoe Abbotts, Symantec

Hannah Cunningham, Cisilion

Natasha Darbyshire, Logicalis UK

Sarah Dimery, IntY

Carys Doran, Academia

Katie Goodwin, XMA

Fiona Graham, Exertis

Stacey Miles, Softcat

Kirsty Hollingworth, SHI International

Debbie King, Sophos

Tracy Parish, SoftwareONE

Clare Parry-Jones, Computacenter

Kristie Scott-Woodham, Sharp Business Systems UK

Patricia Taylor, Probrand

Angela Townsend, Sharp Electronics

Graduate/Apprentice of the Year

Lucy Corcoran, Distology

Gemmer Crozier, Brother UK

Angela Counsell, Computacenter

Laura Damba, HP

Hannah Jinks, Entanet

Sylwia Lepa, Westcoast

Shivani Mistry, Computacenter

Morgan O'Sullivan, Softcat

Aisha Pervez, Computacenter

Technical Employee of the Year

Maya Azar, Insight

Lyndsey Charlton, Daisy

Ana Correia, Harmony Business Solutions

Sancta Davies, Mobliciti

Helen Gidney, Softcat

Alice Lee, Sharp Business Systems

Mary Lynch, IntY

Jen Norman, XMA

Wendy Paine, Logicalis UK

Outstanding Returner Award

Filiz Bekar, HP

Claire Leaver, G3 Comms/Genius

Faye Morgan-Frith, Softcat

Nellie Spurden-Reeves, PCM

Amber Stoker, IntY

Naomi Wyke, Sophos

Entrepreneur of the Year

Alisha Dattani, FMXA

Seeta Hariharan, Tata Consultancy Services

Cherie Howlett, Jola

Breda Irish, Dell EMC

Zandra Moore, Panintelligence

Fanni Vig, Logicalis

Diversity Employer of the Year

BT

Exclusive Networks

G3 Comms

Nuvias UC

PCM

Stone

Best Community Outreach Programme

Ingram Micro

VMware

Westcoast