Shortlist

Inspiring female (small business), kindly sponsored by Intuit

Elaine Parker – Safer Date

Jeni Smith – NetKno

Joanna Andrews – Charm Productions/CEO Sleepout

Inspiring female (medium business), kindly sponsored by Hargreaves

Francisca Alarcon Miller – Mott MacDonald

Melanie Stewart – Universal Wolf

Rachel Hawes OBE – Great North Air Ambulance

Inspiring female (large business), kindly sponsored by Openreach

Kerry Patterson – Tharsus

Melanie Morley – BHP Law

Oluwapelumi Amanda Adeola – BHP Law

Sarah Dewar – Mental Health Concern

Inspiring female (global business), kindly sponsored by NRG Plc

Leanne Wilkinson – Tekmar Energy

Nikki Sayer – Casper Shipping

Tanja Smith – Gradon Architecture

Most inspiring employer (small business), kindly sponsored by Teesside University

McBryde & Co

Steedman and Company

Success4All

Most inspiring employer (medium business), kindly sponsored by North East Times

Great North Air Ambulance

Northumberland National Park Authority

Pioneering Care Partnership

Most inspiring employer (large business), kindly sponsored by Openreach

Believe Housing

Learning Curve Group

Muckle LLP

Most inspiring employer (global business), kindly sponsored by NRG Plc

Hogg Global Logistics

Tees Global

XL Precision Technologies

Community and CSR inspiring female of the year, kindly sponsored by AIM Group

Oluwapelumi Amanda Adeola – BHP Law

Paula McMahon – Sir Robert McAlpine

Tara Mackings – Tailored Leisure

Inspiring female business leader of the year, kindly sponsored by NatWest

Brenda McLeish OBE DL – Learning Curve Group

Kate Culverhouse – Groundwork North East and Cumbria

Rebecca Chapman – NEBRC

Apprentice of the year, kindly sponsored by Esh Construction

Hannah Weeks – Jackson Hogg

Jenny Hartnett – Northumbrian Water

Lauryn Hellewell – Muckle LLP

Sophie Laidlaw – Tharsus