British LGBT Awards

Sponsored by Tesco this year, the British LGBT Awards have announced the finalists across the business categories for 2024.

These awards have been shining a spotlight on role models and organisations working tirelessly to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people for the past decade. The companies and individual finalists shortlisted across the 10 business categories for The British LGBT Awards 2024, are listed below, by category.

Top 12 Employer Inclusive Employer or Companies 2024 (in alphabetical order):

  • Ashurst
  • Brand Advance Group
  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
  • Legal & General
  • Metro Bank
  • Protiviti
  • Sky
  • St. James’s Place
  • Tesco
  • UBS
  • Whitbread
  • Wickes

Top 12 Network Groups or ERGs 2024 (in alphabetical order):

  • Glamazon UK, Amazon
  • Pride Alliance Network, Aon
  • Outlink, BAE Systems
  • 4Pride, Channel 4
  • Spectrum, GSK
  • Proud Network, Heathrow Airport
  • The HSBC UK Pride Employee Network, HSBC UK 
  • Moody’s Pride BRG, Moody’s
  • The Pride Network, Motability Operations Ltd
  • Pride in Ourselves, OVO
  • Proud@Sainsbury’s, Sainsbury’s
  • Vibrant, Virgin Money

Top 12 LGBT+ Trailblazers 2024 (in alphabetical order):

  • Ben Jackson, Wickes
  • Caroline Prendergast, KPMG UK
  • Chris Edwards, Travers Smith
  • Claire Brody, Warner Bros. Discovery
  • Jak Matthews, BT Group
  • Kieran Bailey, Whitbread
  • Laks Mann, College of Policing
  • Leng Montgomery, Burberry
  • Matt Foster, Ogilvy
  • Patrick McCan, Linklaters
  • Richard Fisk, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
  • Tolu Osinubi, Deloitte

Top 12 Inspirational Leaders 2024 (in alphabetical order):

  • Bruna Gil, LinkedIn
  • Catherine Ahn, HSBC UK
  • David Hynam, LV=
  • Jane Stockwell, Rolls-Royce
  • Jim Ford, Allen & Overy
  • Joanna Lewis, ITV
  • Joe Brown, TFL
  • Lee Isaacs, Just East TakeAway.com
  • Martin Smith, PwC
  • Ryan Bleach, Nomura
  • Scarlet Marie Morgan, Allianz
  • Xavier White, Verizon

Top 12 Business Allies 2024 (in alphabetical order):

  • Abigail Westfield, VML
  • Adrian Mardell, Jaguar Land Rover
  • Ann O’Donoghue, Barclays
  • Chad Davidson, Certes
  • Dan Carter, Johnson Matthey
  • Emma Carey, MBS Solicitors
  • Julia Reidy, Credit Suisse
  • Kathleen Harrison, Jacobs
  • Mike Wilton, Arup
  • Rachel Corp, ITN
  • Ruth Rowan, Avanade
  • Sian Whittaker, Arcadis,

Top 12 Diversity Heroes 2024 (in alphabetical order):

  • Abigail Myles, Legal & General
  • Bryce Hunt, South Western Railway
  • Cai Cherry, DLA Piper
  • Clare Coates, Barclays
  • Dan Stubbs, Dentsu
  • Fabio Peyer, Morningstar
  • George Evans, RSK
  • Jade McDemid, Baker Hughes
  • Marion Bentata, State Street
  • Seth Cameron-Chrichton, Sky
  • Shane O’Rourke, Diageo
  • Zoe Megins-Davies, Arup

Top 12 Future Leaders 2023 (in alphabetical order):

  • Alan Kan, Salesforce
  • Amelia Mugridge, Serco
  • Ben Kearney, Tesco
  • Callum Grant, Global Media
  • Daniel Peach, Google
  • Jacqui Rhule-Dagher, Hogan Lovells
  • Jamie Brown, Financial Times
  • Kirsty Mulholland, Bank of Ireland
  • Max Shillam, Amazon
  • Ross Sansom-Parnell, Natwest
  • TJ Richards, Santander
  • William Dryden, National Grid

The winners across all categories, including will be announced at the awards ceremony on 21 June 2024. Click here to find out more about the finalists and awards ceremony.

The 2024 Inclusive Awards celebrating workplace diversity, equity and inclusion, organised by Inclusive Companies, are now open for entries.

Nominations are now open for the Black British Business Awards in the search for this year’s top Black ‘Rising Stars’ and ‘Senior Leaders’.

The Community Business Awards, which celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion (DE&I) and wellbeing champions – individuals and organisations – are now open for nominations. 

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