Shortlisted Finalists 2026
Best Network Initiative 2026
Critically Ill Child Leave, Allwyn UK
Right To Respect, Balfour Beatty
Emerge Now Programme, Barclays
Unlimited Paid Fertility Leave, E.ON UK
Cancer Support Network: Raising Awareness and Empowering Action, EDF
Inclusive Uniform Campaign, Eurostar Group
Women's Safety Committee, NatWest Group
Reverse Mentoring Programme, Pfizer
Peer2Peer, Siemens
Menopause, Winston Taylor LLP
Network Inspirational Role Model 2026
Alastair Livesey, A&O Shearman
Phil Whaite, A&O Shearman
Sunna Daswani, Fiserv
Abi Harrison-Nye, giffgaff
Shirley Knowles, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Liz Dean, ISS
Bex Maxwell-Warrior, Labcorp
Michael Briggs, Shoosmiths LLP
Adelle Barker, Sky
Dharshni Dharma, Virgin Media O2
Andreya Ezekiel-Meade, Virgin Media O2
Robin Panrucker, Winston Taylor LLP
Outstanding Ability Network 2026
Ability Affinity Network, Balfour Beatty
Scaffold, Barratt Redrow
HAND, giffgaff
RespectABILITY, Manchester Airports Group (MAG)
Enable, Mitie
capABILITY, MSD
Ability@SGN, SGN
Springer Nature Disability & Neurodiversity Network (SN D&N), Springer Nature
Enable_All, Xerox
Outstanding Employee Network 2026
Emerge, Barclays
Menopause Network, Barratt Redrow
Bridge, BDO UK
Forces Network, Centrica
Gender Balance Network, Close Brothers
Domestic Abuse Support Community, HSBC UK
Aspire, NatWest Group
Black Women's Network (BWN), University of West London
Outstanding Family Network 2026
Carers Network, Centrica
Working Parents and Carers, Close Brothers
Parents & Carers, dentsu UK
Working Parents Network (WPN), EDF Energy
sPaCe Network (Supporting Parents & Carers Everywhere), Heathrow
P.A.C.T (Parents and Carers Together), Manchester Airports Group (MAG)
Parent Network, Sanctuary
Working Parents & Carers Network, Skipton Building Society
Parents & Carers at Sky, Sky
Family Matters, Winston Taylor LLP
Outstanding LGBTQIA Network 2026
The LGBTQ+ Network, A&O Shearman
Spectrum, Barclays
Unity, Close Brothers
dbPride, Deutsche Bank
Haleon Pride, Haleon
Imperial Pride Network, Imperial College London
PRIDE, Labcorp
Pride Europe ERG, Scotiabank
IN-FUSE, ScottishPower
PROUD, Shoosmiths LLP
Pride at Mobility UK&I, Siemens Mobility
LGBTQ+ at Sky, Sky
QOLORS, Tata Consultancy Services
BeeProud, University of Manchester
Proudly, Virgin Media O2
equaliTW - Winston Taylor LLP
Outstanding Ethnicity Network 2026
unity, Aberdeen
Black Employee Network (BEN) - London, Adobe
Black Professionals Resource Group (BPRG), Barclays
Asian Leadership Council (ALC), Fiserv
EmbRace, Haleon
Ethnicity ERG, HSBC Private Bank
Race Equality Network, Grosvenor
Black Employee Network, Moneybox
Multicultural Network, NatWest Group
Multi Cultural Employee Resource Group (ERG) Europe, Scotiabank
Serco Embrace, Serco
Springer Nature Black Employee Network (SN BEN), Springer Nature
TUI CAN (Caribbean and African Network), TUI
Enrich, Virgin Media O2
BOLD (Black Outstanding Leaders Delivering), Warner Bros. Discovery
Black Heritage Network, Winston Taylor LLP
Outstanding New Network 2026
South Asian Affinity Group - SAAG, A&O Shearman
Mosaic, Barratt Redrow
MENtain, Entain
Better Together Network, Holland and Barrett
CHORD, Mitie
Adapt, Paramount
Women's Network, Surrey County Council
Women in Engineering Network, VodafoneThree
Outstanding Wellness Network 2026
Reproductive Health and Fertility Support Group, BAE Systems
Wellbeing Network, Close Brothers
Health and Wellbeing, Diligenta subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services
Fertility Forum, E.ON UK
Wellbeing@Entain, Entain
HSBC Employee Resource Groups, HSBC Innovation Banking
DAWN, IHG Hotels & Resorts
Wellbeing at SLR, SLR Consulting
Outstanding Women's Network 2026
Women at Adobe, Adobe
Women at A&M EMEA, Alvarez & Marsal
Under One Roof - SheBuilds, Barratt Redrow
BDO Inspire, BDO UK
EmpowerHER, Calisen
Eurostar Women's Network, Eurostar Group
Women@Haleon, Haleon
Balance@Mercer, Mercer Ltd
Gender Network, NatWest Group
Pfizer Women's Resource Group (PWR), Pfizer
Scotiabank Women, Scotiabank
Connected Women, ScottishPower
Women@Sky, Sky
SN Women UK, Springer Nature
Women's Network, Virgin Media O2
Outstanding Network Lead 2026
Brin Rajathurai, A&O Shearman
Charlotte Hanson, BAE Systems
Rachael D'Silva, Entain
Philip van Jaarsveldt, Haleon
Mitch Collett, Harper Collins
Stacie Rimington, Holland and Barrett
Joanne Wheeler, HSBC Innovation Banking
Illy Nagpal, HSBC Private Bank
Josie Galeana, Bex Maxwell-Warrior, Wayne Ferguson, Chris Trevors, Janna McNeil, Lauren Kucharczyk, T’Yanna Singleton, Labcorp
Saurabh Bajpai, NatWest Group
Jonathan Bryson, SGN
Kirsten Whitworth, Sky
Pauric Havlin, Tata Consultancy Services
Eureka Cheema & Henna Tank, Virgin Media O2
Tony Fagelman, Xerox
Outstanding Executive Sponsor 2026
Samantha Sheriff, Allwyn UK
Julien Kasparian, BNP Paribas - Securities Services
Gareth Openshaw, Centrica
Rebecca Short, Deutsche Bank
Emmanuelle Scemama, Eurostar Group
Namrata Patel, Haleon
Ruth Nic Aoidh, JLR
Kit Morey, Paramount
Pierre Coppin, Sky
Head of Diversity, Belonging or Inclusion 2026
Gill Thomas, Balfour Beatty
Gemma Webb, Barratt Redrow
Georgie Willis, Eurostar Group
Rukasana Bhaijee, Financial Times
Ian Tomney-Bell, giffgaff
Leigh Kelly Andrews, Kantar
Sim Sian, Mitie
Jodie Williams, Pan Macmillan
Jamie Taylor-Louro, Serco
Reema Samuel-Lewis, Sky
Frances Corrigan, Virgin Media O2
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