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Nominations for the 2019 Awards
Nominations for the 2019 Awards will open in November.
Shortlisting and Judging
All nominations are reviewed by the shortlist committee and five candidates per category will be shortlisted for the 2019 Awards. Shortlisted candidates are invited to a judging day for a short interview with their category judges. Judging day takes place on March 5 in London.
Awards ceremony
The Award winners will be announced at the gala dinner on April 29 at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
Eligibility criteria
- Candidates must be UK residents
- Candidates must be born in one of the countries highlighted in this map, or be born into an ethnic group or had at least one grandparent from one of the countries identified in this map.
2018 Judges
Our judges are senior leaders with a broad experience across industry.
Dr Melissa Hungerford
Vice President, Global Talent Management and Inclusion, Avon Products
Bridget Long
Vice President/General Manager of London and South East England, Enterprise Holdings
Nik Jhangiani
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Coca-Cola European Partners
Suki Kaur Gill
Head of Investigations at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
AWA winners 2018
Held in association with NatWest, the 2018 Awards were held in the presence of Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex, Her Grace The Duchess of Wellington, Tulip Siddiq MP, Baroness Amos, Director, SOAS University of London, Rachel Johnson, Journalist, Author, Lewis Lukens, Deputy Chief of Mission for the US Embassy in London and actress Amrit Maghera.
Yasmin Sheikh & Jihyun Park, NatWest Chairman’s Award
Maya Ghazal & Dr Jenny Tran, Young Achiever
Halima Khan, Sport
Kalbir Bains, Social & Humanitarian
Dr Ishani Patel, Science & Technology
Dr Pooja Saini, Public Service
Dr Farah Ahmed, Professions
Balvinder Sidhu, Media
Simone G. Malik, Arts & Culture
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