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Nominations for the 2021 Awards
Nominations for the 2021 are open
Shortlisting and Judging
All nominations are reviewed by the shortlist committee and five candidates per category will be shortlisted for the 2021 Awards. In June shortlisted candidates will be invited for a short interview with their category judges.
Awards ceremony
The Award winners will be announced on September 22nd at the London Hilton on Park Lane.


Eligibility criteria
- Candidates must be based in UK
- 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.
2020 Judges
Our judges are senior leaders with a broad experience across industry.

Prini Pithouse
Company Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, Legal Regulatory & Compliance, Visa Europe

Suki Kaur Gill
Head of Investigations at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Samantha Cohen CVO
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC)
AWA winners 2019
Held in association with NatWest, the 20th Asian Women of Achievement Awards were held in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Badiya bint Hassan, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Cherie Blair CBE QC, Baroness Chakrabarti CBE PC, Seema Malhotra MP, Nusrath Ghani MP and actress Meera Syal.
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