pro-manchester has announced the young professionals shortlisted for a Made in Manchester Award.
Now in their sixth year, the coveted business awards, brought to you by Future pro-manchester celebrate Greater Manchester professionals under the age of 35. 2019 has been their best year yet, with more applications than ever before.
The glitzy ceremony will take place at The Emirates Old Trafford on Thursday 7th February 2019.
Of the shortlist, pro-manchester chief executive Sam Booth said: “The calibre of applicants for the 2019 awards has been phenomenal. We’re delighted to announce the stand-out nominees and look forward to seeing them at our drinks reception to celebrate this achievement in a matter of weeks.
“The MIMAs are a favourite in the pro-manchester calendar, and I would like to congratulate all of the shortlisted candidates on behalf of the team and commend them on already beating off tough competition to be shortlisted.
“I look forward to hearing the winners at The Emirates Old Trafford in February.”
The shortlisted nominees are as follows:
ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR sponsored by Four Recruitment
Alex Hesketh, Cowgills
Sakib Isa, BDO LLP
Luke Thompson, UHY Hacker Young
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Kerris Boulton, The University of Manchester
Megan Capper, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Sam Cox, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Chloe Hodgson, Auto Trader
Connor Lawlor, FareShare Greater Manchester
Leah Thomas, First Choice Homes Oldham
Kurtis Windrow, Eversheds Sutherland
BANKER OF THE YEAR
Mark Boyle, HSBC
Craig Cheetham, Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank
Sarah Cooper, BNY Mellon
Craig Monks, Tosca Debt Capital
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR sponsored by Yorkshire Bank
Charles Frinault, Amber Road
Georgia Zaryckyj, The Alchemist
CORPORATE FINANCIER OF THE YEAR
Tom Battersby, GCA Altium
Sam Davies, Cowgills
Charlie Morris, KPMG LLP
Mark Smith, GCA Altium
Alex Wilson, Rickitt Mitchell
DIGITAL, MEDIA OR CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR sponsored by ThisisLDA
Laura Berry, BIG Partnership
Charleh Dickinson, KUB
Sian English, seventy7
Jack Gregson, Tunafish Media
Nick Terry, Barclays
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
Hannah Cox, betternotstop
David Ingram, Bring Digital
Holly Mack, Verastar
Emma Rushworth, String Infusion
Lily Shippen, Lily Shippen
Dr Mingxu Sun, University of Salford
GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
Brittany Brown, Grant Thornton
George Bullivant, EY
Jujhar Dusanj, EY
Martin Harlow, Thermatic
Will Lenehan, Evestor
Tom Parry, Barclays
Mathew Whitehouse, Brewin Dolphin
LAWYER OF THE YEAR sponsored by Hall Brown
Rebecca Bainbridge, Kuits
Ruth Fairhurst, Eversheds Sutherland
Charlotte Lewis, Mills & Reeve LLP
Helen Mather, Kuits
Emma Nimmo, Kuits
Camille Stephenson, Browne Jacobson LLP
Gemma Wylie, Latitude Law
MARKETING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Laura Berry, BIG Partnership
Richard Ferrar, Peak
Alex Hamilton, One Marketing Communications
Claire Keegan, One Marketing Communications
Cicely Ward, Tunafish Media
Emma Ware, Evestor
PROPERTY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Michael Beatty, Malcolm Hollis
Carolyn Brady, Rider Levett Bucknall
Tom Giddings, Rider Levett Bucknall
Aron Kirsh, Rider Levett Bucknall
Andy Thompson, SDL Auctions
TALENT OR RECRUITMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR sponsored by RADA Business
Sophie Boden, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Katrina Conroy, Instinct Resourcing
Danielle Farrell, Michael Page
Kelly Reid, Realm Recruit
Abbie Smith, Four Recruitment
Laura Vickers, Randstad
Luke Whatmough, Douglas Scott
