TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Dee Appleton Cairns,
Countess of Chester NHS FT

SPONSORED BY

Brian Tolworthy, Quest Magazine, Bulldog Publishing (left)

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Winner: Christopher Kenna, Brand Advance

SPONSORED BY

Graham Hill-Adams, Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace, Defence & Security, Sopra Steria (left)

EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Amazon

SPONSORED BY

Andrew Jackson, Managing Director, SMJ Consulting Services (second from right)

INSPIRATION OF THE YEAR

Winner: Tim Evers, Sapper Support

PRESENTED BY

Matthew Farrant, Managing Director, Global Workplace Solutions EMEA, CBRE (left)

MILITARY VIRTUES IN BUSINESS AWARD

Winner: Rachael Stevenson, Serco

PRESENTED BY

Rear Admiral Mike Bath, Naval Secretary, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff & Flag Officer Reserves (left)

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Winner: Chris Gillan, Heroes Drinks Company

SPONSORED BY

Praseeda Nair, Editorial Director, Real Business (centre)

NEW SERVICE LEAVER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Matt Chapman, J.P. Morgan

SPONSORED BY

Tony Welch, Chief Procurement Officer, Lloyd’s of London (left)

RESERVIST OF THE YEAR

Winner: James Wootton, Agency Space

SPONSORED BY

Andy Brodie, Chief Operating Officer, Aberdeen Standard Capital (left)

RISING STAR OF THE YEAR

Winner: Darryll Boden, Eurostar

SPONSORED BY

Howard Hughes, Director, Military & Government, Kuehne + Nagel (left)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR

Winner: James Howarth, RS Components

SPONSORED BY

Simon Williams, CEO, NTT Data UK (left)

ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR

Winner: Ben Edwards, Facebook

PRESENTED BY

Lt. Gen. Sir Andrew Gregory, CEO, SSAFA – the Armed Forces charity (left)

ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR

Winner: Gillian Russell, Amazon

PRESENTED BY

Air Vice Marshal Tamara Jennings, Director Legal Services, Royal Air Force (left)

SERVICE LEAVER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Nick Wadey, Hi-Line Contractors SW

PRESENTED BY

Martyn Compton, Race Driver, Team BRIT (left)

EX-FORCES INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR 

Winner: Step into Health

SPONSORED BY

Simon Bucks Chief Executive, SSVC (middle)

BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Vern Davis, Sopra Steria

SPONSORED & PRESENTED BY

Stewart Sharman, Deputy Managing Director (UK) & Global Head of Ex-Forces Programme, FDM Group (left)

CHAMPION OF WOMEN AWARD

Winner: Justine Hodgkinson, Advocacy Focus

SPONSORED BY

Suzanne Hughes, HR Chief Operating Officer, Santander UK (left)

YOUNG LEADER OF THE YEAR

Winner: Camilla Howard, Compass Group UK&I

SPONSORED BY

Bill Hocking, CEO, Construction & Investments, Galliford Try (left)

OA EMPLOYER RECOGNITION AWARD

Winner: TSG Marine

SPONSORED BY

Alastair Singleton, Vice Chair of Trustees & Chairman of the Employment Sub-Committee, the Officers’ Association (left)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Winner: Richard Dorney, Strongmind Resiliency Training

PRESENTED BY

Arthur Currie (left) & Mary Guidera (second from right), Chelsea Pensioners