2025 FINALISTS – SCOTTISH AWARDS
ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR (ORGANISATION)
Babcock
FDM Group
Forces Employment Charity
Mott MacDonald
Officers’ Association Scotland
ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR (INDIVIDUAL)
Billy Ingram, BAE Systems
Chris Ackerman, Mott MacDonald
Craig Murney, NHS National Services Scotland
Douglas Hill, GE Aerospace
Janine Granger, Barclays
Jonney Gardner, Harbour Bar Gourdon
Margaret Evangelista, Home Office / FDM Group
BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR
David Barrington, Temus
Fiona Forrest-Anderson, Edinburgh Napier University
James McLaren, TrustFord Glasgow
Malcolm Sutherland, Caledonian Concepts
Rob Young, Wood Mackenzie
INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Alexander Keenan, BAE Systems
Drew Gall, RDK Environmental
Jock Boyle, Viz-Ovalz
Precious Kweku Obeng, ScottishPower
Scott MacDonald, Flying Scotsman UAS
Shehzad Afzal, FilmedUP
INSPIRATION OF THE YEAR
Andrew Geelan, BAE Systems
Chris Ahern, Perth and Kinross Council
Craig Causer, Scottish Water
Gerry McGregor, Veterans Tribe Scotland
Mick O’Connor, Thales
MILITARY VALUES IN BUSINESS AWARD
Brian Howieson, University of Limassol
David O’Loughlin, DE&S
Paul Gilligan, BT
Paul Sowton, Capgemini / FDM Group
Stephanie Grieve, Scullion LAW
Timothy Bradshaw, Sandstone Communications
NEW SERVICE LEAVER OF THE YEAR
Gavin Pickin, Companies House / FDM Group
Helen Shropshall, Mott MacDonald
Hugo Morgan, BAE Systems
Jimmy Bellis, British Antarctic Survey
Liam Andrews, BAE Systems
Mark Whittle, Barclays
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR
Andrew Lawrence, Nucleus Financial
Ian Drysdale, Carbon60
Li Stark, BAE Systems
Paul Edmondson, AECOM
Ross Higgins, Barclays
Scott Muir, Forces Employment Charity
RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
Adam King, JP Morgan
Dane Clackworthy, CyberPrism
Laura David, Lochs and Rocks
Maxwell Phillips, BlackRock
Michael Goodfellow, BGEN
Stewart Simpson, Lloyd’s Banking Group
ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR
Danielle Wood, Barclays
David Gillespie, Agile Solutions
Dawn Fletcher, Barclays
Gavin Rae, BAE Systems
Scott Findlay, Galliford Try
Steven Bell, SP Energy Networks
SERVICE LEAVER OF THE YEAR
Callum Buchan, Stork UK
Gerry Boyd, Mott MacDonald
Ian Palmer, LevertonHELM
James Nelson, NHS Lothian
Lisa Watt, BAE Systems
Simon Wilderspin, Diageo
TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR
Dan Greenwood, Mott MacDonald
Findlay Farquharson, HPR ROV
Gary Dunn, BT
Ross Samson, BAE Systems
Stewart Cuthbertson, Police Scotland / FDM Group
Tim Wigham, Exceed
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