2025 WINNERS – SCOTTISH AWARDS
ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR (INDIVIDUAL)
Winner: Douglas Hill, GE Aerospace
PRESENTED BY
Gillian Currie, The MacRobert Trust / Douneside Military Club (right)
SPONSORED BY


ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR (ORGANISATION)
Winner: Officers’ Association Scotland
PRESENTED BY
Hatty Jackson, SaluteMyJob (right)


BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Fiona Forrest-Anderson, Edinburgh Napier University
PRESENTED BY
Paul Harrison, Mott MacDonald (right)


INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Drew Gall, RDK Environmental
PRESENTED BY
Mark Hale, SP Energy Networks (right)


ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR
Winner: Danielle Wood, Barclays
PRESENTED BY
Lorraine Cadle, Forces Employment Charity (right)


MILITARY VALUES IN BUSINESS AWARD
Winner: Stephanie Grieve, Scullion LAW
PRESENTED BY
Geoff Searle, BAE Systems (right)


OUTSTANDING ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Scott Muir, Forces Employment Charity
PRESENTED BY
Walter Gallacher, SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity (right)


NEW SERVICE LEAVER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Helen Shropshall, Mott MacDonald
PRESENTED BY
Stephen Hunt, AECOM (right)


RISING STAR OF THE YEAR
Winner: Dane Clackworthy, CyberPrism
PRESENTED BY
Andrew Jackson, SaluteMyJob (right)


INSPIRATION OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gerry McGregor, Veterans Tribe Scotland
PRESENTED BY
Heather McVeigh, Officers’ Association Scotland (right)


SERVICE LEAVER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Gerry Boyd, Mott MacDonald
PRESENTED BY
Steven Maclaren, The National Robotarium (right)


TEAM LEADER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ross Samson, BAE Systems
PRESENTED BY
James Woodward, Addleshaw Goddard (right)
SPONSORED BY


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