Last year, through our Rising Star awards WeAreTheCity highlighted the achievements of 100 future leaders and role models across 20 different industries and professions.
We are proud to announce that our previous winners have gone on to achieve phenomenal success. You can read about some of their achievements here.
“Since winning the Rising Star award in Diversity award in 2016, I have been promoted from UK Diversity and Inclusion Manager to Head of Diversity and Inclusion. This award has been instrumental in raising my profile and credibility both inside Zurich and externally.” – Julie Thomas, Zurich
Due to the success of these awards, WeAreTheCity are now seeking to recognise the achievements of a further 100 role models and future female leaders in 2018, however we cannot do this without your nominations!
The Rising Star awards recognise the achievements of women who are below Senior Management or Director level and therefore represent the female talent pipeline and the next generation of future leaders.
“It has been great being involved with WeAreTheCity. Since winning the Rising Star in Law award in 2016, I have been promoted to a senior associate.” – Danielle Ayres, Gorvins Solicitors
In previous years, the awards have been supported by an array of FTSE sponsors and this year is no different. We are proud to announce that this year’s award headline sponsors are The Times and The Sunday Times.
The Rising Star Awards are also supported by 3M, Aon, Barclays, Bloomberg, Cancer Research UK, CMI Women, EDIT Development, EPAA, Kaleidoscope, Kier, Lloyds Banking Group, Lloyd’s Insurance, Northern Trust, PedalSure, Reed Smith, SAGE and Sodexo. Additional sponsors and categories will be announced throughout January.
Alongside our Rising Star categories, we are also calling for nominations for Champions and a Company of the Year. Our Champion award recognises the achievements of five senior individuals, male or female, who are actively supporting the female pipeline outside of their day job. Nominations for this award are individuals who have demonstrated their commitment to gender, eg HeForShe supporters, Network Leaders, Directors, MD’s or C-Suite individuals who are championing women either inside or outside their organisations.
The Company of the Year award recognises the achievements of a company who can clearly demonstrate that they are actively supporting its female talent pipeline through their initiatives, training, development programmes and internal employee relations and diversity network groups.
The nominations process for all 20 categories, our Rising Star Champions and Company of the Year award will open on 01 February 2018. Nominations will take place online via the Rising Stars website. For details of the criteria to enter the awards, visit here.
Nominations will take place online via the Rising Stars website. For details of the criteria to enter the awards, click here.
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- Rising Stars in Banking & Capital Markets, sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group
- Rising Stars in Charity, sponsored by Cancer Research UK
- Rising Stars in Consulting, sponsor TBA
- Rising Stars in Defence, sponsor TBA
- Rising Stars in Digital, sponsored by Barclays
- Rising Stars in Diversity, sponsored by Aon
- Rising Stars EA & PA, sponsored by EPAA
- Rising Stars in Education & Academia, sponsored by EDIT Development
- Rising Stars in Entrepreneurs & Startups, sponsored by SAGE
- Rising Stars in Facilities, Property & Construction, sponsored by Kier
- Rising Stars in Healthcare, sponsored by Sodexo
- Rising Stars in HR & Recruitment, sponsor TBA
- Rising Stars in Insurance, sponsored by Lloyd’s Insurance
- Rising Stars in Investment Management, sponsored by Northern Trust
- Rising Stars in Law (The Lynne Freeman Award), sponsored by Reed Smith
- Rising Stars in Media & Journalism, sponsor TBA
- Rising Stars in PR, Communications & Marketing, sponsored by JHPR
- Rising Stars in Science & Engineering, sponsored by 3M
- Rising Stars in Sport, sponsored by PedalSure
- Rising Stars in Technology, sponsor TBA
- Rising Star Champions, sponsored by CMI Women
- Company of the Year, sponsor TBA
The awards are also supported by Bloomberg who will host our shortlist winners celebrations in June 2017.
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- Nominations open: 01 February 2018
- Nominations close: 25 March 2018
- First round judging period: 09 – 27 April 2018
- Shortlist announced and public vote*: 14 May
- Finalist judging period: 14 May – 10 June 2018
- Shortlist celebration event: 06 June 2018
- Public voting closes: 10 June 2018
- Winner’s announced: 18 June 2018
- Winner’s event: w/c 16 July 2018
*There is no public vote of support for the Champion of the Year or Company of the Year award
If you have any additional questions about the awards, please contact info@wearethecity.com. For details of entry criteria, please visit here.
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