The Times and The Sunday Times are thrilled to once again support this year’s Rising Star Awards. With gender politics and female empowerment dominating our headlines, supporting women in the workplace remains important to our readers, as well as an important strand of the journalism we create.
We believe that by raising up those at lower levels, we are creating tomorrow’s leaders and these awards’ help shine a spotlight on the tremendous work being achieved in the female pipeline. We look forward to celebrating the brilliant female talent that this year’s awards will discover.
LORRAINE CANDYLuxury Content Director of The Sunday Times
RISING STAR AWARDS
Now in their fifth year, the Rising Star Awards are the first to focus on the achievements of women below Senior Management or Director level – representing the female talent pipeline and the next generation of future leaders.
The awards also recognise the efforts of senior leaders who are championing gender equality, as well as putting the spotlight on a “company of the year” that is actively supporting its female talent pipeline above and beyond industry norms.
Over the past four years and with the support of leading organisations, WeAreTheCity has been able to highlight the achievements of over 450 women (350 in the UK, 100 in India) through the Rising Star Award’s process.
Shortlist announced & public vote opens
13 May 2019
Voting closes
31 May 2019
Winner’s announced at award’s ceremony
03 July 2019
THE PROCESS
Nominations will open online on 01 February via the Rising Stars’ website. Nominations will close after a seven week period on 22 March.
A shortlist of ten women from each industry category and ten from the Champion category, alongside three shortlisted companies for the Company of the Year award, will be chosen by an esteemed panel of judges. Once the shortlist is announced, we will also open the public votes of support, which enables individuals to show their support for a specific shortlisted individual.
All winners will be announced in July 2019 at a prestigious evening reception at The Sheraton Hotel, Park Lane, London. Tickets will be available to purchase via the Rising Star website.
A senior individual of any gender who is championing gender equality, either inside or outside their organisation.
The individual must also be able to demonstrate that they have actively supported the female pipeline either through their current work role or external activities.
Nominees must be Director level (or equivalent) or above and work in the UK.
A company that can clearly articulate their commitment to supporting their female talent pipeline and who can demonstrate tangible impact through their various gender initiatives.
AWARD CATEGORIES
Rising Stars in Banking & Capital Markets
Rising Stars in Creative
Rising Stars in Charity
Rising Stars in Defence
Rising Stars in Digital
Rising Stars in Diversity
Rising Stars in EA/PA
Rising Stars in Education & Academia
Rising Stars Entrepreneurs
Rising Stars in HR & Recruitment
Rising Stars in Insurance
Rising Stars in Investment Management
Rising Stars in Law (The Lynne Freeman Award)
Rising Stars in PR & Communications
Rising Stars in Property, Construction & FM
Rising Stars in Professional Services
Rising Stars in Public Sector
Rising Stars in Science & Engineering
Rising Stars in Technology
Rising Stars in All Other Industries
Rising Stars Champion
Company of the Year
Cancer Research UK is delighted to be supporting the WeAreTheCity’s Rising Star Awards, by sponsoring the “Rising Stars in Charity” category for the fourth year. It is important to us to be involved with the Awards and to play our part in shaping the future of women on their way to the top in this sector. We are keen to continue to instil a diverse working culture where everyone can reach their full potential and this is reflected in our commitment to flexible working, nurturing of female talent and an inclusive recruitment and selection process. This year, we welcome our new CEO, Michelle Mitchell and CFO, Rita Akushie, as well as Tracy De Groose who will be joining our board of Trustees. We are honoured to show our support for the next generation of female leaders in the sector by sponsoring these awards.
FRANCES MILNER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPY & PARTNERSHIPS, CANCER RESEARCH UK
Style are thrilled to support this year’s Rising Stars awards, and to be sponsoring the new creative category. Supporting women in the workplace is not only important to our readers but also an important strand of the journalism we create: we believe that by raising up those at lower levels, we are creating tomorrow’s leaders. We look forward to seeing the brilliant female talent that this year’s awards will discover.
LORRAINE CANDY | EDITOR IN CHIEF, STYLE
Barclays is delighted to be sponsoring the Digital category for Rising Stars 2019. We are committed to supporting the development of our future female leaders and that means creating a culture where they feel they can be part of the role digital has to play in their future careers. We’re proud of the work we do to embed diversity and awareness of the gender agenda, into all areas of our business and we have adopted an approach that promotes a firm-wide culture of inclusion. We have been a champion of Rising Stars since the beginning and are very much looking forward to the 2019 awards.
With WATC, C&C Search shares an absolute commitment to nurturing and supporting a diverse female pipeline. In a year where gender politics and power has dominated the conversation, it’s a real privilege for us to be part of the Rising Star Awards.
C&C partners with our clients to foster cultures that truly support, grow and celebrate female talent in the workplace. We believe that collaboration and strong leadership is key to opening up more creative, innovative and engaged talent pools. C&C is delighted to support the next generation of female talent, setting new standards in professional development, inspiration and community.
LUCY CHAMBERLAIN | FOUNDER, C&C SEARCH
We are delighted to support Rising Stars Awards for a third year, building a diverse pipeline is essential to support organisational culture change. At EDIT we are passionate about leveraging difference and see potential in everyone to be the best version of themselves. Supporting rising stars, sponsoring their journey and enabling belief in the art of the possible is part of our organisational purpose and that is why we continue to support Vanessa and the WATC team for this great programme
SONIA BATE | MANAGING DIRECTOR, EDIT DEVELOPMENT
Equality and inclusion have long since been values of Jobbio so we’re delighted to be involved in the WATC awards, recognising the amazing work being done by women in recruitment and HR. In the age of accelerated tech, it becomes even more important to focus on the humans who are transforming the industry and we can’t wait to see more from these rising stars.
STEPHEN QUINN | CEO, JOBBIO
Ensuring that we recognise and develop emerging female talent is critical to building and motivating a pipeline of top performers across our sector. Within Insurance, we want to encourage women to step forward and progress their careers, which is why we are delighted to be sponsoring the Insurance category of WeAreTheCity Awards for the fifth year in a row.
PAULINE MILLER | HEAD OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION, LLOYD’S
Northern Trust is delighted to be sponsoring the Rising Stars 2019 Investment Management Award and partnering with WeAreTheCity to shine a spotlight on the pipeline of talented women working in our industry. We have a wide range of programmes at Northern Trust to help develop female talent at every level in our organization so that our clients benefit from the innovative thinking that diverse and inclusive teams bring. We wish the best of luck to all the nominees.
We are delighted to be able to again support and celebrate the Lynne Freeman Rising Stars in Law! They represent the best that law has to offer – talented and dedicated young women who are no doubt destined for leadership. Just as their role models have inspired them, they too will inspire more rising stars through their enthusiasm, capability, creativity, and commitment to being the best of the best.
TAMARA BOX | MANAGING PARTNER EME, REED SMITH
We are delighted to support the Rising Star Property, Construction and FM award. Our industry faces a growing skills gap and needs to attract and retain much more diverse talent into the workplace. We believe to achieve our ambitions as a business and for the future health of the sector as a whole we need more women represented in every aspect of the industry and at every level. Supporting the next generation of female talent as they progress their careers is a privilege.
LOUISA FINLAY | DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR, KIER CONSTRUCTION
Supporting the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects lies at the heart of 3M’s community programme in the UK. As a science-based innovation company, we are particularly keen to encourage female students to consider STEM careers. We are therefore delighted to sponsor the Rising Stars in Science and Engineering category, helping to shine a light on role models who can inspire the next generation.
DAVE PAWSON | HR LEADER, NORTH EUROPE REGION, 3M
The diversity of our people is part of what makes Accenture exceptional. We recognise that each person has unique strengths, and by embracing those strengths, we all deliver high performance—together. That’s why we’re committed to a gender-balanced workforce by 2025 and growing the percentage of women managing directors globally to 25% by 2020. We are incredibly proud to sponsor the WeAreTheCity Technology Rising Star award, showcasing amazing female talent in technology and continuing to inspire the leaders of tomorrow.
CMI Women is delighted to be supporting the WeAreTheCity’s Rising Star Awards Champions category, to showcase the role models actively advocating gender balance in the workplace to help us take a step closer to benefiting from an inclusive environment. Diversity is the foundation for good leadership and management, delivering better results, reduced risk and access to a wide talent pool. CMI Women is at the forefront of driving gender balance in the workplace, encouraging organisations to put gender diversity at the heart of their agenda and develop the pipeline of women in management.
HEATHER MELVILLE | CHAIR OF CMI WOMEN
At Bloomberg, we believe that when one woman rises we all do, so it’s an absolute pleasure for the fourth year running to be joining WeAreTheCity in celebrating top emerging female talent. These awards are so critical to identifying and being the catalyst for the future pipeline. We applaud WeAreTheCity in recognising these womens achievements.
PAMELA HUTCHINSON | GLOBAL HEAD OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, BLOOMBERG
Ensuring that women at all levels succeed in our firm is a business priority for us - we know that having a diverse workforce is critical to the long term success of our business and the wider professional services industry. As such we are delighted to sponsor the Rising Star Professional Services award and celebrate the successes of talented women in the industry.
