British Diversity Awards reveals 2025’s winners

The fourth annual British Diversity Awards, headline sponsored by LSEG, celebrated this year’s winners at the prestigious Grosvenor House London on Wednesday 19th March. The evening paid tribute to individuals, teams and organisations leading the way in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), several of which are myGwork’s corporate partners.

EO.N scooped the award for Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year, with GSK highly commended for the same category. Avanade’s Emily Warren won the HR Diversity Champion of the Year Award, and Deutsche Bank’s Prasad Hattikudur took home the Diversity Champion of the Year Award.

“Diversity and inclusion are the foundations of a stronger, more successful society. The British Diversity Awards celebrate the organizations and individuals leading the way in creating a more equal and representative world,” stated Linda Riley, founder of the British Diversity Awards. “It’s been a truly inspirational night.”

Hosted by celebrated broadcaster Charlene White and TV personality Dr. Ranj Singh, the evening included an empowering keynote speech from June Sarpong OBE and a high-energy performance from Boney M, showcasing the UK’s commitment to inclusion.

This year's winners by category, include:

Community Project of the Year, sponsored by Centrica

Winner: Disability Awareness, Hedley's College - Percy Hedley Foundations

Highly Commended: Move You In Packs, Amey

Head of Diversity of the Year, sponsored by Amazon

Winner: Gemma Webb, Barratt Redrow

Highly Commended: Jo Dooley, A&O Shearman

Hero of the Year, sponsored by Boots

Winner: Phillipa Nicholson, The Neurodiversity Career Coach

Highly Commended: Sachin Patel, John Lewis Partnership

Diversity in Tech (Specific to Disability), sponsored by BT Group

Winner: HSBC Empathy Box, HSBC UK

Highly Commended: GENIUS (Generating Neuro-Inclusive Selection) Project, Sammi-Select

Diversity Team of the Year, sponsored by Haleon

Winner: Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Team, Sky UK LTD

Highly Commended: Inclusion & Diversity Team, British Airways

Charity or Not-For-Profit of the Year, sponsored by Legal & General

Winner: Future Leaders UK

Inspirational Role Model of the Year, sponsored by DHL EXPRESS

Winner: Kat Parsons, Centrica

Highly Commended: Jill Leflour, Deutsche Bank

Outstanding Employee Network of the Year, sponsored by Markerstudy Group

Winner: Lockton Ignite, Lockton

Highly Commended: Carers Network, Centrica

Outstanding Women's Network of the Year, sponsored by Ruebik

Winner: Women's Network, EDF Energy

Highly Commended: ABP GEN, Associated British Ports

Outstanding Ability Network of the Year, sponsored by Allianz Commercial

Winner: Enable Network, Nationwide Building Society

Highly Commended: Disabled Staff Network, University of Wolverhampton

Outstanding LGBTQIA Network of the Year, sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking

Winner: LGBT+ and Friends, E.ON

Highly Commended: Spectrum UK&I, GSK

Outstanding Ethnicity Network of the Year, sponsored by Paramount

Winner: MOSAIC-UK, UBS

Highly Commended: Savills Ethnicity Group, Savills UK

HR Diversity Champion of the Year, sponsored by CBRE

Winner: Emily Warren, Avanade

Highly Commended: Martyn Worsley, Lockton

Diversity Ambassador of the Year, sponsored by EmployAbility

Winner: Bernadette Samuel, Virgin Media O2

Highly Commended: Leng Montgomery, Burberry

Social Mobility Initiative of the Year, sponsored by AMS

Winner: Grid for Good: National Grid Social Mobility Programme, National Grid

Highly Commended: BEGIN, Digital Boost & Buy Women Built

Diversity Champion of the Year, sponsored by Leathwaite

Winner: Prasad Hattikudur, Deutsche Bank

Highly Commended: Lauren McNeal, Gi Group

Global Diversity Initiative of the Year, sponsored by LSEG

Winner: Diversity Knows No Discrimination, Paramount

Highly Commended: Health Inclusivity, Haleon

Company of the Year, sponsored by National Grid

Winner: Monzo

Highly Commended: Sky UK LTD

Athlete Powering Positive Change, sponsored by Lockton & UK Sport

Winner: Cindy Ngamba, Refugee Olympic Team

Highly Commended: Ruth Mwandumba, British Shooting

Media Champion of the Year, sponsored by SEDULO

Winner: Christine McGuinness

Lifetime Achievement, sponsored by Flutter UK&I

Winner: Kanya King