2026 finalists
Organisational Categories
Organisation of the Year
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
KPMG UK
Lewis Silkin LLP
Lloyds Banking Group
LMAX Group
Mears Group PLC
Ministry of Defence
NatWest Group
Norton Rose Fulbright
Savills
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Leadership of the Year
Flex Legal
G4S
HSBC
KPMG
Mears Group PLC
Morgan Stanley
Norton Rose Fulbright
Sheffield City Council
Sodexo
Wychavon District Council
Innovation
AMS
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Lewis Silkin LLP
Pinsent Masons
Savills
Snap Inc.
Sodexo
University of Nottingham
Queen Mary University of London
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Recruitment Programme of the Year
Department for Work and Pensions
Foot Anstey
Goldman Sachs
Havas London
Howden Group Holdings
ICG
KPMG
Lloyds Banking Group
PA Consulting
Royal London
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Pre-Recruitment Programme of the Year
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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
HSBC
KPMG
Lloyds Banking Group
Network Rail
Pemberton Asset Management
Tokio Marine HCC
Trowers & Hamlins
University of Warwick
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Community Programme of the Year
Aberdeen Group plc
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Linklaters
London Luton Airport
White Hut Studios and Mears Group PLC
Michael Page
PwC
Sizewell C
Slaughter and May
Vanquis
Tech for Social Mobility
Accenture
LMAX Group
Met Office
Microsoft UK
NTT DATA Business Solutions UK&I
PA Consulting
Tata Consultancy Services
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Progression Programme of the Year
Close Brothers
DLA Piper
G4S
Royal London
Sky
Sodexo
University of the Year
Birmingham Newman University
BPP
University of Bradford
University of Exeter
University of Leeds
The University of Sheffield
University of Worcester
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Individual Categories
Champion of the Year
Kate Cheetham, Lloyds Banking Group
Tara Denley, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Jenny Dickson, Morton Fraser MacRoberts
Darren Hardman, Microsoft UK
Jonathan Holt, KPMG
Paul Lewis OBE, Linklaters
Andrew Masraf, Pinsent Masons
Professor Arad Reisberg, Brunel University of London
Paul Speight, Lloyds Banking Group
Mentor of the Year
Nina Buttle, Page Group
Will Drayson, Mears Group PLC
Eleanor Higginson, Slaughter and May
Lauren Moore, Pinsent Masons
Gabrielle Pereira, Slaughter and May
Sunny Tatla, Tokio Marine HCC
William Turner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Rising Star of the Year
Sanae Elmed, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Tom Glenn, Lewis Silkin LLP
Deniz Horoz, Mears Group plc
Victoria Howard, Browne Jacobson
Eloisa McKee, KPMG
Rachel McMahon, Corecom Tech Academy
Monica O’Brien, SecuriGroup
Josh Wilkins, A&O Shearman
Emilie Wright, Sodexo
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