About the British Data Awards
The British Data Awards is an annual quest that aims to discover and celebrate the UK’s data success stories.
Now in our seventh year, we’re particularly proud of the range of organisations and individuals that submit nominations as this allows us to showcase the vibrancy of the UK’s data ecosystem.
From FTSE 100 heavyweights to tech unicorns, innovative start-ups, public sector pioneers, essential not-for-profits, and everything in between – quite simply, if you have a data success story to share, we’d love to hear about it.
Our 2026 Winners & the Highly Commended entries were announced in May, and you can meet them here! If you’d like to stay up to date with all things British Data Awards, please follow us on LinkedIn or sign-up for email updates below.
Key Dates
4th January 2027
Nominations Open
19th February 2027
Nominations Close
17th March 2027
Finalists Announced
19th May 2027
Awards Ceremony
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Category Partners
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Award Categories
Overall Awards
- Innovation of the Year
- Data for Good Initiative of the Year
- Data for Good Consulting Initiative of the Year
- Data Transformation of the Year (Organisations with 4,000+ employees)
- Data Transformation of the Year (Organisations with <4,000 employees)
- Education Initiative of the Year
- Climate Change Initiative of the Year
- Generative AI Initiative of the Year
- Data Protection/Privacy Initiative of the Year
- Best Place to Work in Data
- Best Place to Work in Data (Partner)
- Start-Up of the Year
- SME of the Year
- Large Company of the Year
- Data Partnership of the Year
Sector Awards
- AI Company of the Year
- Consultancy of the Year
- Financial Services Company of the Year
- Healthcare Organisation of the Year
- Not-For-Profit of the Year
- Public Sector Organisation of the Year
Solution Awards
- Agentic AI Solution of the Year
- BI Solution of the Year
- Data Management Solution of the Year
People Awards
- Data Leader of the Year
- Data Leader of the Year (Partner)
- Rising Star of the Year
- Rising Star of the Year (Partner)
- Data Team of the Year (<20 people)
- Data Team of the Year (20+ people)
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Judging Panel
Helen Blaikie
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Aston University
Neil Carden
President EMEA
Blend
Caroline Carruthers
CEO
Carruthers and Jackson
Rob Holtom
Executive Director, Digital, Data & Tech
ICO
Asheeka Hyde
Technology Director – Data, Analytics & AI
SSP Group
Jason Johnson
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Predatech
Matt Lovell
Group Director of Data & AI
JD Sports Fashion
Di Mayze
Chief Data & AI Officer
Marks & Spencer
Roisin McCarthy
CEO
Women in Data
Professor Ed Rochead
Chair
Alliance for Data Science Professionals
Romit Sen
Chief Data and AI Officer
Allwyn UK
Sandra Stanley
Chief Data Science Officer
dunnhumby
Niresh Rajah
Chief Data & AI Officer
DLA Piper
Hannah Tipney
Senior Director, Precision Medicine Data & Analytics
GSK
Lucy Vickers
Chief Data Officer & Chief Statistician
Department of Health & Social Care
James Wright
Senior Director
Bioscript Group
Awards Ceremony
Over 700 attendees joined us for the sold out British Data Awards 2026 ceremony which took place on the 20th of May at The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD.
The ceremony included a drinks reception, a three course dinner with wine, comedy, performers, a live band, games, and of course just a few awards!
We have some extra special plans for 2027, and we can’t wait to welcome you to the best night in data once again.
About Predatech
Predatech helps organisations to turn the tide on the growing cyber security threat. We offer a range of services including CREST accredited penetration testing, Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications and ISO 27001 Consultancy.
Securing organisations and their data has helped us to understand the power of data to make our lives better. This led us to launch the British Data Awards in 2020.
Penetration
Testing
Conduct in-depth testing of your systems using a range of advanced manual techniques to identify vulnerabilities.
Cyber Essentials
Certification
Support, assess, and certify your business in the Government-backed Cyber Essentials or Cyber Essentials Plus certifications.