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About the British Data Awards

The British Data Awards, with headline partner Data Literacy Academy, is an annual quest that aims to discover and celebrate the UK’s data success stories.

Now in our fifth 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. You can view the Winners of the fourth edition of the British Data Awards by clicking this link. 

Nominations for 2025 are now open and there is no entry cost. Please click the button below to access the nomination form.

Key Dates

3rd January 2025
Nominations Open

21st February 2025
Nominations Close

19th March 2025
Finalists Announced

14th May 2025
Awards Ceremony

Category Partners

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
  • 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 
  • Start-Up of the Year
  • SME of the Year
  • Large Company of the Year
  • Data Vendor of the Year
  • Data Partnership of the Year

Sector Awards

  • AI Company of the Year
  • Analytics 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
  • Technology Company of the Year

 

Solution Awards

  • BI Solution of the Year
  • Data Management Solution of the Year

People Awards

  • Data Leader of the Year (Brand)
  • Data Leader of the Year (Supplier)
  • Rising Star of the Year
  • Data Team of the Year

For more information about the British Data Awards please register your interest or contact us at [email protected].

Judging Panel

Abel Aboh

Advisor – AI Governance 

Bank of England

Helen Blaikie

Chief Data & Analytics Officer

Aston University

Neil Carden

President EMEA

Blend

Dr Sophie Carr

Founder

Bays Consulting

Caroline Carruthers

CEO

Carruthers and Jackson

Rob Holtom

Executive Director, Digital, Data & Tech

Information Commissioner’s Office

Jason Johnson

Co-Founder

Predatech

Kinnari Ladha

Chief Data Officer

Merlin Entertainments

Di Mayze

Chief Data & AI Officer

Marks & Spencer

George McCrea

Director Data Science, Analytics & Visualisation

The Crown Estate

 

Adrian Pinder

Head, Digital & Data

DS Smith

Niresh Rajah

Chief Data & AI Officer

DLA Piper

Professor Ed Rochead

Chair

Alliance for Data Science Professionals

Adam Ryan

Chief Data Officer

Calligo

Miryem Salah

Chief Data Officer & Director of Vodafone Business IT Hubs

Vodafone 

Nick Sawyer

Global Data Officer

Dr. Martens

Lucy Vickers

Chief Data Officer & Chief Statistician

Department of Health & Social Care

Awards Ceremony

The sold-out British Data Awards 2024 ceremony took place on the 8th May 2024 at the iconic Grand Hall of the Grand Connaught Rooms, London.

The evening was hosted by the comedian Lucy Porter and was designed to celebrate our Finalists and announce the Winners. The ceremony included a drinks reception, three course dinner with wine, comedy, an acrobatic performance, live band, games, and of course a glittering awards ceremony!

Nominations for the fifth edition of the British Data Awards, with headline partner Data Literacy Academy, are now open and will close at midnight on the 21st February 2025.

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.

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