• 2025 Winners

    Rising Star

    SME – Innocent Paul, CEO, CoreDefense Limited

    Rising Star

    Large Company – Olivia Brown, Data Privacy Adviser, Aso

    Outstanding DPO

    SME – Liz Smith, Data Protection Officer, DataGuard

    Outstanding DPO

    Large Company – Ernst Oliver Wilhelm, Data Protection Officer, GFT Technologies SE

    Best Privacy Culture Improvement Award

    Veolia Data Protection Team

    Best Privacy Programme Award

    Qover SA

    Bridging the Privacy and Security Gap Award

    Thibault Meunier, Cloudflare

    Sustainability and Privacy Initiative of the Year

    Admiral Group

    Data Governance & Record Management Programme

    of the Year

    Portman Dentex

    Law Firm of the Year

    Stephenson Harwood

    Most Innovative Platform/Software of the Year

    The Guardian

    Industry Network of the Year

    Privacy Space

    DE&I Leadership Excellence Award

    Ito Onojeghuo, Head of Training and Consultancy, ALLNET Law

    InfoSec Team of the Year

    Capgemini Invent UK

    Privacy Champion of the Year

    SME – Eleonor Duhs, Bates Wells

    Privacy Champion of the Year: Large Company

    Natasha McAllister, Cognizant and Anne-Claire Dubois, Sony PlayStation

    Compliance Champion:

    SME – Luke Beckley, Chief Compliance Officer, Hope4

    Compliance Champion:

    Large Company – Odvar Bjerkholt, Principal Lawyer, BT Group

    InfoSec Champion

    Ira Goel, Founder and CEO, Gira Group

    Cyber Security Team of the Year

    NCC Group

    Responsible AI & Data Ethics Initiative or Leadership

    SME – Trilateral Research

    Responsible AI & Data Ethics Initiative or Leadership

    Carly Thurgood, AI Privacy Governance Manager, Pax8 Inc

    Safeguarding Children’s Data Award

    Dolores Martyn, XpertDPO

    Compliance Team of the Year

    Dornan Engineering Ltd

    Author / Creator of the Year

    Serious Privacy Podcast

    Inspiring Communications Award

    Data Privacy Simplified

    Inspiring Communications Award

    Jide Chinsman, ECB Star Group

    Team of the Year

    Flo Health

    Privacy Team of the Year: Public Company

    Wales Accord on the Sharing of Personal Information (WASPI)

    Privacy Team of the Year: Public Company

    Private Company – Boundless

    2023 Winners

    Best Educator

    Basil (Vassilios) Manoussos, Edinburgh Napier University

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Academia​

    Dr Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, University of Portsmouth

    Best Privacy Culture Improvement Award​

    Dr Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, University of Portsmouth

    Bridging the Privacy and Security Gap Award​

    Dr Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, University of Portsmouth

    Most Impactful Privacy Product of the Year​

    APIMS Ltd

    Privacy Award for Achievement​

    - Robert Bond, Privacy Partnership Group

    - Emma Martins, Office of the Data Protection Authority

    Best Innovative Privacy Project

    Information Commissioner’s Office, Innovation Advice Service

    Best Privacy Programme Award​

    Vodafone

    ESG Privacy Initiative

    SafePorter Secure Limited

    Outstanding DPO​

    Gillian Cossey, Virgin Atlantic

    Privacy Executive of the Year​

    Emerald De Leeuw, Logitech

    Privacy Champion​

    Odvar Bjerkholt, BT Group

    Privacy Team of the Year​

    Royal Mail

    Privacy Writer/Author​

    Suzanne Dibble, Small Business Legal Academy

    Rising Star Award

    Jared Browne, Fexco

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Technology​

    James Leigh, Pimloc

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Consulting​

    Caroline Watson, Cognizant Worldwide

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Legal​

    Rachael Annear, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Academia​

    Caroline Lancelot Miltgen, AUDENCIA Business School

    International Privacy Protection Award

    Tata Consultancy Services Limited

    2024 Winners

    Leading Academic Establishment Award

    Queen Mary University

    Award for Achievement

    Bojana Bellamy, President at the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL)

    ESG Privacy Initiative

    Ernst Oliver Wilhelm, Chief Privacy Officer for GFT Technologies SE

    Executive of the Year

    Claudia Berg, General Counsel for the Information Commissioner's Office

    Leading Consultancy

    KPMG Privacy and Data Protection Consultancy

    Outstanding DPO

    Sue Khan, VP of Privacy and DPO, Flo Health

    Responsible AI & Data Ethics Initiative or Leadership

    Pimloc

    Leading Law Firm – Dentons

    AI Safety Institute

    Champion of the Year

    Claire Archibald, Legal Director at Browne Jacobson

    Most Innovative Data Privacy Project

    Global Screening Services (GSS)

    Data Privacy Culture Improvement Award

    Dornan Engineering

    Most Impactful Data Privacy Product

    TrustWorks

    Bridging the Data Privacy and Security Gap Award

    NormCyber

    Rising Star

    Adele Ashiru, Data Protection Officer for The Coca-Cola Company Europe

    Data Privacy Programme Award

    L'Oréal Global Data Privacy Program

    Data Privacy Team of the Year

    Education Data Hub, Derbyshire County Council

    2022 Winners

    Best Educator

    Michael Fortune, BT Group Plc

    Best Privacy Programme Award​

    Chris Frampton, Tata Consultancy Services Limited

    Best Privacy Culture Improvement Award​

    RX Global

    Bridging the Privacy and Security Gap Award​

    Royal Mail Think Secure Programme, Royal Mail Group

    Most Impactful Privacy Product of the Year​

    Zivver

    Privacy Award for Achievement​

    Rosemary Jay, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

    Best Innovative Privacy Project

    CSI-COP project team, Coventry University

    ESG Privacy Initiative

    Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

    Outstanding DPO​

    Lesley Holmes, MHR International UK Ltd

    Privacy Champion​

    Robert Baugh, Keepabl

    Privacy Team of the Year​

    Lidl GB Data Protection Team, Lidl GB

    Privacy Writer/Author​

    Dr Paul Lambert, Author

    Rising Star Award

    Rodica Cararus, S&P Global

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Technology​

    Ivana Bartoletti, Wipro

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Consulting​

    Hellen Beveridge, Cognizant

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Legal​

    Katie Hewson, Stephenson Harwood LLP

    Privacy Leader of the Year: Public Sector​

    Glen Hymers, UK Cabinet Office