
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
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