Sreepooja Katraju
“I’m a Senior AI & Cloud Platform Engineer at Accenture UK, with a decade spent building the kind of platforms
Novi Emerging Leader of the Year
This category is for women working less than 15 years within an organisation large or small. They should demonstrate personal and business progression, demonstrating leadership potential.
Stephenie McKenna
“As a Senior Manager in PwC’s Data and AI team, I bring nearly a decade of experience delivering innovative solutions
Shubhangi Goyal
Shubhangi is a senior data and AI professional worked in Fortune 500 companies to agile start-ups. She is a Microsoft
Sarah Reeder
Sarah Reeder is a Senior Service Strategy Manager at Sky, passionate about innovation, service improvement and developing people. She combines
Rachel Fenton
Rachel is an emerging finance leader who believes numbers are never just numbers — they represent decisions, people and opportunities.
Nanette Akrofi
I’m a Practice Manager at Alvarez & Marsal in London with over 20 years of experience in consulting and professional
Louisa Denly
Louisa Denly is a product manager at IBM, leading strategic initiatives across the IBM Z portfolio, the developer experience across
Akua Opong
Akua Opong is a multi-award winning speaker and thought leader with more than 15 years of experience in the financial
2026 Novi Awards
Now in its 16th year, the Novi Leadership Summit and Awards honours the impact of female leadership, innovation and entrepreneurism
Tara Annison
Tara Annison is Head of Product at Twinstake, an institutional staking infrastructure provider. She has over a decade of experience
Lucy Miles
Lucy is an award-winning engineer and strategic leader who has built a career on solving complex engineering challenges and delivering
Maria Rizov
trusted business partner and value added advisor to the boards and executive management teams, who succeeded in efficiently securing multi-million
Jenny Zhou
Jenny Zhou is an UK & Ireland Startup Solutions Architect at AWS, leading the AdTech/MarTech territory for UKI SUP from
Daria Preston
Daria is a Change Practitioner at the Bank of England, on the front line of cultural initiatives including talent management
Anupama Hatti
Anupama Hatti is Head of Programme Delivery at NHS Blood and Transplant, with over 22 years of experience across Telecom,
Amy Staines
A passionate advocate for financial education, Amy’s goal is to empower others to strive for financial freedom. Drawing from personal
Cassie Gasson
Cassie Gasson is the Co-CEO of Thrive, the fastest-growing workplace learning technology company. Joining Thrive in 2019, Cassie soon became
Breaking Barriers
Now in its 14th year, the Novi Leadership Summit and Awards honours the impact of female leadership, innovation and entrepreneurism
Unstoppable Women
With this year’s theme being “unstoppable women”, we are celebrating women who are showing exceptional leadership abilities in their teams,
Carlotta Zorzi
Coming from a small town in Italy, Carlotta started her career in Silicon Valley before joining the London corporate tech
Breaking Barriers
Now in its 13th year, the Forward Ladies Leadership Summit and Awards honours the impact of female leadership, innovation and