2026 UK Excellence Award judges

UK Excellence Award: Transformation Excellence

Carla Thomas

Openreach

Alan Williams

ServiceBrand Global

Simon Thompson

Smart DCC

Martin Brenig-Jones

Catalyst Consulting

Ross Andrews

BT

Dawn McCarroll

Helios Towers

Excellence in Business Agility

James Dwan

Catalyst Consulting

Vince Grant

Catalyst Consulting

Giles Lindsay

Agile Consortium

Karen McAllen

Agile Consortium

Katie Taylor

Agile Consortium

Myriam Hamad Torres

Agile Consortium

Excellence in Change Management

Laura Pearce

Boomster Consulting

Josephine Martin

GXO

Fruzsina Irimias

Tesco

Tonya Raber

Forvis Mazars

Jim Taylor-Rose

Taylor Woodrow

Daniel Mendez

Kaizen

Excellence in Collaboration

Melinda Johnson

BQF Board

Deborah Woods

Costa

Nicola Harris

Tui

Jayne Casey

Salesforce

Christian Fell

Forvis Mazars

Toby Adams

Ofgem

Excellence in Continuous Improvement Culture

Susannah Clarke

PMI

Alex Boyce

Centrica

Katie Lee-James

AXA

Matt Sims

Ever-So-Lean

Fraser Cowe

Tesco

Alexandra Donaldson

SSE

Kieran Higgins

Forvis Mazars

Anja Reid

Taylor Woodrow

Excellence in Customer Experience

Alan Williams

ServiceBrand Global

Samantha Cox

National Express

Mike Vernon

Arval

Dave Stubberfield

Carter Consulting

Phil Knowles

Currys

Fatoumata Mbaye

Helios Towers

Excellence in Employee Health and Wellbeing

David Langley

Openreach

Tim Sismey

National Express

Sarah Bacchus

LPA Group

Yomnh Eldin

Tesco

Jon Manning

Arthur Ellis

Angelika Arzumanian

Forvis Mazars

Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Laila Iftikhar

Lumena Consulting

Vicky Farrell

Yorkshire Water Safemove

Shirley Young

Ramudden Global

Matt Hammond

IHG

Jon Howell

Virgin Media O2

Excellence in Innovation

Lewis Chapman

Currys

James Hull

RAC

Antonia Della Malva

CIEE

Yogesh Patel

Vinci

Armando Pigozzi

Forvis Mazars

Victoria D'Arcy

All Things Circular

Excellence in Lean Six Sigma

Moore Allison

Catalyst Consulting

Rosie Finch

Forvis Mazars

Jiju Antony

Northumbria University

Ceri Williams

NHS Property Services

Kirsten Penton

Victrex

Andrea Greco

AGMC

Excellence in People Engagement and Development

Alan Williams

ServiceBrand Global

Matt Billing

Centrica

Sally Finnie

GXO

Andrew Horler

British Heart Foundation

Chloe Richardson

Currys

Claire Catchpole

Maximus

Excellence in Project Management

David Marrison

Boomster Consulting

Alexander Dumble

GXO

Clair Elliot

Newcastle University

Jillian Elfick

Forvis Mazars

Katie Harland

The National Lottery Community Fund

Tim Leane

Lumira

Graham Shorten

Openreach

Excellence in Sustainability

Melinda Johnson

Ofgem

Joel de Figueiredo

Rainforest Alliance

Gabriella Beregszaszi

Tesco

Ricardo Romero

Portsmouth University

Bryony Roberts

Pragmatic Consulting

Stephanie Maurel

The Corporation of Church House

Andrea Purvis

Openreach

Being Excellent: Best Team

Laura Pearce

Boomster Consulting

Neil Harrison

IHG

Melissa Wright

Catalyst Consulting

Oliver Chan

BCN

Laila Iftikhar-Ali

Lumena Consulting

Being Excellent: Practitioner

Mohammed Shaikh

Biffa

Jo Eighteen

Biffa

Paul Hayward

CooperVision

Jarred Barnard

Arval

Sarah Fan

IHG

Rebecca Bowes

Currys

Being Excellent: Emerging Leader

Melinda Johnson

Ofgem

Pepper Clayton-Fisher

British Heart Foundation

Kay Tear

Business Reimagined

Helen Parker

Forvis Mazars

Kevin Williams

Nugent

John Chivall

Outward Bound

Being Excellent: Established Leader

Laila Iftikhar-Ali

Lumena Consulting

Gwakisa Stadi

Helios Towers

Pete Evans

Independent

Carly Glozier

Lumena Consulting

Matt Sims

Ever-So-Lean

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