Shortlist 2016
Asian Women of Achievement Awards Winners & shortlist 2016
We are excited to announce the phenomenal winners & shortlist for the 2016 Asian Women of Achievement Awards in association with NatWest. In their 17th year, the Awards cut across UK Business, entrepreneurs, sports and community, recognising both high-achieving and high-potential women.
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Arts & Culture
Winner: Shweta Aggarwal, Creator of Dev and Ollie books
Anita Anand, Author, Journalist & BBC Broadcaster
Yuhui Choe, First Soloist, The Royal Ballet
Aslam and Hoda Elsoudani, Documentary Producers, Spoken Iris Films
Shobu Kapoor, Actress, Poet, Producer, Roman Candle Productions
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Business
Winner: Deepa Shah, Chief Financial Officer, Hall & Partners
Kona Lasker Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man Holdings
Parisha Kanani, Global General Counsel, First State Investments
Rashpal Martin, Regional Head of Business Development, NatWest
Dipali Patel, Head of Operations – Global Services UKI, EMC Computer Systems UK
Tahira Widlof, General Store Manager, Asda
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Entrepreneur
Winner: Nancy Johnston, CEO & Founder, Tengri
ShaoLan Hsueh, Founder & Writer, Chineasy
Madhuban Kumar, CEO, Metafused
Shibani Mohindra, Director, Celessence International
Meeta Sahni, CEO, The Maine Group
Reshma Sohoni, Founding Partner, Seedcamp
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Media
Winner: Tina Ghazimorad, TV Producer & Film Maker, Manoto
Sima Kotecha, Today Programme Correspondent & Presenter, BBC News
Liliane Landor, Controller for Languages, BBC Global News
Radhika Sanghani, Women’s Writer, The Daily Telegraph
Sonia Sodha, Chief Leader Writer, The Observer
Farrah Storr, Editor-in-chief Cosmopolitan, Hearst Publishing
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Public Service
Winner: Tulip Mazumdar, Global Health Reporter, BBC News
Rajinder Kaur Atkar, Head Nurse, St Johns of God
Wajeeha Amin, Wellbeing Expert, Wajeeha Amin
Swati Dhingra, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics
Katie Ghose, Chief Executive, Electoral Reform Society
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Professions
Winner: Amina Memon, Professor of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London
Kuljit Bhogal, Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers
Vivian Chan, Director & Founder, Studio Verve Architects
Kam Kullar, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Mount Anvil
Neena Modi, Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea & Westminster Campus
May Ng, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Social & Humanitarian
Winner: Sara Khan, Co-Director & Co-Founder, Inspire
Santosh Bhanot, Founder & Chair, The Circle: Asian Circle
Manjit Gill, Founder & CEO, Binti
Winnie M Li, Co-Founder, Clear Lines Festival
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Sport
Winner: Harleen Kaur, British Champion, World Martial Kombat Federation
Saba Nasim, Cricket Coach, Chance to Shine – Essex Cricket Board
Eden Silva, Professional Tennis Player, Team Eden
Manisha Tailor, Company Director, Swaggarlicious
Asian Women of Achievement Awards: Young Achiever
Winners: Bonnie Chiu, Co-Founder, Sensational & Shiura Rasheed, Programme Manager, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Sheena Amin, Head of Content Strategy and Business Development, Virgin Media
Catherine Cranston, Senior Consultant – Human Capital, Accenture
Najwa Jawahar, Senior Structural Engineer, WSP Parsons Brinkerhoff
Resham Kotecha, Adviser, Women2Win
Safeerah Mughal, Student, Feversham College