2023 Finalists

We're delighted to announce that judging has now been concluded and the finalists of the 16th ITP Annual Awards have been announced.

Thank you to all of the applicants for this year's awards. Once again, we received remarkable entries, which made the task of creating the shortlist a challenging one for our judges.

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to all of the finalists:

Apprentice of the Year

Intermediate

Amer El-Gozali, Splice Group

Sally Digance, Openreach

Rowan Kelway, Hyperoptic

Advanced

Caprice Butcher, Vorboss

LCpl Thebe Prasanna Limbu, Royal Signals

Ryan Kirman, Community Fibre

Higher

Tom Bowman, BT

Abigail Johnston, BT

Tristan Welch, Virgin Media O2

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The Crissi Williams Award for SME Apprentice of The Year

Mia Foxcroft, Freedom Fibre

Robert Hannon, Astro Communications

Deyan Mariyanov, Onwave

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The Christopher Mills Award for Technical Excellence

Daniel McHugh, BT

Charlie Clarke, BT

Evan Powell, Ricoh

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Jacqui and Dean Mills

Graduate of the Year

Alavi Zaman, Openreach

Zoe Smith-Creasey, BT

Anoosha Vaswani, Ofcom

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Mentor of the Year

Rob Gates, Virgin Media O2

John Donnelly, Openreach

Sandra Mardell, M247

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Engineer of the Year

Tom Buil, Giacom

Rob Geraghty, Hyperoptic

Ian Haines, Openreach

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Innovator of the Year

Dr Zeba Khanam, BT

Prof Mohammad Zoualfaghari, Amazon Web Services

John Rich, Hyperoptic

The Chris Seymour Woman in Technology Award

Julie Osborne, Virgin Media O2

Ansuya Oogur Ramhota, Arup

Sarah Smith, Astro Communications

Keren Irving, Viegli

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Outstanding Contribution to an Individual's Development

Steve Hodges, Astro Communications

Jake Whitney, Virgin Media O2

Andy Collins, BT

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Outstanding Contribution to Industry

Winner to be announced for this special recognition award on the night.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion of the Year

Justin Harris, Openreach

David Downes, Vodafone

Paul Wiles, Virgin Media O2

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Apprentice Champion of the Year

Mariana Soberon, Hyperoptic

Sarah Smith, Astro Communications

Sgt Jason Buley, Royal Signals

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People and Culture Team Award

BT Network Test Team

Astro Communications

Vorboss

Giacom

Freedom Fibre

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