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Future Faces awards shortlist revealed
08 July 2019
Future Faces, the young professionals’ arm of Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) has revealed the shortlist for their fifth annual awards.
The winners of the nine sector awards, and the overall Future Face of Greater Birmingham, will be announced at the Future Faces’ annual dinner and awards ceremony at International Convention Centre in Birmingham on 20 September.
The overall Future Face of Greater Birmingham will be selected from the winners of the nine sector categories, and will receive a fully-funded Executive MBA scholarship from Aston University.
This year’s awards received 25 per cent more entries compared to last year’s, and were judged by Louise Teboul from Common Purpose, poet Casey Bailey, disability specialist Shani Dhanda, Mark Smith from Aston University and 2018 Future Face of Greater Birmingham, Rebecca Halbert.
Anjum Khan, chair of the judges and director of the Asian Business Chamber of Commerce, said: “The judges were overwhelmed by the sheer volume and exemplary quality demonstrated in this year’s nominations.
“This shortlist, everyone who was nominated and the winners are clear examples of the hard working, dedicated and flourishing young professionals which live and work in Greater Birmingham.”
The shortlisted candidates are:
Future Face of Arts & Culture
Talisha 'Tee Cee' Johnson, BBC
Daniel Alcorn, Birmingham Design Festival / Substrakt
Amy Stutz, Birmingham Hippodrome
Alexander Goetschel, Royal Sutton Coldfield Community Town Hall Trust
Remy Lloyd, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Future Face of Charity & Social Enterprise
Anisa Haghdadi, Beatfreeks Arts Ltd
Mabel Duncombe, CHICKS (Country Holidays for Inner City Kids)
Kiran Kaur, GirlDreamer
Emily Boate, John Taylor Hospice
Tom Clarke-Forrest, Sport 4 Life UK
Future Face of Entrepreneurship
Katie Buckingham, Altruist Enterprises UK Limited
Reena Salhan, Green Sisters Ltd
Derry Holt, OneUp Sales
Mac Alonge, The Equal Group
Tru Powell, The Alternative Events Company
Future Face of Finance sponsored by Wesleyan
Caroline Laudren, Deutsche Bank
Maisie Gallagher, Marsh
Trystan Shaw, Mazars LLP
Laurel Windsor, Mazars LLP
Katie Taylor, Oxbridge
Jaccy Gascoyne, Santander UK
Future Face of Industry sponsored by RSM
Sunil Johal, Argent LLP
Michal Nowinski, Arup
Latisha Dhir, Avison Young
Hannah Leggatt, High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd)
Andrew Clarke, High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd)
Sabah Hussain, Xoserve Limited
Future Face of Legal
Alice Kinder, Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP
Lydia Stone-Fewings, Mills & Reeve LLP
Natalie Welch, Mills & Reeve LLP
Michelle Adams, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
Kate Bailey, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
Future Face of Public Sector & Education
Sapreena Kumari, Aston University
Atif Ali, Birmingham City Council
Uttaran Datta, NHS
Dal Darroch, The Football Association
Rochelle Edwards, The University of Law
Future Face of Sales, Marketing & Communications
Beth Sadler, Aston University
Nicole Plowman, KEP Print Group
Naeem Alvi, Notepad
Luke Southall, Oaks Consultancy Ltd
Savannah Seger, Oxbridge
Future Face of Technology & Innovation sponsored by Millennium Point
Luke Southan, Aston University
Joshua Turbill, McDonald Butler Associates
Jacob Faulkner, Ordos Studio
Leigh Nigel Purnell, Petalite
Tom Goodman, University of Birmingham
Aston University are headline sponsors of the awards.
Entertainment for the Future Faces awards and dinner will be announced shortly. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available here
Pictured: From left, Casey Bailey, Rebecca Halbert, Anjum Khan and Shani Dhanda
