Rise Announces Award Shortlist For 2025

Rise, a gender diversity network for the media technology industry, today announced the shortlist for its Rise Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Now in its sixth year, the highly sought-after awards, in partnership with Sky, EMG/Gravity Media, and CueScript, will celebrate a talented group of women, advocates and companies, at the event at Troxy, London. Applications came this year from 21 countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Africa, India and Japan. 

The winner of the Woman of the Year Award, decided by the Rise Advisory Boards, will be announced at a later date. As in past years, a Special Recognition Award will be announced in the evening and given to a woman who has surpassed expectations or their commitment to the industry we work in. At the shortlist judging day it was decided by the judges to split the Project Management/Delivery category into two with End User and Vendor/Service Provider.

The shortlist for the 2025 Rise Awards:

Advocate, sponsored by Techex

Peter Bruce  – d&b audiotechnik

Gareth Gordon – QTV

Scott Kerr – Sky

Levant Ozparlak – Irdeto

Business Leader, sponsored by IBC 

Grace Boswood – Channel 4

Daniella Grønne – Appear

Liz McParland – Globecast

Jyothi Nayak – Prime Focus Technologies

Business Operations, sponsored by Encompass

Gamza Bakhishaliyeva – Memnon Archiving Services

Jen Edwards & Ranita James – Techex

Laura Martín-Moralejo – Warner Bros. Discovery

Inna Peda – Sony Europe

Company Award for Investment in Women, sponsored by Ross Video

Accedo

Channel 4

Civic Studios Productions

Limitless Broadcast

Influencer, sponsored by Disguise 

Mirusha Jegatheeswaran – ITV

Amanda Mandiki – BT Group

Victoria Tuzova – Elecard

Marketing, sponsored by DCE Agency 

Kimberly Brown, Matrox Video 

Jo Mayer, IBC

Margot Ouali, Appear

Sara Seidel, Riedel

Product Innovation, sponsored by Clear-Com 

Payal Gilda – Magnifi AI

Hitomi Hamaba – Sony

Bleuenn Legoffic – Accedo

Regina Poniridis – Caretta Research

Alba Vega Mulet – Media Distillery

Product Support Engineer, sponsored by appear 

Chloe Schuil-Brewer – Sky UK

Dyuti Sheladiya – NEP Australia

Brittany Shoemake – Warner Bros. Discovery

Project Management Or Delivery (Vendor/Service Provider), sponsored by Globecast 

Jane Lavineway – Irdeto

Hannah Robinson – dock10

Li Sun – Sony

Project Management Or Delivery, End User, sponsored by Warner Bros. Discovery 

Laura Christmas – Freelance

Alba Bernal Mateos – Olympic Broadcasting Services

Ania Piekutowska – Channel 4

Sarah Thornley – Sky UK

Elizabeth Withinshaw – Formula 1

R&D Engineer, sponsored by AWS

Ophélie Aussedat – appear

Olivia Black – Warner Bros. Discovery

Shufei He – Irdeto

Rising Star, sponsored by RedBee Media 

Patrycja Foltynowicz – Limitless Broadcast

Nikyah Hutchings – NITV

Sreekala Kallidil – Irdeto

Lauren Shute – Sky News

Charlotte Støfring – Vizrt 

Mara Vlad – Warner Bros. Discovery

Sales, sponsorship available

Juliet Bayliss – Globecast

Marta Bragado – Sony Europe

Kathy Cain – Irdeto 

Catriona Tate – Accedo

Student/Apprentice, sponsored by SMPTE

Juliette Maes – Media Distillery

Iyaat Valentine – Sky UK

Kat Jeal – ITV Studios

Technical Operations, sponsored by Vizrt

Mariona Gros Lluch – Deluxe Media

Jayne Hilton – Globecast

Carly Jackson – Arqiva

Stephanie Koh – Ross Video 

Bridget Pamboris – Tata Communications

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