The Made in Manchester Awards, brought to you by Future pro-manchester last night recognised 13 outstanding individuals in hugely competitive categories.
The awards celebrated the greatest young talent under the age of 35 in Greater Manchester at a glitzy ceremony at The Emirates Old Trafford and were once again smoothly hosted by BBC Sport presenter, Will Perry.
Winners included leading professionals from Grant Thornton, EY, BNY Mellon, BDO, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, The Alchemist, GCA Altiuim, seventy7, Eversheds Sutherland, One, Freshfields and Bring Digital.
As well as the Entrepreneur of the Year gong, Bring Digital’s David Ingram took home the most prestigious award of the night. The Chairman’s Rising Star Award is awarded to the winner the judges were most impressed by.
David has grown Bring Digital, a boutique digital marketing agency based in Bolton to a 32-strong team, running digital marketing campaigns for household names like DWFitnessFirst, Wynsors World of Shoes, The PGA, Cotton Traders and Formula 1.
Full list of winners:
ACCOUNTANT OF THE YEAR sponsored by Four Recruitment
Sakib Isa, BDO
APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR
Megan Capper, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
BANKER OF THE YEAR
Sarah Cooper, BNY Mellon
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR sponsored by Yorkshire Bank
Georgia Zaryckyj, The Alchemist
CORPORATE FINANCIER OF THE YEAR
Mark Smith, GCA Altium
DIGITAL, MEDIA OR CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR sponsored by ThisisLDA
Sian English, seventy7
ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR sponsored by Brewin Dolphin
David Ingram, Bring Digital
GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
Jujhar Dusanj, EY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR sponsored by Hall Brown
Ruth Fairhurst, Eversheds Sutherland
MARKETING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Claire Keegan, One Marketing Communications
PROPERTY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Michael Beatty, Malcolm Hollis
TALENT OR RECRUITMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR sponsored by RADA Business
Sophie Boden, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
The Made in Manchester Awards had a record year, with the most competitive judging process in its seven-year history.
With this, there were four finalists who the judges struggled to allow to walk away without acknowledgement. The highly commended individuals on the evening were: Sam Davies, Cowgills (Corporate Financier of the Year); Lily Shippen (Entrepreneur of the Year); Brittany Brown, Grant Thornton (Graduate of the Year) and Emma Ware, Open Money (Marketing Professional of the Year).
Future pro-manchester chair, Doug King acknowledged the great achievements of the awards’ finalists on the evening during his speech: “I have to pass on huge congratulations to all of our shortlisted nominees this evening, as getting this far is already a great achievement.
“The Made in Manchester Awards repeatedly welcome the finest talent our region has to offer. In this time of rapid growth for our city, it’s no surprise that we’ve had this record year.”
