Awards 2015

We are delighted with the success of the 5th Annual Women in Business Awards and would like to thank everyone who made the evening so enjoyable!

Have a look at what the evening had to offer with our exclusive video!

Women in Business is delighted to announce the winners of the 5th Annual Women in Business Awards!  

Taking place on 19th November 2015 at the Culloden Estate & Spa, over 400 men and women from the business community came together to celebrate some of Northern Ireland's most successful, innovated and determined business women.

Award for Outstanding Businesswoman of the Year 

Winner: Tracy Hamilton, Mash Direct

Award for Advancing Diversity in the Workplace

Winner: Deirdre Vaugh Daly, Former Staff Commissioner for Education and Library Boards

Sponsor: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland 

Award for Best Customer Service

Winner: Maria McDonagh, Adventures Day Nursery

Sponsor: Vistage

Award for Best Exporter

Winner: Jacqui Walsh, Kitchenmaster NI LTD

Sponsor: Fujitsu

Award for Best in Professional Services

Winner: Shauna Burns, Ulster Bank Limited

Sponsor: Department of Employment & Learning

Award for Best Marketing Campaign

Winner: Lynsey Redpath, Argento

Sponsor: JCDecaux

Award for Best New Start Up

Winner: Adrienne Hanna, Right Revenue

Sponsor: Ulster Bank

Award for Best Small Business

Winner: Sinead Murphy, Shnuggle Ltd

Sponsor: John McKee Solicitors

Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Winner: Kate Burns, Ocean Veg Ireland

Sponsor: Belfast City Council

Award for Excellence in IT

Winner: Marion Rybnikar, Reaction Cycles

Sponsor: The Irish News

Award for Outstanding Management and Leadership

Winner: Tina McKenzie, Staffline Group Ireland

Sponsor: Deloitte

Award for Young Businesswoman of the Year

Winner: Katie Waddell, Spoon Street

Sponsor: Q Radio

We are delighted to announce history-maker, The Honourable Madam Justice McBride, as guest speaker at the 5th Annual Women in Business Awards!

Sworn in last month, Denise McBride is now one of Northern Ireland’s first female high court judges with no women having previously held the position since the north’s High Court was established in 1921.

Ms McBride Q.C. is a former pupil of Clough Primary School and Down High School, Downpatrick. She graduated from Queen's University, Belfast with an LLB Honours degree in June 1988 and was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland the following year. She was appointed a Queen's Counsel in September 2011 before being appointed a High Court judge in Northern Ireland on 23 October 2015.

Ms McBride Q.C. has appeared as an advocate at all court levels including the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. As a Queen's Counsel she had a wide ranging practice specialising in chancery, family, civil and international law.

Ms McBride Q.C. was appointed an Honorary Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast in 2006 in recognition of her long service as a tutor and guest lecturer. She was elected Vice Chair of the Bar Council and served from 2012-2014. 

She has made a significant contribution to legal education, by writing articles for leading legal journals and giving lectures at various local, UK and international legal conferences.

We are delighted to have past sponsors on board for a number of categories again this year and are excited to have the opportunity to work with new brands and businesses for our 2015 extravaganza!

Thank you to our sponsors