GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards 2023 | Asian Media Group | TBA

Firmly established as the premier awards for inclusion, diversity and leadership in the UK, the GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards recognises Britain’s great cultural diversity. Over 700 guests from all walks of life come together, senior politicians, in fluential business leaders, and military personnel mix with celebrities from the arts, film, TV and sport to celebrate and recognise Britain’s most enterprising and talented black, Asian and minority ethnic high achievers.

Twenty years ago, the climate could not have been more different. Institutional racism had yet to be defined as a term, but we all knew it existed. There were very few or none black or Asian figures whether it be in policing, law, government or in the boardrooms of corporate Britain. It was in this backdrop that the GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards were launched – to shine a light on the extraordinary, hidden talent that lay within ethnic minority communities.

Categories
• GG2 D&I Initiative Award
• GG2 CEO of the Year
• GG2 Diversity Champion of the Year
• GG2 Spirit in the Community Award sponsored by Royal Navy
• GG2 Diverse Employer of the Year
• GG2 Advertising Agency of the Year
• GG2 Inspire Award sponsored by British Army
• GG2 Marketing Campaign of the Year
• GG2 Outstanding Achievement in Science sponsored by Morningside Pharmaceuticals
• GG2 Young Achiever Award sponsored by Royal Air Force
• GG2 Social Entrepreneur Award
• GG2 Young Journalist of the Year sponsored by Daily Mail
• GG2 Woman of the Year sponsored by Maniyar Capital
• GG2 Outstanding Achievement in Law
• GG2 Achievement through Adversity sponsored by Maniyar Capital
• GG2 Man of the Year
• GG2 Hammer Award sponsored by Pladis
• GG2 Local Government Award

2022 Winners

GG2 Hammer Award in association with pladis
• Bina Mehta, UK Chair, KPMG

GG2 Ram Solanki Beacon Award
• Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE DL, Chairman and Founder of Cobra Beer Partnership and President of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

GG2 Man of the Year
• Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta FRS FBA, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cambridge

GG2 Woman of the Year supported by Maniyar Capital
• HHJ Kaly Kaul QC, Circuit Judge and Queen’s Counsel and Founder of the Judicial Support Network

GG2 Pride of Britain Award
• Azeem Rafiq, Anti-Racism Campaigner and Former Professional Cricketer

GG2 Inspirational Role Model
• Kailash Suri, Owner, Reel Cinemas

GG2 Social Entrepreneur Award
• Vraj Pankhania, Founder and Chairman, Westcombe Homes Group and Westcombe Foundation

GG2 Outstanding Achievement in Law
• Jacqueline McKenzie, Partner, Leigh Day Solicitors

GG2 Outstanding Achievement in Science supported by Morningside Pharmaceuticals
• Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian FRS FMedSci, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Cambridge

GG2 Achievement through Adversity supported by Maniyar Capital
• Waheed Arian, Doctor and Founder, Arian Teleheal International Telemedicine Charity

GG2 Inspire Award supported by the British Army
• Captain Preet Chandi, Physiotherapist, British Army

GG2 Young Journalist of the Year supported by the Daily Mail
• Inzamam Rashid, Correspondent, Sky News

GG2 Spirit in the Community Award supported by the Royal Navy
• Amna Abdullatif, Huda Jawad and Shaista Aziz, Founders, The Three Hijabis

GG2 CEO of the Year
• Salman Amin, CEO, pladis

GG2 Diversity Champion of the Year
• Sanjay Bhandari, Chair, Kick It Out

GG2 D&I Initiative Award
• School of Marketing – Gen Z Programme

GG2 Marketing Campaign of the Year
• GottaBe! Marketing

GG2 Advertising Agency of the Year
• Mediareach Advertising

GG2 Local Government Award
• Islington Council