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Rise Awards 2025 shortlist revealed

The Special Recognition Award will be announced on the evening, and given to a woman who has surpassed expectations or their commitment to the industry

Rise has revealed the nominations for its annual awards celebrating women, advocates, and companies in the media technology industry.

The advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector will hold its annual event at Troxy in London on Tuesday 18th November.

The awards recognise women and companies who are stand-out performers, innovators and leaders in the industry, with the judges looking for exceptional achievement and positive impacts across a range of categories.

This year’s nominees are:

​​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