2025 NOMINEES
Celebrating Young Leaders
2025 NOMINEES
Participating in the Forty under 40 Awards is one of the fastest routes to wide recognition of your achievements. Finalists and winners will benefit from extensive media coverage; wide exposure in the investment community; and enhanced peer recognition.Â
Aviation and Space
Tariye Orianzi (XEJet Limited)
Anirudh Vyas (Civil Aviation Authority)
Agriculture
- James Coulston (Ribble Farm)
Architecture
- Greg Quarantini (Panacea Group)
Banking and finance
Thomas Marriage (Revolut)
Tran Hung (Cocsi LTD)
Jack Gear (Jack Gear Financial)
Beauty & Lifestyle
Hayley Webb (7th Heaven)
Oscar Elsey (Oscantic)
Community Development
Haris Kiani (People Powered Places, Bubl Venture Studios & Jaago)
Jolana Amara (League of Intrapreneurs)
Communications
- Tom Holland (Acquire Digital LTD)
- Victoria Haydn (Victoria Haydn)
- Jack Shaw (Shawfire Media)
Consultancy
Marine Santoni (Passion x Reason)
David Dolce (DMP & Partners)
Anant Sharma (Matter Of Form)
Yemi Oluseun (The Change Hive)
- Rachel Hugh (Silverwood Rose)
Education
 Sreevas Sahasranamam (University of Glasgow)
Jordan Graham (PCA Global / The Experiential Learning Group)
Events Management & Planning
Liat Sumen (Clarion Events)
Nathan Reed (MEGA Events)
Abhishek Tripathi (Abiflo ltd)
Entertainment
- Mark Fraser (Aero Astro Arts Ltd. and Learn Any Job Ltd.)
Family Business
Matthew Thomas (Haffner Limited)
Mikesh Palan (Golden Tours)
Food/Catering & Beverage
Nishant Sharma (Rutland Square Spirts)
Scott Wilson-Laing (WL Distillery)
Government and Government agencies
- Misha Upadhyaya (Independent Office for Police Conduct)
Health & Wellness
Sai Achuthan (Sai Psych Limited and Insight Diagnostics Global)
Richard Agyekum-Sakyi (NHS)
Natasha Davendralingam (Anubix Ltd)
Hospitality
- Muhammad Sohail (Easy 2 Manage)
Human Resource & Development
Akshay Chopra (PageGroup)
Claudine Ullman ( Jittery Citizens)
Melica Moshiri (SkillTorch ltd)
Journalism (Radio & TV)
- Nour Abida (BBC)
LAW
- Nellie McQuinn (AWAY Wills Ltd)
manufacturing
Richard Mincher (FORG3D LTD)
Ryan O’Sullivan (HG International b.v.)
Benjamin Billows (BullyBillows)
Media (Digital and Social)
CJ (Charles Joseph) Awode (Frasers Group)
Sam Budd (Buddy Media Group)
Blake Sweeting (Blake Mark Productions)
Sophie Attwood (SA Communications)
Professional Services
Abdul Rashidi (Xplus London Limited)
Oliver White (Affinia)
Real Estate Development / Construction
Lewis Hudson (Miller Hudson property services)
Ian Worthington (Torsion Homes)
Elton Leung (Fang Ting Properties)
Sean Land (Sean land limited)
Marketing
Nick Gaunt (Acorn Scientific Marketing)
Daniel Coole (Liverpool Cathedral / Diocese of Liverpool)
Nicola-Jane Sellers (Luxaviation Group)
Kirsti Jane (House Of Luxury Group)
Safety and security
Robert Jukes (BAE Systems)
Chad Jones (DWJ Harkin)
Matthew Southwell(Opulence Security & Services LTD)
Science & Innovation
Dr Alan Koh (Imperial College London) and the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences.
Dr Marisa Amato (Singleron Biotechnologies)
Rishabh Sharma (University of Manchester)
Armando Leal Puente (Eutechtics Limited)
Social Enterprise
Maddy Nicholl (university of southampton, global legal clinic)
Sports
- Jordan Smith (Savage Martial Arts)
Telecom, Mobile & Software Development
Aaron Bradley (Wella company (a KKR company)
Technology
 Matthew Sreetharan (Ambico Services Ltd)
Alastair Blenkin (ProcurePro)
Franck Courbon (Ethicronics)
- Joseph Black (UniTaskr)
PURPOSE
To recognize and celebrate 40 emerging leaders under the age of 40 who demonstrate or impact the world personally or professionally through their exceptional leadership.
- To identify projects and individual achievements that have enabled young achievers to be set apart from their competitors, produced clear and compelling value, return of investment, and other relevant results.
- To encourage our up-and-coming youth to excellence and succeed in various industries at a very significant and tender age.

