2026 NOMINEES

Celebrating Young Leaders

2026 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. 

Aviation and Space

  1. Chinenye Ruth Chukwueke (Prive Luxe Experience)

AUTHORSHIP AND CREATIVE WRITING

  1. Bex McNally (Wyrdology)
  2. Oyin Olugbile (Oyin Olugbile)

Architecture

  1. Lalit Chauhan (ZED PODS Ltd)
  2. Saira Hussain (HAD & CO)

Banking and finance

  1. Karim Chowdhury (Nedbank Private Wealth)
  2. Rebecca Montandon (Barclays Private Bank)
  3. Shailen Bhat (HSBC)

Community Development

  1. Rahul Salwan (Citibank)
  2. Chris Platt (Montrose Community Trust)

Communications

  1. Ana-Maria Ciubota (Exclusive Branding Edge Academy)
  2. Samuel Marriott-Dowding (Marriott Communications)

Consultancy

  1. Alexander McWilliam (Improv4Business)
  2. Brandon Robertson (Commercial Intuition Ltd)
  3. Chris Milburn (Archus)
  4. David Thornton (Procurement Growth Group Limited (merging of Thornton & Lowe and Executive Compass))
  5. Jim Dunn (DXC Technology)
  6. Naomi Osei (AM Housing Compliance Solutions Ltd)
  7. Samantha Hearne (Samantha Hearne ltd)

Education

  1. Carly Holness (Options 2 Outcomes & Haberdashers)
  2. Chiedza Kudita (Long Talent Solution)
  3. Dapinderpal Singh Goraya (Global Banking School)
  4. Hari Prasad Boddupally (GREENWICH STUDENTS UNION LTD.)
  5. Jaya Narinesingh (Bamboo (Elevate. Balance. Learn.))
  6. Solomon AU YEUNG (SiL Testing System)
  7. Stacey Higgs (RNN Group)

Environmental & Climate Sustainability

  1. Oliver Adkins (Churchill Gowns Ltd)

FaSHION

  1. Nohman Sultan Ahmed (Crep Protect Ltd)

FINANCE

  1. Giulia Di Palma (Royal London Asset Management)
  2. Haroon Rashidi (Funding Smiths)
  3. Lisa Meller (Personal Finance Movement)
  4. Priyanka Malkan (TUI Group)

Food/Catering & Beverage

  1. Brendon Manders (Lumberjaxe)
  2. Jaydon Manders (Lumberjaxe)
  3. Morgan McGlynn Carr (Cheeses of Muswell Hill)

Health & Wellness

  1. Carolyn Tang (GSK)
  2. Filipa Custodio Figueiredo Marques Dighton (NHS)
  3. Jonathan Herron (Wellness medical lab)
  4. Shivika Shah (Chess House UK Ltd)
  5. Timia Raven-Gregg (Medics in Mind)

Hospitality

  1. Andrew Leivers (Butlins)
  2. Gerard Apurado (Naya Mayfair)
  3. Niall Baker (The Ministry)

Human Resource & Development

  1. Carly Stanley (JCDecaux)
  2. Sanjana Sharma (Pure Data Centres)

Innovation

  1. Ankur Khajuria (Avance Innovations LTD.)
  2. Josh Sim (Twiqk Ltd.)
  3. Sam jacobs (GoPlaces)

Logistics and Supplies

  1. Tatiana Barros Penaloza (World Courier)

LAW

  1. Chaynee Hodgetts (Libertas Chambers)

manufacturing

  1. Lee Metcalf (Coca Cola Europacific Partners)

Marketing

  1. Callum Stewart (Goalhanger)
  2. Jack Finger (GoPlaces)
  3. Matthew Anderson (Univar Solutions)
  4. Simon Marques Dighton (Ideias Design Agency Limited)

Media (Digital and Social)

  1. Emma Young (The Cheese Explorer)

Music & Entertainment

  1. Amber Doig-Thorne (Luna Pictures)
  2. Arin Aykut (Arin Aykut)

Philanthropy and Charity

  1. Sean Forde Kelly (Come What May CIC)
  2. Toby Freeman (The Robin Cancer Trust)

Professional Services

  1. Charlotte Ponder (Will Comply Ltd)
  2. Kayla Schembri (Chartered Governance Institute)
  3. Sithembile Sandla (Azets)
  4. VASILENA GRIGOROVA (VSG Immigration Pro)
  5. silpy kedia (Xeinadin London Limited)

Real Estate Development / Construction

  1. Andrew Hulbert (Pareto Facilities Management Ltd)
  2. David Dickson (Miller Knight Resource Management Ltd)
  3. Usmaan Bashrit (Harvard & Taylor)

Safety and security

  1. Nouredin Albanghazi (Combined Support Services LTD)

Science & Research

  1. Chi Ying Lam (University of Southampton)
  2. Hana D’Souza (Cardiff Babylab, Cardiff University)
  3. Lucien von Schomberg (Von Schomberg Consulting Ltd)
  4. Omar El Tokhy (MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, Imperial College London)

Social Enterprise

  1. Angela Gathu Wathoni (FEARLESS YOUTH ASSOCIATION LIMITED)
  2. Pembe Tokluhan (PETOK PRODUCTIONS)

Sports

  1. Emily Bond (Operation Ironwoman)

Technology

  1. Adam Marshall (Grass Valley)
  2. Asavari Moon (Google / FutureEdge Academy / G100)
  3. Matt Hill (Change Grow Live)

Wellness

  1. Iyla Ahmed (Wrap around you Ltd)
  2. Laura-Mai  Edwards (Root Beginnings)
  3. Maame Sika Owusu Ansah (Brovelyn Group Of Companies)
  4. Nicole James (Lume Beauty)

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.
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