Oceanic Awards is proud to announce the finalists of the 6th Scottish Women Awards 2025.
These prestigious awards celebrate the achievements and contributions of women across Scotland who have inspired others through their talent, innovation, resilience, and leadership.
From entrepreneurs and community champions to creative’s and professionals, the awards honour those making a lasting impact in their fields and beyond.
The winners will be announced at a sparkling ceremony on the 30th of August at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Glasgow, where the finalists and their guests will come together for an evening of celebration, recognition, and inspiration.
Irfan Younis, spokesperson for the 6th Scottish Women’s Awards said: “We’re incredibly proud to highlight the outstanding women who are shaping Scotland’s future. These finalists are powerful examples of what can be accomplished through hard work, vision, and perseverance.
We want to congratulate all of our finalists and wish them the best of luck.”
The finalist for the 6th Scottish Women’s Awards 2025:
Young Achiever of the Year
Serena Leyni (Soothe Your Soul Haven)
Safiyah Pearson (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights)
Amy Simmons (Young Scot)
Lisa Clarkson (Paternal Advice)
Georgie Hyslop (Royal Hospital for Children)
Karis Gill (Social Stories Club)
Alia Brooks (Glasgow University)
Community Achievement of the Year
One Community Scotland
Edinburgh Holistic Dogs
Sandra McIntyre (YouthLink Scotland)
Gayle Brannigan (St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation)
Jess Pepper (Climate Café)
Toni Scullion (DressCode)
Lisa Williams (Edinburgh Caribbean Association)
Zakia Moulaoui Guery (Invisible Cities)
Ruth Moss (Childline)
Women Support Group of the Year
Scottish Growth Summit (Glasgow)
Stitch the Gap CIC (Kirkintilloch)
Menopause Café (Glasgow)
Eating Disorders Edinburgh (Edinbrugh)
The Glow Club (Glasgow)
Girls’ Brigade Scotland (Glasgow)
The Women’s Support Project (Glasgow)
Hemat Gryffe (Glasgow)
Social Leader of The Year
Helen Trew (Art27 Scotland)
Louise McGinty (Victim Support Scotland)
Cathy Sexton (Fathers Network Scotland)
Fiona Aitken (Adoption UK Scotland)
Sarah Moffat (Public Health Scotland)
Fionna Kell (Homes for Scotland)
Laura Montgomery (Scottish Women’s Premier League)
Jess Pepper (Climate Café)
Community Group of the Year
Amina (Pollokshields)
Dundee International Women’s Centre (Dundee)
Kincardine and Mearns Youth Clubs (Kincardine)
Lyra’s Young Artists Programme (Edinburgh)
Passion4Fusion (Edinburgh)
Renfrewshire Council Youth Services (Renfrewshire)
Shakti Women’s Aid (Edinburgh)
Youth Link Scotland (Edinburgh)
Soul Sisters (Glasgow)
Achievements in Arts & Culture
Heather Kane-Darling (BBC Radio Scotland)
Priya Shrikumar (Dance Ihayami)
Sheila Asante (Museums Galleries Scotland)
Kam Chan (Architecture Fringe)
Dana MacLeod (Creative Scotland)
Morvern Cunningham (Culture Collective)
Venda Pollock (National Galleries of Scotland)
Helen Bain (Youth Theatre Arts Scotland)
Achievements in Charity / Third Sector
Lucinda Rivers (UNICEF)
Hazel McIlwraith (SAMH)
Fiona Cross (Age Scotland)
Kirsty Thomson (The Big House Multibank)
Pamela (Avalon Autism Parental Support)
Kirsty McNab (Scottish Sports Futures)
Sharon Gemmell (Parklea Branching Out)
Trailblazer in Accounting & Finance
Melanie Clark (Quantify Advisors LLP)
Victoria Harkness (Emtec Group)
Lauren Middleton (QTV)
Laura (Stevenson) Mitchell (EY)
Deborah May (KPMG UK)
Claire Monaghan (RSM UK)
Xenia Garcia (AnywhereWorks)
Claire Gillespie (National Records of Scotland)
Heather Mclean (EDC Scotland Ltd)
Claire Roe (McConnell)
Achievements in Civil Service
Nicky Page (Police Scotland)
Karin Finlay (The Scottish Government)
Helen Bennett (Registers of Scotland)
Helen Boath (Community Justice Scotland)
Vanessa Ewing-Blair (Scottish Police Authority)
Louise Long (Inverclyde Council)
Katerina Brown (Historic Environment Scotland)
Sharon Wearing (City Building Glasgow)
Ann Davie (East Dunbartonshire Council)
Sarah O’Donnell (Scottish Fire & Rescue)
Services to Education
Liz Connolly (West College Scotland)
Jo Gill (University of Glasgow)
Karen Boyle (University of Strathclyde)
Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh)
Waiyin Hatton (West College Scotland)
Ruth Woodfield (University of St Andrews)
Caroline Stuart (Dumfries & Galloway College)
Joanna Campbell (Kelvin College)
Anne Marie Craig (UWS)
Christine Rutherford (Heriot Watt University)
Achievements in Law
Katie Russell (Burges Salmon)
Paula Skinner (Harper Macleod)
Ingrid McGhee (Weightmans)
Anya Duncan (Addleshaw Goddard)
Caroline Loudon (TLT LLP)
Jillian Merchant (Thompsons Solicitors & Solicitor)
Katherine McGill (Thorntons Law LLP)
Sarah Phillips (Anderson Strathern)
Louise Mahon (Morton Fraser MacRoberts)
Services to Medicine
Victoria Campbell (Scottish Rugby)
Jo Bowden (NHS Fife)
Tracey Gillies (NHS Lothian)
Claire Sinclair (NHS Lanarkshire)
Bernadette O’Hare (NHS Fife)
Ann Margaret Little (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Gemma Burdett (NHS Border)
Jane Howie (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Paulina Raniszewska (NHS Lanarkshire)
Punam Krishan (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde)
Achievements in Science & Technology
Alison (Carleton) McLeod (Technology Scotland)
Ann Marie Gallacher (NHS 24 Scotland)
Dilraj Sokhi-Watson (Equate Scotland)
Fiona Mackenzie (NHS Grampian)
Poonam Malik (Microplate Dx Limited)
Laura MacLister (Edinburgh Science)
Chika Judith Abolle-Okoyeagu (Robert Gordon University)
Michele Cano (University of West of Scotland)
Cait MacPhee (University of Edinburgh)
Niamh Nic Daéid (University of Dundee)
Achievements in STEM
Katherine Graham (NatWest)
Eleni Pappa (Croft Structural + Civil)
Tara Gibson (Glasgow Science Centre)
Elva Bannon (Wave Energy Scotland)
Belinda Oldfield (Scottish Government)- Change Business to Scottish Government
Annette Lister (Weir Group)
Sam Bryant (OFR Consultants)
Sairah Bashir (Lightweight Manufacturing Centre)
Creative Entrepreneur of the Year
Rachel Wood (Rare Birds Books)
Genna Masterton (Kinoro)
Pip Jamieson (The Dots)
Sharon Ward (My Trolley Mate)
Rachel Munro (The Rebel Baker)
Yemi Scott (XRology)
Jane Gray (GLOW&be Cosmetics & Skincare)
Imogen Russon-Taylor (Kingdom Scotland)
Entrepreneur of the Year
Jane Stewart (Topolytics)
Imogen Russon-Taylor (Kingdom Scotland) – remove
Hollie Mercedes Peters (Clòimh)
Kate Cameron (Cytochroma)
Ishani Malhotra (Carcinotech)
Tracy Collins (MAC Recruit Group)
Lisa McMyn (1nhaler)
Tynah Matembe (MoneyMatiX)
Yvette Hopkins (Craft Prospect)
Food & Drink Entrepreneur of the Year
Carol Jackson (ELJ Drinks Ltd)
Sandra Colamartino (Quirky Chocolate)
Alison Lamb (Edinburgh Cider Co)
Heike Winter (The Hebridean Mustard Company)
Annabel Thomas (Nc’nean Distillery)
Kim Cameron (The Gin Bothy)
Emma Macdonald (The Bay Tree Food Company)
Small Business of the Year
Lane Agency (Edinburgh)
Pink Sphynx Media (Aberdeen)
Thankbox (Edinburgh)
The Happy Wee Health Club (Oban)
Danu Robotics (Musselburgh)
Carina Rose Designs (Doune)
Glenegedale House (Isle of Islay)
Crafty Maltsters (Fife)
Retail Business of the Year
Billingtons of Lenzie (Kirkintilloch)
LAH Travel (West Kilbride)
Three Gem Sisters (Alloa)
Sunshine No.1 (Glasgow)
Lannan Bakery (Edinburgh)
Jigsaw Travel (Hamilton)
Biscuit Clothing (Glasgow)
Frida & Coco (Glasgow)
SME Business of the Year
Mclean&Stewart (Dunblane)
Livingston James (Glasgow)
LS Productions (Edinburgh)
Join Talent (Brechin)
Estrellas Brillantes (Uddingston & Busby)
Och Aye Canoe (Fife)
Seabirds-and-Seals (Shetland)
Equi’s Ice Cream (Glasgow)
The Aesthetics Club (Bearsden)
Business of the Year
Renaissance Care (Edinburgh)
Border Biscuits (Lanark)
The HALO Urban Regeneration (Kilmarnock)
Caulders Garden Centres (Central Scotland)
The NWH Group (Glasgow)
Stoddart Crane Hire (Muir of Ord)
Crossbasket Castle (East Kilbride)
Buzzworks (Troon)
Sonas Hospitality (Isle of Skye)
Family Run Business of the Year
J & E Hendry (Castle Douglas)
Wemyss Family Spirits (Edinburgh)
SkyeSkyns (Isle of Skye)
Aldomak (Glasgow)
Taylors Snacks (Errol)
Union Technical Services (Glasgow)
Forbes of Kingennie Country Resort (Dundee)
Corporate Achiever of the Year
Gillian Dalziel (Diageo)
Fiona Buchanan (Shepherd and Wedderburn)
Margaret Taylor (Thomas & Adamso)
Lynn Richmond (BTO Solicitors LLP)
Ceysa McKechnie (Amazon)
Paula Middleton (Spar UK)
Susan Campbell (The Scottish National Investment Bank)
Corporate Leader of the Year
Jackie Leiper (Lloyds Banking Group)
Melony Buchanan (Capita)
Nicola Reith (ATPI)
Kerry Sharp (Scottish Enterprise)
Nicola Muir (Royal Bank of Scotland)
Tracey Davidson (Hampden Bank)
Susan Nightingale (The British Business Bank)
Jackie Kipps (Insights)
Commercial Achievement of the Year
Ally Campbell (JLL)
Gosia Warchol (Food Standards Scotland)
Estelle Sykes (Barratt West Scotland)
Jane Pickford (ThermaFY Eco Solutions)
Janis Brazier (SAFER Group)
Sara McEwan (Msquared)
Grace Galloway (2i)
Tara McGregor-Woodhams (Ace Aquatec)
Jessica Mullen (CreateFuture)
Rebecca Court (Quorum Cyber)
Best Professional in Business
Jacquelyn Walmsley (JAXX Accountancy Scotland)
Carolyn Porter (Outrun Therapeutics)
Frances Turner-Traill (FTT Skin)
Katie Russell (Burges Salmon)
Catriona Watt and Sarah Phillips (Anderson Strathern)
Kimberley Oliver (Xenith Financial)
Sarah Robertson (TaxAssist)
Alison Cornwell (ICAS)
Managing Director of the Year
Nadia Alexander (Hancock of Scotland)
Louise Barnett (Renaissance Care)
Jane McTaggart (EssenceMediacom Scotland)
Janice Russell (McTaggart Construction)
Michelle Quadrelli (Scott and Fyfe)
Jeanette MacIntyre (Indeglas)
Jennifer McGonigle (Cairn Group)
Averil Wilson (Apex Hotels)
Nathalie Agnew (Muckle Media)
Caroline Roberts (Haritonov Astrimar)
CEO of the Year
Vicki Miller (VisitScotland)
Donna Fordyce (Seafood Scotland)
Katerina Brown (Historic Environment Scotland)
Hannah Garrow (Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland)
Catherine Topley (Student Awards Agency Scotland)
Marian McNeil (Precision Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre)
Fiona Doherty (Confederation of Passenger Transport)
Sarah Millar (Quality Meat Scotland)
Diane McGiffen (Law Society of Scotland)
Not for Profit Leader of the Year
Rachel Ross (Elevator)
Elizabeth Pirrie (AccelerateHER’s)
Jen Hardy (Cancer Card)
Diane Cooper (Scottish Women’s Institutes)
Carrie Brownlee (Women for Women International)
Bryony Willett (Home Group)
Marion Sinclair (Publishing Scotland)
Louise Goodlad (The King’s Trust)
Alison Watson (Shelter Scotland)
Not for Profit CEO
Trudy Lindblade (Cricket Scotland)
Fiona Arnott-Barron (Cruse Scotland Bereavement Support)
SallyAnn Kelly (Aberlour)
Julie Welsh (Scotland Excel)
Sally Thomas (Scottish Federation of Housing Associations)
Moira Tasker (Inclusion Scotland)
Celia Tennant (Inspiring Scotland)
Andrea Finkel-Gates (Scotland’s Housing Network)
Businesswoman of the Year (less than 50 staff)
Gillian McClaren (Pittenweem Properties)
Hazel Rickett (Rabbie’s Tours)
Serena / Emma (D and H Law)
Anna Standing (Laughing Ducks Soft Play)
Belinda Dickson (Cashmere Circle)
Maya Vertigans (Planner Bee VA Services)
Johanne Hedges (LiBi Retail)
Elizabeth Jarvis (OneSearch Direct)
Sarah Mathieson (Fleming Homes)
Jayne Lasley (Fairlie Curved)
Businesswoman of the Year
Marina Huggett Chairperso (Achnagairn Estate)
Mags McPherson (Edinburgh Street Food)
Eve Hanks (MI:RNA Diagnostics)
Ashley Meston (ESP Group)
Joyce Onuonga (John White & Son)
Jude Barber (Collective Architecture)
Mandy Barrie (Caulders Garden Centres)
Lesley Larg (Thorntons-law)
Brand Scotland Champions of the Year
Bernadette Malone (Scottish Professional Football League Trust)
Kim Wallace (Social Enterprise Scotland)
Bayile Adeoti (Social Enterprise Equalities Group)
Cathy Craig (Argyll & the Isles Tourism Co-operative)
Margaret Ann Macleod (Stornoway Port)
Catherine McWilliam (Institute of Directors Scotland)
Kirsten Urquhart (Young Scot)
Amanda Brown (Scotland Food & Drink)
Lyn Calder (AAB)
Karen Meechan (ScotlandIS)
Woman of the Year
Sue Dawe (Scottish Financial Enterprise)
Wendy Alexander (British Council)
Yekemi Otaru (University of West of Scotland)
Parveen Sarwar (Sarwar Foundation)
Jasmin Paris (Barkley Marathons)
Nicola Benedetti (Edinburgh International Festival)
Sammi Kinghorn (Athlete)
Claire Nelson (Netball Super League)
Sue Rigby (Napier University)
Woman of Influence
Fiona Campbell (Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers ASSC)
Margaret Gibson (SmartSTEMS)
Ana Stewart (Pathways Forward)
Lynne Cadenhead (Edinburgh Napier University)
Lorna Gibson (Women in Rail Scotland)
Jude MacLaverty (BAFTA Scotland)
Janet Swadling (Zero Waste Scotland)
Gina Davidson (LBC)
