BCS IT & Digital Apprenticeship Awards finalists 2025
Congratulations to all of our 2025 shortlisted finalists.
This year’s winners will be announced at a celebratory event on the 27 June at The Castle Hotel, Windsor.
IT & Digital Apprenticeship
Analyst Degree Apprentice of the Year
- David Adams, Virgin Money
- Jamie Johnson, Lloyds Banking Group
- Heather Newton, Amazon
- Amanpreet Oppal, QBE
- Hashim Ramzan, Royal London
- Jordan Trigg, Marlborough Group
Artificial Intelligence Apprentice of the Year
- Michael Crow, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Csaba Cselko, Icomera
- Rohan Ganvir, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS foundation Trust
- Joseph Goulding, Arup Group Ltd
- Stefan King, BBC
- Joseph McHugh, Virgin Money
- Naveed Nazamy, Microsoft
Business Analyst Apprentice of the Year
- Nicola Carter, Department for Work and Pensions
- Gabriella Dixon, DNATA
- Alexander Drummond, Humancentre Network
- Oscar Fernandez-Mahoney, Places for People
- Madison Pollard-Shore, Girlguiding
- Ahila Puvitharan, UK Export Finance
- Kevin Southern, HMRC
- Lebron Williams-Baffoe, London Borough of Hackney
Cyber Apprentice of the Year L3/L4
- Henry Brewerton, Trust Systems Ltd
- Calum Gannon, Beesec
- Vicky Jepson, Aviva
- Jack Nagle, Buckinghamshire Council
Cyber Degree Apprentice of the Year
- Yasmeen Bey, Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Limited
- Nathan John, IBM
- Antonella Mancini, Lloyds Banking Group
- Kausar Member, Accenture
- Louise Smith, University Hospital Southampton
- Mitchell Ugorji, IBM
Data L3 Apprentice of the Year
- Sarah Charlton, Bournemouth University
- Bradley Farrel,l R.L.Lovatts
- Naomi Lewis, Where Saints Go
- Claire Mutuma, Milton Keynes NHS Trust
- Janeen Nevison, Learning Curve Group
- Anna Wronowska, Lloyds Banking Group
Data L4 Apprentice of the Year
- Shadia Abdulatif, RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
- Hannah Baguley, RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
- Owain Barton, Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation
- Harriet Bird, City and Guilds
- Monica Caetano, New College Swindon
- William Carty, Crowder Consulting
- Tom Collier, Lloyds Banking Group
- Katie Cotton, Costa Coffee
- Stacey Culton, Humberside Police
- Robin Kaye, RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
- Beau Lugg, Channel 4
- Shelly McCarthy, Costa Coffee
- Stacy Phillips, DEFRA - Environment Agency
- Dilan Takhar, Dunelm
Digital Business Services Apprentice of the Year
- Tommy Ackerman, Sue Ryder
- Cameron Dicker, Inclusive Change
- Chantelle Hunt, Manchester Airports Group
- Adam Keane, Met Office
- Shannon MacDonald, Diversity and Ability
Digital Marketing Apprentice of the Year
- Evie Hardwick, Evolve Psychology
- Amelia Lad, St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College
- Joshua McCartney, Virtuopo
- Eloise Morin, Arabella UK
- Beca Purvis, Beech
- Tegan Rouse, ASL Group Ltd
- Kaya Lily, Vandermeer Arup
- Melissa Woad, Cleartech Communication
- Katie Youdale, Henshaws
Digital Technologist Degree Apprentice of the Year
- Saaleh Abanur, Microsoft
- Ziana Butt, Accenture
- Shalom Gallagher, Accenture
- Natasha Hanks, AstraZeneca
- Eddie Roe, IBM
- Zakeer Suleyman, IBM
Information and Communications Technician Apprentice of the Year
- Chloe Auger, C.I.KNOW
- Thomas Bamber, ICT Solutions Limited
- James Givens, Techedia
- Tamjid Harun, Computeam
- Okuoimose Dennis Isibor, MMM UK Medical Equipment
- Samuel Mooney, Ensor IT
- Mohammed Tahir Naushad, Ripe Thinking
- Jamie Owen, The Lowry
- Sergio Sarabia, Control Group
- Dorian Severs, Racelogic Ltd
- Thomas Swift, Aspire Computers
- Andreas Sztevar, Force 36 Limited
- Lewis Welch, SES Secure Limited
Network Engineer Apprentice of the Year
- Nathan Barratt, PCS Business Systems Ltd
- Ethen Izzo, Esken Renewables Limited
- Robert Mason, St Helens Council
- Gavin Rushworth, Watergrove Trust
- Tyler Williams-Graham, Blossom Federation of Daubeney, Sebright, Lauriston Schools and Children & Family Hub
Software Apprentice of the Year
- Dean Blakemore, Capita plc
- Vadym Burmetskyi, THG
- Alex (Jonathan) Crease, JD Sports Fashion Plc
- Keiran Davis, Lloyds Banking Group
- Zoe Hurst, WILLIS GROUP Ltd
- Anas Shiham Abdulwahid, IBM
- Eleisha Wood, Ubisoft
Software Degree Apprentice of the Year
- Vanessa Billington-Howes, Aviva
- Rochelle Charles, Amazon
- Zanete Dijeva, Amazon
- Olivia Hulston, KPMG UK
- Abdullaah Iqbal, Amazon
- Emma Lister, Amazon
- Billy Mancz, IBM UK Ltd
- Lewis Watson, IBM
Digital T Level Student of the Year
Digital T Level Student of the Year
- Rachel Abraham, La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School / Lloyds Banking Group
- Jack Boswell, Hopwood Hall College / Ander IT
- Hector Murray, Hopwood Hall College
- Amaara Naveed, The Manchester College /Lloyds Banking Group
- Casey Oakes, Calderdale College / Lloyds Banking Group
ITA Recognition Awards
Professional Development Award
- Yasmeen Bey, Volkswagen Group UK Limited
- Dean Blakemore, Capita plc
- Samuel Fletcher, Lloyds Banking Group
- Rohan Ganvir, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Joseph Goulding, Arup Group Ltd
- Chantelle Hunt, Manchester Airports Group
- Michael McDonagh, Arup
- Naveed Nazamy, Microsoft
- Madison Pollard-Shore, Girlguiding
- Abby Sale, Digital Savvy Media
- Brian Sibanda, Boots
Career Progression Award
- Dean Blakemore, Capita plc
- Rohan Ganvir, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Torin Hall, Places for People
- Michael McDonagh, Arup
- Naveed Nazamy, Microsoft
- Madison Pollard-Shore, Girlguiding
- Jordan Trigg, Marlborough Group
- Maira Usmani, KPMG
Business Analyst of the Year sponsor: IRM
AI Apprentice of the Year sponsor: Amazon
