DataIQ Awards 2020

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DataIQ Awards 2019

• Best place to work in data (Data Enabler): Business Data Partners

  Finalists: The Data Lab, REaD Group, Code Worldwide, Proximity Data & Analytics Team, Instinctive BI
  
  

• Best place to work in data (Data Titan): Aviva Customer Science team

  Finalists: GoCo Group, Royal Mail Group Technology
  
  

• Most innovative use of AI: Channel 4 - Data Science

  Outra, Merkle Aquila & Total, Aviva Customer Science Team, Personalisation and Digital Insights Finalists: Walgreens Boots Alliance, Elsevier Entellect, NTTDATA
  
  

• Data apprentice of the year: Matt Furer, Barclaycard

  Finalists: Ross Mackay RBS, Matthew Spicer Santander
  
  

• Best data and analytics team (Data Enabler): Merkle Aquila – Stop the Traffik Team

  Finalists: Wunderman, CACI
  
  

• Best data and analytics team (Data Titan): Channel 4 Data Science Team

  Finalists: Aviva Customer Science Team, The Royal Bank of Scotland, GoCo Group, Royal Mail Technology, Global Analytics Walgreens Boots Alliance, Business Intelligence Fibre & Network Delivery Openreach, Turner International Data & Analytics Team
  
  

• Best development programme: Royal Mail Group Technology

  Finalists: MBN Academy / Data Lab MSc Placement Programme, NatWest, Channel 4 Data Science Team, Kubrick Group, Business Data Partners, Personalisation & Digital Insights Walgreens Boots Alliance, The VIQTOR DAVIS UK Data Academy, Barclays Information Business (ACE)
  
  

• Best data ethics and privacy initiative: Co-op Data Team

  Finalists: DQM GRC, Paragon Customer Communications - London office, CitizenMe
  
  

• Best use of data in a marketing programme: DAX and eBay

  Finalists: CACI and EDF Energy, REaD Group and Titan Travel, Merkle | Periscopix & Twitter: Let’s get emotional: Using sentiment to manage paid search bids, Wunderman, Future Thinking Group
  
  

• Breakthrough with data: EDF Energy- Smart Metering Supply & Demand Optimisation

  Finalists: Wunderman, MyLife Digital Analytics Team, RBS CPB D&A, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Information Business (ACE)
  
  

• Customer/CRM success: Pets at Home plc

  Finalists: Personalisation and Digital Insights, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Paragon Customer Communications, Future Thinking Group, Barclays Information Business
  
  

• Data and analytics leader of the year (Data Enabler): Vicky Byrom, Merkle Aquila

  Finalists: Richard Pugh Chief Data Scientist Mango Solutions, Di Mayze Scratch Consulting
  
  

• Data and analytics leader of the year (Data Titan): Anita Fernqvist, Zurich

  Finalists: Jon Hussey Barclaycard, Simon Prinn Walgreens Boots Alliance
  
  

• Data aggregation initiative: Samsung Europe

  Finalists: RBS - The Liquidity Lab
  
  

• Digital and data champion: Kinnari Ladha, TUI

  Finalists: Caroline Bellamy OS, Carolyn Stebbings RAPP CODE, Begona Nunez-Herran Open University, Ross Simson Thames Water, Nicolette Bullivant Santander UK, Nick Davies Argos
  
  

• Data-driven product or service of the year (Data Enabler): BlueVenn

  Finalists: My Life Digital, Aberdeen, Adaptable Tools
  
  

• Data-driven product or service of the year (Data Titan): Channel 4 - Data Science

  Finalists: Enterprise Big Data ID Verification Team, Barclays Information Business - Market and Customer Insights Team, Royal Mail - Partially Addressed Mail, DAX by Global
  
  

• Automation and algorithm effectiveness award: GoCo Group

  Finalists: GemSeek Consulting (part of the Future Thinking Group)
  
  

• New talent award: Caterina Constantinescu, Data Scientist at The Data Lab

  Finalists: Abigail Mackie Dyson Technology Ltd, Katie Shaw Paragon Customer Communications, Arthur Tok Barclaycard, Suraj Patel McLaren Racing, Ben Tremain Openreach, Luke Phelps Merkle Aquila
  
  

• Transformation with data: JCurv

  Finalists: The Open University, Aviva Customer Science Team, Infoshare with ECB, REaD Group and Marie Curie, DVSA in partnership with PwC, Samsung Europe
  
  

• The Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Keith Dugmore, founder, DUG
  
  

• Grand Prix: Anita Fernqvist, chief data officer, Zurich Insurance UK
  
  

DataIQ Awards 2018

• Data and analytics leader of the year: Judith kleine Holthaus - Whitbread
  Finalists: Graham Davis | Ageas Direct, Niall Rowantree | TEPUK, Sandra Stanley | dunnhumby, Stuart Kelly | Reed Exhibitions, Aykut Sadi | Lifetime Learning
  
  

• New talent award - Client: Charmaine Whittingham - Barclaycard

  Finalists: Taisiya Merkulova | Photobox, Ben Carroll | Whitbread, Romana Reznickova | Arsenal FC, Dean Riddlesden | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Remy Maguire | Photobox
  
  

• New talent award - Vendor: Adam Hornsby | dunnhumby

  Finalists: Anna-Lee Bridgstock | Wunderman, Tom Bates | Havas helia, Ross Gartshore | Merkle Aquila, Abhinay Bhasin | Dentsu Aegis Network, Seb Bennett | DataTalk
  
  

• Customer/CRM champion: Information Business Analytics Team | Barclays

  Finalists: Arsenal FC CRM Team, Stuart Kelly | Reed Exhibitions
  
  

• Best data and analytics team - Client: Private Banking Data and Analytics | Coutts

  Finalists: Riviera Travel Insights Team, Royal Mail Advanced Analytics, BMJ, Insight & Analytics at The Telegraph
  
  

• Best data and analytics team - Vendor: Wunderman’s Data and Analytics Team

  Finalists: MarketReach Data Planning Team, Callcredit’s Insight Team, Havas helia Royal Mail Extract Team, Business Data Partners
  
  

• Breakthrough with data: Enabling positive policing: a golden nominal solution | Cleveland Police

  Finalists: Service Reservoir Bacteriological Compliance Predictive Model | Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Sainsbury’s: Intelligent Agriculture | DACE, British Airways & Merkle Aquila, Payments Data For Public Good | Barclays & Office for National Statistics
  
  

• Transformation with data: Zurich’s Data Transformation | Data Architecture and Analytics Team

  Finalists: WISER | Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Data Transformation at an Energy Giant | TEPUK & Merkle Aquila, Barclays Market & Customer Insights
  
  

• Best place to work in data: Royal Mail Advanced Analytics

  Finalists: Sunlife Worklife | Data Insight team, Barclays Information Business, DACE | Sainsbury’s, DASA (Data & Strategic Analytics) Barclaycard Business Solutions
  
  

• Best diversity in data programme: Merkle Aquila

  Finalists: MBN Academy/Data Lab MSc. Placement Programme, Diversity in Personalisation Insights | Walgreens Boots Alliance
  
  

• Best development programme: JLR Analytics Graduate Programme | Jaguar Land Rover

  Finalists: RAPP Code, Business Data Partners Graduate Programme, Digital and Technology Solutions Level 6 Apprenticeship | Santander UK
  
  

• Best GDPR programme (client-side): BBC Platform Operational Privacy Team

  Finalists: Your Data Matters | Information Commissioner’s Office / Squad, RBS Data & Analytics GDPR Programme Team, Single Governance View | Royal Mail Data Services
  
  

• Best GDPR solution (vendor): GDPR Toolkit | DQM GRC

  Finalists: UniFida | Berry-Thompson, Experian Data Qualtiy, Warden.co, Consentric, Havas helia - GDPR solution
  
  

• Best use of data in a marketing programme: Customer Analytics Driven Customized Campaign Engine |Opet Petrolculuk

  Finalists: Stagecoach bus UK | Hippo, Keeping the love in the Coffee Club | R-cubed & Costa Coffee, Report Central with Umbrella Supermarket, KONA Campaign for Hyundai | Paragon Customer Communications, English Heritage & Havas helia
  
  

• Most innovative analytics solution: Supertanker Prediction | The Gregario Analytics Team

  Finalists: Enigma Campaign Planning tool | Really B2B, From B2B to B2P | DBS Data, Always On | RBS Data & Analytics
  
  

• Data-driven product or service of the year: adZU by Code Worldwide

  Finalists: Alteryx, SONAR | DBS Data, Payment Acceptance Optimisation | Barclays, Trusso | Experian DataLabs
  
  

• Most innovative data management solution of the year: TEPUK & Merkle Aquila

  Finalists: SwiftCore from The Software Bureau, Bureau Services from DBS Data, InfoSum
  
  

• Lifetime Achievement Award: Rosemary Smith, managing director, Opt-4
  
  
• Grand Prix: Barclays Information Business analytics team
  
  

DataIQ Talent Awards 2017

• Data Professional - Client: Les Donnelly - Royal Mail
  
  
• Data Professional - Services: Andrea Sternfeld - Royal Mail MarketReach
  
  
• Data-Driven Digital Marketer(s): Barclaycard - Data & Strategic Analytics Barclaycard
  
  
• Data-Driven Brand Marketer(s): Sky Vegas - Sky Betting and Gaming
  
  
• Analytics and Insight Leader: Paul Ravenscroft - Walgreens Boots Alliance
  
  
• Best GDPR Programme (Data Controller): Business Planning & Processes Team - Comic Relief
  
  
• Best GDPR Programme (Data Processor): Shiona McDougall - RAPP
  
  
• Data Scientist/Big Data Leader: Ian Smith - RAPP Ltd
  
  
• Customer/CRM Champion(s): Data & Analytics - RBS
  
  
• Best Place to Work in Data: Aquila Insight
  
  
• New Talent Award: Eleni Kotzampasaki - Aquila Insight
  
  
• Transformation Through Data Award: Team Data - Economist
  
  

• Breakthrough with Data: Football Whispers - Football Whispers (Highly commended - Equotion)
  
  

• Grand Prix:Business Planning & Processes Team - Comic Relief
  
  

• Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Sir Tim Berners-Lee / Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt - ODI
  
  

DataIQ Talent Awards 2016

• Data Professional - Client: Fedelma Good, Barclays Bank Plc
  Shortlist: Jeremy Clarke, Great Western Railway
  
  

• Data Professional - Services: Ben Braiden, Havas helia

  Shortlist: Kieron Karue MarketingFile, Matt Heffer Merkle | DBG, Zoe Palethorpe Omnis Data Limited, Emma Street RAPP
  
  

• Data Innovator of the Year: RBS

  Shortlist: Christies & RAPP, Criteo, DBS Datamarketing, fast.MAP, Massive Analytic Ltd, Merkle|Periscopix
  
  

• Data-Driven Direct Mail Advertiser(s): MarketReach from Royal Mail with News UK

  Shortlist: Meera Naik, Comic Relief, Protyre and the Purple Agency
  
  

• Data-Driven Digital Marketer(s): BI Team, giffgaff

  Shortlist: Richard Anning. Aquila Insight, Emma Presley and the Jack Wills team Starcount
  
  

• Data-Driven Brand Marketer(s): Barclays Premier On-boarding Team, Barclays

  Shortlist: Diageo datanova team Havas helia, Investec Team Starcount, Alex Morris Tui Travel & The Serendipity2 Team
  
  

• Marketing Technologist: Francis Wallinger, Alchemetrics Ltd

  Shortlist: Stewart Worthington Serendipity2, Kelvin Lim Unilever
  
  

• Data Governance and Privacy Professional(s): Russell Barton, Barclays Bank Plc

  Shortlist: MI Information Policy and Governance Team British Gas, IDS Data Governance Team Sky plc
  
  

• Analytics and Insight Leader: Nick Milne, Telefonica UK

  Shortlist: Amanda Spencer Aquila Insight, Zahra Mawani Capita, James Da Souza Post Office Limited in collaboration with RAPP
  
  

• Data Scientist/Big Data Leader: Vasileios Vasileiou, Profusion

  Shortlist: Nikolas Vardakis Capita, Martin Benson Jaywing, James Cocker Telefonica UK
  
  

• Data Quality Programme Leader or Team: Russell Barton, Barclays Bank Plc

  Shortlist: Paul Fulton D&B
  
  

• Customer/CRM Champion(s): Customer Experience Data & Analytics team, RBS

  Shortlist: Dan Cooper Wunderman UK, Royal Mail & Havas helia Team
  
  

• Best Place to Work in Data: Merkle|Periscopix RAPP

  Shortlist: Alchemetrics Ltd, Aquila Insight, TMW Unlimited Data
  
  

• New Talent Award: Alice Hodgson Aquila Insight and Anna Kiel AudienceNet

  Shortlist: Masibu Manima BMJ, Mitch Vidler Jaywing, Maya Foley News UK
  
  

• Transformation Through Data Award: Sony & Aquila Insight

  Shortlist: Analytics and Service Development Team Capita, Giffgaff, Customer Analytics Centre of Excellence Post Office, Data and Analytics Team RBS
  
  

• "Data is the New Creative": Ken Martin, Wunderman UK

  Shortlist: Raffael Strassing Barclays Bank Plc, David Cole fast.MAP, Daryl West Telefonica UK
  
  

• Grand Prix: Information Business - Barclays UK
  
  

DataIQ Talent Awards 2015

• The Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Professor Merlin Stone
  
  
• Data quality programme leader: Paul Hennessey, Aldermore
  
  
• Data-driven direct mail advertiser(s): Costco and MarketReach from Royal Mail
  
  
• New Data award: Tim Drye, DataTalk
  
  
• Customer/CRM champion(s): CRM Team, Guardian, News & Media
  
  
• Data governance and privacy professional(s): Maya Bull, Guardian, News & Media
  
  
• Data is the new creative: Deborah Hofman & Ciaran Power, Havas helia
  
  
• Data professional (Services): Mark Barry, Havas helia
  
  
• Data security programme leader: Paul Eveleigh, Havas helia
  
  
• New Talent: Deborah Hofmann & Ciaran Power, Havas helia
  
  
• Transformation through data award: Laura Scarlett, National Trust
  
  
• Analytics and insight leader: News UK BI Insight team, News UK
  
  
• Data scientist/big data leader: News UK BI Analytics team, News UK
  
  
• Marketing technologist: John Markham, RAPP Ltd
  
  
• Data-driven digital marketer(s): Direct Analytics Team, Royal Bank of Scotland
  
  
• Data professional (Client): Shetal Bhatt, SUBWAY
  
  
• Multi-channel marketer or team: Adobe Campaign SWAT Team, The National Trust
  
  
• The grand Prix: News UK BI Insight & Analytics Teams, News UK
  
  

DataIQ Talent Awards 2014

• The Professor Derek Holder Lifetime Achievement Award: Edwina Dunn & Clive Humby
  
  
• Grand Prix: Karina Murtagh
  
  
• B2B Marketing Leader: Robbie Burgess, Reed Business Information
  
  
• Customer Champion: Karina Murtagh, England and Wales Cricket Board
  
  
• Data Governance Team of the Year: Capita TVL Data Management Team, Capita
  
  
• “Data is the New Creative”: Edward Ballard , RAPP
  
  
• Data Professional (Client): Elly Cockcroft, Marylebone Cricket Club
  
  
• Data Professional (Services): Ben Winter, MarketReach from Royal Mail
  
  
• Data Scientist: Anne Connell, Havas EHS
  
  
• Data-driven Direct Mail Advertiser or Advertising Team: Tesco and MarketReach from Royal Mail
  
  
• Data-driven Marketer or Marketing Team: Havas EHS easyJet team, Havas EHS
  
  
• Data-driven Media Planner: Tania Mag, Havas EHS
  
  
• Integrated Data Planning Team (Client and Agency): Bright North and BSkyB
  
  
• Marketing Technologist: Kevin Allan, autoGraph
  
  
• Multi-channel Marketing Team of the Year: Caravan Club Marketing Team
  
  
• New Talent Award: Sandra Matz, University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre
  
  
• “SoLoMo” Marketer or Marketing Team: Liz Curry, Comic Relief
  
  

DataIQ Talent Awards 2013

• B2B Leader: Keith Jones, Royal Mail Data Services
  
  
• CRM Manager: Ed Cracknell, ESPN
  
  
• Data is the new creative: Oliver Betts, TMW
  
  
• Data Planner: Claire Gardner, Cyance
  
  
• Data Professional: Jane Huntington, The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
  
  
• Data Scientist: Tim Drye, Data Talk
  
  
• Data Steward: Rudi Leoni, Telefonica UK
  
  
• Digital Marketer: Tess Tucker, JUST EAT
  
  
• Marketing Technologist: Melanie Boland, Reed Business Information
  
  
• Real Mail Marketer: Liz Curry, Comic Relief
  
  
• Social Marketer: Lynn Grimes & Nicola Miller, London South Bank University