The DataIQ Awards honours companies and individuals who have demonstrated excellence in the data industry over the past twelve months, impressing our judges and earning a place on the shortlist. This year we have 34 awards across five streams, including People, Culture and Skills, Data Literacy, Innovation and Data and AI for Good. Thank you to all the organisations, teams and individuals who took the time to enter.
You do not want to miss the Awards Ceremony on 26th September 2024 as we return to The Roundhouse in London, where we will reveal the winner of all of these categories. Tables are now available for purchase. Make sure to book your table early and take advantage of our discounted early bird offers.
Digitas Prioritising Inclusion to Become a Better, Happier, and More Profitable Team: Digitas’ Data Science and Analytics Team
Go Inspire Group Putting Data and Analytics in the Driving Seat for Better Performance Outcomes
Alchemmy Consulting & Heathrow Alchemmy’s Development and Implementation of Heathrow’s First Enterprise Data Strategy
Smith Institute Smith Institute Energy Team
Seriös Group Amplifying Client Impact Through Effective Collaboration
Allwyn The Data and BI Team Completes a Remarkable Change Program During Acquisition, Replatforming, and Restructure
Aviva Transforming Data into Impact: Aviva’s secret sauce
Direct Line Group Motability: Best Data and Analytics Team
EDF UK EDF UK: The data and AI breakout year
Financial Times Team FT Datalytics
MOD Best Data and Analytics Team: UK Ministry of Defence Data Office
NatWest Data Products Enabling Good Customer Outcome Monitoring Under the Consumer Duty Regulation
Superdrug Best Data and Analytics Team: We are Superdrug Insights!
The LEGO Group Brick by Brick: Advancing demand forecasting at The LEGO Group
Blend Aidan Maloney, Senior BI Consultant
Data Booster Danique Hekkema, Data Literacy Consultant
Freemavens Daniel Santos, Data Scientist
Wood for Trees part of Salocin Group Jessamyn Parker, Consultant Analyst
Seriös Group Jake Wedge, Data Engineer
British Airways Michael Churchill, Senior Data Visualisation Consultant
Burberry Ben Spinks, Data Scientist
Direct Line Group Rachel Tate, Tableau and BI Developer
EDF Clementine Whitcomb, Data Engineer
Lloyds Banking Group Becky Cowen, Data Apprentice
Royal London Daisy Power, Degree Apprentice (Technology and Data)
Accenture Richard Mauer, UK Data Science Practice Lead
Allwyn Nader Hosni, Head of Business Intelligence and Marketing Technology
Chaucer Group Marion Shaw, Head of Data and Analytics
DLA Piper Niresh Rajah, Chief Data and AI Officer
Direct Line Group Jonathan Saunders, Chief Data Officer and Data Enabling Tribe Lead
GKN Aerospace Engines Jon Eklöf, Chief Data and Analytics Officer
John Lewis Partnership Barry Panayi, Chief Data and Insight Officer
Oliver Ross Hawkes, Head of Data
Openreach Rich Hunt, Data and Insight Director
Zurich Insurance Alex Sidgreaves, Chief Data Officer
NatWest Gordon Jackson
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Samer Madfouni
British Airways British Airways: Value creation = Optimised programme + Graduate talent
EDF UK Energetic Futures: Powering Innovation through our Data and Tech Graduate Scheme
Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Banking Group: Data graduate scheme
Kubrick Group Unlocking potential and accelerating careers in next-gen tech
MOD Best Data Graduate Employer: Defence Digital, UK Ministry of Defence
Rockborne Pioneering the Future: Rockborne’s exemplary framework for data graduate employment
Sigma Labs Sigma Labs: World class data graduate experience
EXL Driving Transformation: Sky’s data and AI journey with EXL
Jungle Creations How Jungle Creations Transformed its Business by Integrating Data and AI
RAPP AI Data Driven Transformation that has Brought Back the Priority Magic, for Everyone, Through Every Communication
Sagacity & British Sugar Adaptable Campaign Plan for British Sugar
ASOS AI at the Core: Transforming ASOS’s inventory forecasting
Barilla Group Global Marketing Transformation through Data and AI: The MMROI Project
Brambles Brambles Digital
Burberry Revolutionising Burberry CRM: Powering one-to-one customer engagement with data
EDF UK ICE: Melting down data and AI barriers
Heathrow Airport Airport Departure Lounge Modelling
ITV How ITV Attracted 2 Million Users to ITVX
JLR Slotting Optimiser
LifeSearch and Edit, part of Salocin Group Transforming Culture and Achieving Growth with Data and AI
The Very Group Creating an AI Culture at The Very Group
Virgin Money A Purposefully Personal Welcome to Virgin Money
Brambles Brambles Digital
Chaucer Group Diversity and Inclusion Key to Data Driven Sucess
Dentsu Championing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Empowering parents and carers in the workplace
IIRIS Informa Cultivating Tomorrow’s Inclusive Tech Landscape
Kubrick Group Diversifying Data and Next-gen tech
Rockborne Rockborne: Fostering an intrinsic culture of diversity
Sigma Labs Social Mobility in Data: From free school meals to FTSE Board
Times Higher Education (THE) Times Higher Education – Double DEI: How our diverse team helps improve DEI in universities around the world
Ascot Group Building a data driven culture through effective stakeholder engagement
Burberry Improving Product Insights and Forecasting Through Stakeholder-Centric Innovation
Cinch cinch’s Vehicle Price Optimisation Project is THE BEST Example of Stakeholder Engagement
Direct Line Group Customer, Sales, Service and Claims (CSSC), Most Effective Stakeholder Engagement
Financial Times The Financial Times: Metrics that matter
Kennedys Law Legal Excellence Empowered: Recognising data-driven performance
Phoenix Group Using Data to Help Improve Customer Journeys
Superdrug Cultivating Collaborative Insight: Superdrug’s journey in stakeholder engagement
The Very Group VeryCon – AI In Action
Virgin Money Embedding Data at the Heart of Decision Making to Ensure Stakeholders are Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet
Baringa Partners LLP Baringa DAIS-E Team: Synergistic and thriving
Cynozure The Cynozure Crew
Ekimetrics UK Ltd Ekimetrics: A great place to work, grow, and innovate
PwC Implementing a vibrant and caring culture
Smith Institute Smith Institute
Aviva A Great Place to Work: Aviva’s data-driven formula
Brambles Brambles Digital
Cinch Cars Limited cinch Decision Intelligence is STILL the Best Place to Work in Data
Costa Coffee Costa Coffee’s Data Team Serves Up a Winning Blend Thanks to Core Ingredients of Personal Development and Collaboration
Coventry Building Society Coventry Building Society Data Office
Financial Times Team FT, the Best Place to Be!
IAG Cargo IAG Cargo DIOR Team
Oxylabs Building an Innovation-Driven Workplace
Specsavers Optical Stores Data Careers with a Purpose
Virgin Money Living a Life More Virgin
Blend Accelerating Data Driven Decisioning with Insourced MMM Capabilities
EXL Setting up digital data foundation for a European Retailer
Skyscanner Skyscanner: Flying higher with data booster
The British Red Cross & Cynozure Data Insights into Action: The British Red Cross and Cynozure
The Financial Times Data Democratisation: Power to the people
Three UK Data First: Transforming Three’s digital team into a best-in-class digital insights partner to delivering high business impact
Edinburgh Futures Institute Putting the “Responsible” in “Responsible Innovation”
International Workplace One Learner, One Record: Putting learners in control of their data
London Borough of Camden Camden Data Charter
Times Higher Education (THE) The Times Higher Education Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings: Supporting the growth of higher education in Africa
Trilateral Research Ethics-by-design: Revolutionising responsible AI
Zurich Insurance Pioneering Responsible AI: Penny’s ethical data journey
Blend From Insight to Impact: Empowering Scottish athletes with data
Ekimetrics UK Ltd Ekimetrics Transformation Infographic: Bridging the communication barrier between marketing and data insight teams
E.ON Next Democratising data at E.ON Next
EXL MIA: The art of storytelling in operational MI
HM Revenue & Customs HM Revenue & Customs: DPS Operational Dashboard
Leeds Building Society Transforming Customer Value through Data Exploitation
Journey MedAire Maritime Security Portal
NatWest Group Managing Deposits in a Modern World
Nbrown Group PLC Navigating Complexity: The power of data storytelling in multi-brand retail
Howden Group and WNS Global Services Feeling the Strain: Reducing risks for football injury underwriting
Baringa Partners LLP Paul Jones, Director (Data, AI, Solutions & Engineering)
British Council Inigo Antolin, Head of Data Management
Cynozure James Lupton, Chief Technology Officer
Direct Line Group James Noon, Digital Analyst
esynergy Sunny Jaisinghani, Head of Data
Nuffield Health Ben Kelly, Data Director
Oliver Ross Hawkes, Head of Data
Openreach John Sutherland, Senior Manager, Data Strategy
Phoenix Ke Analytics Susan Gatura, Founder
Admiral UK Insurance Levelling Up: Data and AI academy builds skills for all
Aviva Aviva’s Quantum Campus: Pursuing a path to technical mastery
Corndel Corndel x Hallmark: Connecting the dots
Coventry Building Society Coventry Building Society Data Academy
Direct Line Group Direct Line Group Data Academy: Best Data Academy Award
E.ON Next E.ON Next’s Data Literacy Enablement Programme
Grunenthal Empowering Excellence: Harnessing a data mesh approach to revolutionise our data-driven culture resulting in adoption targets being met halfway through the year!
John Lewis Partnership Data and Digital Apprenticeships at JLP – in partnership with Multiverse
L.E.K. Consulting Empowering Data-Driven Decisions: A democratised analytics approach
Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Banking Group: Data Quest
Rockborne Transformative Data Literacy: Unleashing potential through Rockborne’s innovative data academy
Syngenta Data4Food: The digital growth academy in Syngenta
Burberry Michael Schaefer, Senior Data Science Manager
Digitas Digitas AI Labs and Practice
Grant Thornton UK LLP Jamie Crossman-Smith, Managing Director, UK Digital Hub
Jaywing Karen Snape, Data Science Director
Aviva Kingmaker: The crown jewel of our AI/ML transformation
Barclays UK Corporate Bank AI Supercharges Corporate Banking Growth
Barilla Group Revolutionising Marketing Performance: A breakthrough with MMROI
Carwow ltd A Marketing Data and Measurement Overhaul that Doubled Revenue
EDF UK Occupational Health Data: From Zero to Hero
Lebara From Warehouse to Lakehouse to AI
Medscheme AI Driven Health Concierge: Optimisation of healthcare services for greater population impact
SMBC EMEA 千里の道も一歩から(Japanese proverb): A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
The Lego Group Scaling Success: The LEGO Group’s next-gen forecasting model
Zurich Insurance CATIA: Transcending claims management through AI innovation
Deloitte PairD for Deloitte
Informa Exhibitors Booths Dynamic Pricing
Jaywing Slashing Fraud Losses Using Cutting-Edge AI
Keepler Data Tech & Cepsa Química Improving Response Times and Accuracy in Product Stewardship Queries Through GenAI
N-iX LTD N-iX’s Pioneering ML Solution: Using machine learning to boost customer growth in finance
Smith Institute Ensuring Innovation Doesn’t Leave Anyone Behind: Identifying vulnerable energy customers
Accenture & Vodafone VOXI Chatbot: The Telco markets first GenAI powered Chatbot
Baringa Partners LLP ENA Solution: Most innovative use of AI
Blend AI-Powered Analysis Solution: Transforming insights into action
Calligo Empowering AI Excellence: Revolutionising cloud-based machine learning solutions
C-Centric AI BOT for Consumer comparison sites
Dentsu AI-Neuro: Illuminating human responses to visual content – a revolutionary tool for marketing’s creative realm
Digitas Redefining the Marketing Measurement Paradigm: Digitas’ data team’s response to cookie deprecation using causal inference and geo-testing
RAPP AI led Innovation to Bring Back the Priority Magic, for Everyone, Through Every Communication
Smith Institute Ensuring Innovation Doesn’t Leave Anyone Behind: Identifying vulnerable energy customers
WNS Global Services Revolutionising Claims Processing Through AI-Driven Straight Through Claims Processing
WNS Global Services Revolutionising Marketing Campaigns with Gen AI
Barilla Group Innovative Application of AI in Marketing Mix ROI (MMROI) Project
Boots The First Customer Facing GenAI Chatbot in UK Retail
Boubyan Bank Social Media Analytics Using Kuwaiti Dialect
Direct Line Group Green Flag Agent Assist: Most innovative use of AI
Lebara From Warehouse to Lakehouse to AI
NatWest Optimising Fraud Detection with AI
Reach PLC Guten: Supporting journalists and getting great results with AI
Royal London Revolutionising Marketing: Gen AI avatars and people collaborating for scalable content creation
Sainsbury’s Your Nectar Prices: Personalised prices for 17 million customers at Sainsbury’s
TFG Africa Pinnacle of Progress: A trailblazing innovation in AI and machine learning by TFG Customer and Loyalty
Aviva Kingmaker: Innovative transformation in AI/ML
Barclays UK Corporate Bank Transforming Client Experience by Unlocking the Enormous Potential of Unstructured Data
Barilla Group Revolutionising Marketing Performance: An innovative journey with AI and data-driven processes
Blend AI-Powered Invoice Process Automation
British Gas – Services and Solutions Using AI to Transform Complaints Root Cause Analysis
Lakeland & Go Inspire Driving myLAKELAND Growth and Member Satisfaction with Data-Driven Processes
TurinTech GenAI-powered code optimisation for performance and sustainability
WNS Global Services Revolutionising Claims Recovery Operations Through AI-Driven Recovery-as-a-Service Offering
Agile Lab Agile Lab: Witboost
British Telecommunications (BT) BT Active Intelligence: Real-time data
EXL EXL Code Harbour: GenAI based coding – up to 20x more efficient than Copilots
Fosfor, a unit of LTIMindtree The Fosfor Decision Cloud: Unifying the modern data ecosystem to enhance business outcomes
Gain Theory Data-Driven Growth: How Sensor is revolutionising marketing measurement
IIRIS & Informa Connect Lead Insights (Lead Intelligence and Reporting for Exhibitors and Sponsors)
IIRIS – Informa Market Exhibitors Marketing Qualified Leads at Scale
Jaywing A Multifaceted Data Approach to Driving Growth and Efficiency
Journey MedAire Maritime Security Portal
Smith Institute Ensuring Innovation Doesn’t Leave Anyone Behind: Identifying vulnerable energy customers
Starcount Beyond Data Fragmentation: Transforming insights into impactful campaigns
Thoughtspot ThoughtSpot Data Enabling Solution of the year
Transform UK Learner Data Service
Trilateral Research STRIAD:AIR: From data to action in County Meath
British Airways British Airways: Customer centricity – make life easy!
Burberry Burberry’s Visual Product Platform
Direct Line Group Motability Operations: Peace of mind for customers through access to affordable, worry-free mobility
Metropolitan Police Service The Met Data Mart: A one-stop shop for policing data
NatWest Increasing Customers Financial Capability and Wellbeing Through a Data-driven Financial Wellbeing Hub
Omnicell Omnicell Pharmaself24
Three UK Customer Centric x Data-driven: A recipe to increase customer lifetime value by attracting high-quality leads and delivering exceptional customer experience using digital data and machine learning
Virgin Media O2 Virgin Media O2 and Baringa: Network expansion insight delivery
Nestle Nestle Global Marketing Media Data Foundation
British Telecommunications BT Active Intelligence: Real-time data to manage emergencies
Calligo Trailblazing Data Trust Initiative: Revolutionising data stewardship with Calligo
Smith Institute Ensuring Innovation Doesn’t Leave Anyone Behind: Identifying vulnerable energy customers
Deloitte PairD for Scope
Destination Canada Canadian Tourism Data Collective: Harnessing data and AI to power a transformative tourism future
Mars Mars’ State of Pet Homelessness Project: A global data initiative for understanding pet homelessness
Transform UK Using data to create a safe space for survivors
Trilateral Research Unlocking Insights: Supporting survivors of modern slavery
YouGov plc YouGov and GambleAware Treatment and Support Report
British Airways British Airways: BA Better World – our Flightpath to Net Zero
National Grid Ventures Powering Responsible Offshore Wind Farm Development with Data Science
NatWest Leveraging Earth Observation Data for Sustainable Banking: NatWest and D-CAT
Phoenix Group Leveraging the Power of Data to Better Support Vulnerable Customers
Times Higher Education (THE) The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings: Driving global universities towards sustainability and climate action
Indiana University Sagar Varma Samanthapudi, ETL Data Specialist
Scottish AI Alliance Steph Wright, Head of Scottish AI Alliance & Co-founder of Diverse AI
Bayezian Bayezian’s AI For Good Solutions
London Borough of Camden Camden Leading the Way in Ethical Data Use
Mind Mind’s Digital, Data, and Technology Team Fostering Data Driven Mindsets and Outcomes Focused Approaches
Sainsbury’s How Sainsbury’s is using AI to promote healthy diets across the nation
Travis Perkins Keeping People Safe: Uncovering hidden pressures in branch network through data
Trilateral Research Harnessing AI and data for good: Combatting complex social problems with ethical AI
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