Past Winners of ISPE UK Emerging Leaders Awards

The past winners of the ISPE UK Emerging Leaders Awards are listed here.

This awards category was created by Zam Shabeer Thahir and Craig Milner in 2021 to recognise and celebrate the efforts of young engineers in the pharmaceutical industry. 

Year

Industry Winner

Industry SHORTLIST

Student Winner

Student SHORTLIST

2025

Richard Adamson

(GSK)

Anh Amy Luu 
(GSK)

Barnaby Thornton 
(PM Group)

Georgie Johnson-Greening 
(AZ)

Raphael Raziff 
(GSK)

Richard Adamson 
(GSK)

Asher Martin

(University of Strathclyde) 

Asher Martin 
(University of Strathclyde) 

Nikita Verma
(University of Sheffield)

Rachel Kovacs
(University of Sheffield)

Summer Bennett 
(Lancaster University)

Zahra Awan 
(University of Strathclyde) 

Year

Industry Winner

Industry Runner Up

Student Winner

Student Runner Up

2024

Jodie Grace-Smith

(GSK)

Max Salt 
(Scitech)

Gemma Pollock
(3P Innovation)

Diego Herrero Rowley

(University of Manchester)

Faizah Ashraf

(Newcastle University)

2023

Kathryn Malcolm

(AstraZeneca)

Jack Johnston-Smith

(PM Group)

Owan Newman

(University of Sheffield)

Aditi Jain

(University of Edinburgh)

2022

Matthew Dutton

(Instil Bio)

Emilianne Buisson

(Euroapi)

Zainab Aslam

(Manchester Metropolitan University)

Calum Game

(Loughborough University)

2021

Caroline Morgan

(AstraZeneca)

Jodie Winder
(TriRx)

Emma Claxton
(PM Group)

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