This award recognises outstanding personal achievement at a very senior level in healthcare communications. It is open to professionals currently working in industry or within a healthcare consultancy.
Entries will be accepted directly from the individuals themselves or by a third party who should outline why they feel the nominee is a candidate for this award. Entries will also be via invitation and must be received by 23 May 2025.
During their career candidates will:
- Have demonstrated a true commitment to the advancement of healthcare communications
- Have been a passionate leader, driving collaboration and success, leading by example, transferring knowledge and motivating others
- Have proved to build industry reputation
- Have demonstrated how they have led change, innovated, generated new ideas and opportunities and always been keen to embrace what’s next
- Have firmly established themselves as an industry ambassador through work undertaken with stakeholders over a significant period of time
- Have made a demonstrable difference to the industry over time.
Previous winners include:
| 2024 | James Harper, twentyeightb |
| 2023 | Alice Choi, IPG Health |
| 2022 | Rob Dawson (posthumous) |
| 2021 | Mike Dixon, HCA |
| 2020 | David Kyne, Evoke KYNE |
| 2019 | Emma Sergeant, DAS Group of Companies in Europe |
| 2018 | Aileen Thompson, ABPI |
| 2017 | Sarah Matthew, Golin Health & Virgo |
| 2016 | Anna Korving |
| 2015 | Amie Baker, AstraZeneca |
| 2014 | Kate Tillett, MSD UK |
