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NBCC Awards 2025 Categories

NBCC Sustainability Award 2025

The purpose of the NBCC Sustainability Award is recognising companies that have produced a substantial and meaningful approach and/or service, driving sustainability.

The Jury will judge on the:

  • The environmental impact, contribution to SDG’s, in particular to the Net Zero objective,
  • Level of inspiration and innovation of the entry,
  • Social impact of the entry – Is it involving people and communities, ecosystems,
  • Scalability  - What is the potential business impact - In the UK, in the Netherlands, in Europe, and/or globally.

Jury members:

  • Clifford Chance - Jeroen Ouwehand (Chair)
  • Coca-Cola European Partners - Sigrid Verweij
  • Federation of Egyptian Industries - Dr El Sayed Torky
  • Heineken - Jan Willem Vosmeer
  • Priva - Carola Muller
  • Rabobank - Björn Aarts
  • Signify - Mario Giordano
  • Unilever - Annick Boyen
  • NBCC - Véronique van Haaften

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NBCC Tech AI Award 2025

The purpose of the NBCC Tech AI Award is recognising companies that have produced a substantial and meaningful innovative product or service.

The Jury will judge on the:

  • Innovation and Impact: How groundbreaking and effective is this AI / Tech solution in addressing core business or societal issues?
  • Scalability: How easily can the AI / Tech innovations be scaled to meet larger market or global demands?
  • Ethical AI Practices: How well do the companies adhere to principles of fairness, transparency, and responsible AI / Tech use?
  • Trade Relevance: How do these innovations impact or enhance trade relations, especially between the Netherlands and the UK?

Jury members:

  • DLA Piper - Gareth Stokes (Chair)
  • BSI Group - Michael Dollak
  • DAF Trucks - David Kiss
  • DBT - Lucas Sorensen
  • Dutch AI Coalition - Sabine Taal
  • EY - Bernadette Wesdorp
  • Google - Martijn Meijering
  • Meta - Geraldine Bouma
  • Microsoft - Clemmentijn Treinen
  • Unilever - Afke Van de Klashorst
  • Women in AI NL - Denelise L’Ecluse
  • NBCC - Thomas Wiggers

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NBCC Woman of the Year Award 2025

This award recognises women who have distinguished themselves in their own organisations, their profession and/or their community and are helping to motivate and inspire other women in business. The award epitomises the values for British -Dutch business and represents the best of women and leaders.

The Jury will judge on the:

  • Inspiration: motivating and inspiring examples for other women in business: ambassadors of diversity and inclusion;
  • Change making beyond their own company, bringing positive change for their entire industry and society at large;
  • Impact: powerful, influential, visible in media, socially engaged, business;
  • Leading position in organization.

Jury members:

  • SER Topvrouwen - Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen (Chair)
  • A&O Shearman - Kayleigh Sanders
  • BAM Nuttall - Alasdair Henderson
  • Deloitte - Karen Lampe
  • Diageo - Daniela McFarren
  • Friesland Campina - Sanne Dekker
  • Heineken - Guy Mason
  • HSBC - Anja Mokos
  • Public Associates - Annika Versloot
  • Unilever - Annick Boyen
  • NBCC - Alaiza Ligas

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NBCC Stronger Together Award 2025

The purpose of the NBCC Stronger Together Award is to showcase the advantages of leveraging the strong ties between our two nations. The winning company or companies has demonstrated that more can be achieved by working together than working alone.

The Jury will judge on the:

  • Revenue growth of British-Dutch trade/investment;
  • Media profile and source of inspiration, socially engagement;
  • Added value: One and one makes three, creation of new jobs;
  • Cooperation and constructive approach, with a view to shared interests and easily adjusting to a changing market;
  • Contribution to Anglo-Dutch Relationship.

Jury members:

  • Rabobank - Carola Kruithof (Chair)
  • KLM - Frank Prillevitz
  • PwC - Jan-Willem Thoen
  • NBCC - Casper Muller

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NBCC Young Professionals Award 2025

The NBCC Young Professionals Award celebrates outstanding young professionals who have demonstrated exceptional talent and innovation in their respective fields. This prestigious award aims to recognize and promote the contributions of the next generation of leaders within the UK-NL business community.

The Jury will judge on the:

  • Innovative Ideas and Creative Solutions;
  • Challenges Conventional Wisdom;
  • Addresses Sustainability (Environmental/Social/Econ);
  • Feasible, Actionable, and Impactful Strategy;
  • "How?" (Implementation Plan).

Jury members:

  • ING - Amin Mansour (Chair)
  • RSM - Piero Morseletto
  • Society College - Alfred van der Klis
  • NBCC - Casper Muller

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