Companies in the UK rail supply industry have just a fortnight left to make a submission for the Railway Industry Supplier Excellence (RISE) awards.
The deadline for submissions is 9pm on 14 April and the shortlist will be announced a month later. Winners will be announced at the RIA Dinner and Awards on 29 June at the London Park Lane Intercontinental Hotel.
For the first time entries are open to non-RIA members for the first time. The ten categories for which any UK rail supply company can enter are:
- Safety
- Wellbeing
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Environmental, Social and Governance
- Partnership
- Innovation
- Application of Digital Technology
- Employer of the Year
- SME Exporter in Rail (below £50m turnover companies)
- SME Growth in Rail (below £50m turnover companies)
In addition, there are three award categories for which individuals can be nominated, with no charge for these nominations. They are:
- Employee of the Year
- Rising Star
- Client of the Year
This year we are delighted to announce that eleven senior executives from across the rail sector, regulation and Government have agreed to act as RISE Award Judges. The 2023 judges are:
- Robert Ampomah, Chief Technology Officer, Network Rail
- Dyan Crowther, CEO, HS1 Ltd
- Gareth Evans, Head of Rail Technology, Network Rail
- Rachel Fullard, Service Analyst at Rail Delivery Group and EDI Charter Working Group Chair
- Shamit Gaiger, Managing Director, West Coast Partnership Development
- Jo Lewington, Chief Environment and Sustainability Officer, Network Rail
- Klara Ludinova, Innovation Lead – Rail, Innovate UK
- Toufic Machnouk, Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway, Network Rail
- Justin Moss, Head of Business Development, Electrification at Siemens Mobility, Rail Infrastructure and Chair RIA North
- Ian Prosser CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Railways and Director of Railway Safety, Office of Rail and Road
- Wendy Richards, Railways Infrastructure Lead, Department for Business and Trade
- Fi Westcough, Chair, Young Rail Professionals
Previous company award winners provide a flavour of the breadth and variety of the UK’s rail supply chain. They include Dura Composites and XRail Group (Growth in Rail SMEs), Atkins, Member of the SNC-Lavalin Group (Environmental Sustainability and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion), Porterbrook (Collaboration), Asset Insights (Safety and Wellbeing) and One Big Circle (Unlocking Innovation).
Looking at the awards to individuals, previous winners include Fi Westcough, Atkins, Member of the SNC-Lavalin Group (Future Leader) and Kris Kinnear, Network Rail Scotland (Client of the Year).
For more information on the RISE awards visit riagb.org.uk/RISE23
