Leeds set to host celebration of nation's top digital talent as scheme moves outside London for first time

Digital Leaders, the nationwide programme for promoting digital transformation across government, industry and charities, has announced the finalists of its DL 100 list in an event at Leeds Central Library, marking the first time the awards will be held outside London.
Michael Crossland
By Michael Crossland
Published 26th May 2023, 06:00 BST

The list, which includes multiple Yorkshire-based finalists, is now open for a public vote, with the final order set to be announced at a ceremony held at the Royal Armories on Thursday, June 22.

Each year’s list is created from nominations submitted by members of the 200,000 strong Digital Leaders Community, before being shortlisted to the final 100 by the 21 DL 100 judges.

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Robin Knowles, CEO and Founder of Digital Leaders, said: “Our 21 judges have done great work shortlisting over 457 entries down to this year’s DL100 list.

Stuart Clarke MBE, director of Leeds Digital Festival, which is partnering with Digital Leaders. Mr Clarke was also a DL 100 finalist in 2020.Stuart Clarke MBE, director of Leeds Digital Festival, which is partnering with Digital Leaders. Mr Clarke was also a DL 100 finalist in 2020.
Stuart Clarke MBE, director of Leeds Digital Festival, which is partnering with Digital Leaders. Mr Clarke was also a DL 100 finalist in 2020.

“We only had one judge from Yorkshire this year, so its strong showing as a region in the final list is both a great recognition of the amazing digital companies and initiatives locally, but also reinforces our own decision to choose Leeds over other cities for this year’s awards.”

The 100 finalists that make up the list will now compete for the public vote in one of 10 Categories.

Bradford-based Yemetech, York’s Environment Agency and Leeds’s The Data City are amongst the finalists, as are Good Things Foundation and MiToken Technology, both based in Sheffield.

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Multiple Yorkshire-based individuals have also made the list, including Rashik Parmar, group CEO at Leeds-based BCS, Giulia Carleton, IT project manager at GWD in Sheffield and Subhash Chatterjee, managing director at Hull’s One SC Media Ltd.

Stuart Clarke MBE, director of Leeds Digital Festival, which is partnering with Digital Leaders said, “It was a great honour to be a Digital Leader finalist in the 2020 list and I am so pleased to see a strong showing from Yorkshire finalists in the 2023 list.”

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