Meet the 2023 Awards Judges

The Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards were launched in 2012 to focus on and celebrate the expertise, achievements, and outstanding contribution that businesses and individuals continually make to the growth of our County.

These Awards enable Hertfordshire businesses to showcase their performance and achievements to clients, customers, suppliers, stakeholders and to all of the Hertfordshire business community.

This year’s Inspiring Herts Awards, sponsored by SA Law and Viatris, received more entries than ever before, and Herts Chamber are delighted to share the news! The Herts Chamber would like to say a huge thank you to all of the sponsors, entrants, finalists and judges for being involved in this years awards.

Some of the other judges include: Martyn Ives from Fujitsu, Anna Cawley from Cawleys, Julie Goodyear and Daniel Hourigan from Ocado, Michael Budd from longmores, Graham Pulsford from JPA, Steven Brougham from Oventrop, David Holiday and Mihnea Pruna from the Borough of Broxbourne, Rebecca List from Tollers LLP and John Wiblin from Longmores.

The Third-Party Judges: Andrew Slade from Oakland college, Andrew Elia from Arishi, Simon Littlewood from Estu, Graham Pitts from KGK Genix, Mike Tilson from Grant Thornton, Julie Palmer and Laura Pearce from Strand PR, Kris McMahon from KM4, Simon Cox from Walter Cooper, Denise Austin from Pearldrop, Paul Graham from Britvic, Rob Hill from Rothamsted, Liza Armstrong from Herts Growth Hub, Jeremy Silverstone from Purple Marketing, Vincenzo Pamparo from DIT, Claire Dolan from Oaklands, Colin Spiller from Zenis, SallyAnn Verblerk from Ecoserv, Lynne Ceeney from Hertfordshire County Council and Sharon Loughlin and Mary Baldwin from University of Hertfordshire.